Xi Ta Korea Town ( 西塔 xī tǎ )
Address: Shi Fu Road and Taiyuan Street ( 市府大路和太原北街 )

The West Tower (西塔 xī tǎ) is one of the four ancient towers that once formed Shenyang’s boundaries. Now, the tower itself is a barely noticed landmark. However, the area around the tower is quite well known. Sometimes called “Korea Town”, the area is home to a large portion of Shenyang’s Korean population, as well as a good number of Korean restaurants, bars, hotels, spas, dance clubs, massage parlors, and karaoke bars. This is a popular nightspot among many of Shenyang’s foreign students, as well as the “hip” crowd of young Chinese. 

 

Xī Tǎ’s “main drag” is xī tǎ jiē (西塔街). At night the street is lit up with neon lights, which are supposed to resemble a Korean city. Fans of Korean food should definitely head here. Otherwise, the dance clubs here are quite popular; and if you like KTV (karaoke), Xī Tǎ is a good bet for finding English songs. 

 

The following are popular dance clubs/bars located at Xi Ta:

 

--Don’t Tell Mama    不告诉妈妈   (bú gàosu mā mā)

--Party 98                   98 俱乐部    (98 jù lè bù)

 

How to get there: The Xita area is located a few km directly north of the South Train Station, at the northern end of  tài yuán běi jiē (太原北街), and the western end of shì fǔ dà lù (市府大路). All taxi drivers will know "xī tǎ”, otherwise the following buses will take you there: 249, 611, 255, 252. 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos by Jerry Wang, 2007