A third guy, cycling slowly in the searing heat of Beijing's midday sun, strings out two heaven-sent syllables for more than five seconds: "peeeeeeeeee-jyoooooohhhhhh!" ("beer!"). Yes, the hutong ...

Two thousand years in the making, nothing says Beijing quite like the humble hutong. And like an Irish funeral, if it's atmosphere you're after together with your tipple, then a trip to your local ...

“In the old days, hutong residents were able to take a morning stroll, shop for food, take their birds out,” said Gu Huimin, deputy dean of the School of Tourism Management at Beijing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Join Friday on a tour of the most historic and treasured corners of China’s capital city, Beijing It’s pronounced Hoo-tong,” says our driver, Mr Li, as our rickshaw clatters along a narrow ...

Beijing recently launched a research campaign that will study the history and culture of its traditional hutongs, with the ultimate goal of establishing an Internet database where citizens can ...

These courtyards are now known as “Siheyuan”. Later during the Ming and Qing Dynasty, the number of Hutongs in Beijing grew exponentially, as their owners kept changing and new additions and ...

Hutongs are a traditional form of architecture in Beijing that once dominated the city, but are now found mostly near the Forbidden City in the heart of the Chinese capital. But China’s economic ...

Any project in the precious few hutong areas of Beijing needs careful consideration; those traditional clusters of small scale dwellings were once all over the city, but are now confined in particular ...