A dozen years ago, Panjiayuan is not a famous place in Beijing, along with the prevalence of the Panjiayuan antique market in recent years has become collectors find treasures "a good place, so well-known" Panjiayuan . The Panjiayuan located in the Chaoyang southwest, near Jinsong district, liberation, just outside of Beijing is a small village, was known as the Pan tianjiayao. Moat east of the early years many brick kiln tile field the Pan tianjiayao is one of them, surnamed Pan of the kilns, so the kiln to kiln owners of the surname derived. According to legend, this Pan kiln owners of Jining, Shandong people, over Pentecost, originally burned glazed tile origin. Had come here, he wanted to open a firing glazed tile kilns, burned a few times, will no longer be burned because of loose soil should not be fired glazed tiles, and he changed to burn small cubes. Time with 78 home brick kilns, each other, competition is fierce, Pan kiln owners had just arrived, is diverted brick, so the business has been bad. But he did not want to give up, because he was spotted near the capital, a good location. He privately transferred in various kilns for a few days after coming back, had an idea, it is necessary to improve the quality of the brick, the second is in the business to work on.
    First, he strictly good each brick firing link not cut corners, so burned out brick nice color, finish, hardness strong, not easily broken. Sales, he is also skilled selling tiles is a "small" as a unit, "Ding" brick two hundred, a "small" brick is eight hundred, but his code brick, "Ding" To code 200 20, a "Big D" code block 850 - price and other kilns similar, but secretly can number more than others, some Hired three carriages, where the purchaser within the ten miles to be free brick home. Some buyers bought several bricks at his, on the brick he is not only good quality, but more than other kilns, but also free shipping, they often come here to buy, less than a year of work, The the Panjiakou kilns fire up, and soon made a name, even twelve hundred miles outside of people are attracted to buy a brick. So the Pan family kilns more open to the greater is said to have up to two hundred people work here, the cars into the car, it is fun, and several kilns due to poor management will be one after another off the sheets. After the formation of village near in Panjia kilns, then according to the name of the kilns, in place names Pan tianjiayao.
    To the Late Republic, this soil is used almost the same, leaving only puddles and depressions, then dug brick is very difficult, so the Pan tianjiayao temporarily closed moved Fangshan.
    The puddles and depressions in the last century after the 1960s, are gradually filled, and began the construction of residential areas, a few years there have been a large residential area, and the name of the the Pan tianjiayao "said. Called but did not take long, decency, because the old Beijingers often a brothel called "brothel", so I changed to "Panjiayuan", the "garden" is the "home" means, and near The new road called the Panjiayuan road. Later, in the construction of the Third Ring Road, built in the Panjiayuan east side of an overpass, they named the Panjiayuan Bridge.
    Gradually formed after 1992, where a flea market, just a few years developed into the nation's largest antique flea distribution center, attracting a large number of tourists and people looking for treasures. Today, Panjiayuan "is not just a street or a geographical name has almost become a synonym of the antique market.