founder of the Beijing Postcards historical tour and research company, explains how to uncover hidden hutong history. The old banks: Shijia Hutong “This hutong, just southeast of Yangmeizhu ...

The best way for a newcomer to see them is through a rickshaw tour offered by the Beijing Hutong Tourist Agency. You may be shaking your head - how can one learn anything through an organized tour?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...