We begin with an extreme case: Nanluoguxiang, Beijing’s best-known hutong. In barely 10 years Nanluoguxiang has been transformed from a sleepy residential alley into a perpetually thronged ...

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BEIJING — Gu Chen has slept and worked in the same one-room apartment in Beijing’s ancient “hutong” neighbourhood ... Bicycles and motorbikes are the best ways to get around the ...

Their digital cameras feed a web site, the best of technology to preserve the oldest of Beijing. One man says "The hutongs are an inheritance of history and culture. An architectural history of ...

depending on the context -- can survive urban development post-Olympics is perhaps best answered by Beijing's urban planners. Among the endangered are the hutongs, or narrow alleys, and siheyuan ...

The atmospheric narrow alleyways, or hutongs, of Beijing, which represent traditional life in the Chinese capital, are a major draw for visitors looking for a flavour of the old city – but they ...

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It was where emperors conducted rituals to pray for good harvests. Experience traditional Beijing life by exploring the historic hutongs, narrow alleys lined with courtyard houses. You can take a ...

The Orchid (from $110) “This is hands down the best boutique hotel in the hutongs. The authenticity ... manager at specialist tour operator Bespoke Beijing Shichahai Shadow Art Performance ...

And now Beijing’s TRB Hutong has got the seal of approval of TripAdvisor users, whose positive ratings have won it the title of best fine dining restaurant in the world from the reviews aggregator.

Just a door and several empty bird cages because the chef, we’re told, as well as making the best chicken wings ... into the evolving history of Beijing’s hutongs, once bustling with myriad ...

The best guest rooms offer floor-to-ceiling views ... East Hotel, 22 Jiuxianqiao Lu; +86 10 8426 0888 Courtyard 7 Beijing's hutong alleyways used to be home to traditional quadrangle mansions ...