Some translate hutongs as "small alleys," but that conjures up images of forgotten, lifeless spaces between city skyscrapers, choked with cardboard boxes and lost pets. Beijing's hutongs are the ...

To many, the true essence of Beijing is found in the nooks and crannies of the city’s hutongs: traditional lanes packed with single-story houses. Gentrification is common in these rustic havens ...

Taken between the early summer of 1989 through to the spring of 1990, Xu Yong captured the beauty and allure of Hutong. Now he brings Beijing's Hutong to Sydney's Vermilion Art Gallery. Hutong ...

How many hutongs are there in Beijing? Old local residents have a saying: "There are 360 large hutongs and as many small hutongs as there are hairs on an ox." Laid out in a chessboard pattern ...

BEIJING – Waking up to the rustle of willow ... the hotel comprises 42 siheyuan courtyard houses spread out within a traditional hutong residential neighbourhood. These are a beloved urban ...

2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beijing, as a capital of five dynasties in history, preserves rich historical heritage, such as traditional buildings and hutongs (alleys). Yangmeizhu Xiejie, an alley in ...

MAD has overhauled a vacant courtyard house in an ancient hutong in Beijing, adding two bubble-like sculptures. Hutong Bubble 218 is a renovation project, which involved redesigning a traditional ...

All are classic Beijing types with their own place in the hutong, or as Auntie Xue says, “every radish in its own hole”. And all with dreams and hopes, whether to make a genuine love match ...

Shortlisted for rebirth project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2020, MAD has overhauled a vacant courtyard house in an ancient hutong in Beijing, adding two bubble-like sculptures. Hutong Bubble 218 ...