BEIJING — Gu Chen has slept and worked in the same one-room apartment in Beijing’s ancient “hutong” neighbourhood of Beixinqiao all his life. Most mornings, he rises from a twin bed that ...

Thankfully, some of Beijing's alleyway architecture is protected these days, with buildings marked by white stone plaques. But for many other hutong, the future of their slow-paced, village-like ...

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 ...

In the past four decades, millions of people poured in from every provincial town and village of China ... 2 Yanjia Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing, China Make sure you have a good roaming ...

Chinese architect Zhang Ke has slotted a hostel into one of Beijing's ancient hutong neighbourhoods, featuring tiny rooms that project at angles into a central courtyard. Ke and his Beijing studio ...

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 ...

Gu Chen has slept and worked in the same one-room apartment in Beijing's ancient "hutong" neighbourhood of Beixinqiao all his life. Most mornings, he rises from a twin bed that he shares with his ...

Networks of 'hutong' stand the test of time in the heart of China's capital city. Gu Chen has slept and worked in the same one-room apartment in Beijing's ancient "hutong" neighborhood of Beixinqiao ...