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Hutongs: A day tour through hutongs
  • Updated By sunnywong on November 16, 2002
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  • A day tour through hutongs gives you fresh insight into Beijing's local life.

    * Start from the north entrance to Beihai Park by old-fashioned pedicab to the picturesque Shishahai Lake area.

    * Visit Gu Lou, the Drum Tower, where visitors will enjoy a bird's eye view of the old city.

    * Visit the neighbourhood in the rear Shishahai Lake area and walk in hutongs to drop in one or two courtyard- style homes and, if arranged, meal with a family.

    * Visit the mansion and garden of Prince Gong of the Qing Dynasty.

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    Hutongs: Old Beijing at it's best
  • By zhang.delong on January 1, 2007
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  • Don't miss the hutongs. They are fascinating!! You can spend a whole day there exploring. I love it.

  • Website: http://www.chinavista.com/experience/hutong/hutong

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    Hutongs: Get your hair cut outside the...
  • By mrsibf on August 25, 2002
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  • Hutongs - Beijing
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    Get your hair cut outside the Forbidden City

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    Hutongs: My favourite Hutong picture
  • By egosyncratix on December 6, 2003
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  • Watching the world go by - Beijing
    Watching the world go by
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    I took this picture secretly of this lady sitting in the hutong but i must mention that I was chided by my friends for not asking her permission first. To the chinese, when you take a picture, some who are superstitious may view it as taking a part of their spirit away....to others, its just an invasion of privacy, so take pictures of people secretly or with their permission (watch out! some may ask for $ just to take pictures with them!)

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    Hutongs: Visit With the Locals
  • By Ladyplus on April 21, 2005
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  • Hutong - Beijing
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    Loading pictures first. Please come back later for descriptions, or email me if you have any questions.

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  • Website: http://www.chinavista.com/experience/hutong/hutong

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    Hutongs: Hutongs (small lanes)
  • Updated By sunnywong on November 16, 2002
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  • One of the unique features of Beijing is its numerous Hutongs which means small lanes. The life of ordinary people in these lanes contributes greatly to the charm of this ancient capital. In these small lanes, you'll find many siheyuan, or quadrangles which are the living quarters of ordinary Beijingers. No one knows exactly how many lanes there are in Beijing which has been China's capital for five dynasties. But one thing is certain, if we connected all these lanes, their total length would be longer than the famous Great Wall, which is more than 6,000 kilometer' long.

    The word "Hutong" is said to originate from the Mongolian language which is one of China's minority language. It means a passage between rows of Siheyuan courtyard house, the traditional residence of Beijingers, each consisting of rectangle courtyard surrounded by one-storeyed tile-roofed houses, usually one to six meters wide, hutongs are where life was going on for the last 700 years since they first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).

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    Hutongs: The Bell Tower. This bell is...
  • By rebibi on August 25, 2002
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    The Bell Tower.
    This bell is 5,55 m high, has a diameter of 3,4 m and weighs 46,5 tons


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    Hutongs: 15: Further Hutong area explore
  • By FreeCloud on May 31, 2003
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    The photos below are the ones taken during our own exploration in a traditional residential area, which would be demolished soon.

    We had the greatest time chatting with local people, knowing their current life and their concerns after their houses to be demolished, to make room for an expanded CBD.

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    Hutongs: Walking in the Hutongs
  • By JBourne on November 26, 2006
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    There are many advertised bike tours through the Hutongs (traditional courtyard houses) but we found them on the map and walked around them on foot. The buildings were close together and rather ramshackle but this felt much more Chinese than the main roads and department stores did.

    There were no crowds here and it was a lot more relaxed. We went to a poorer area but apparently there are some beautiful examples to the east of the Forbidden City. Most people in Beijing now live in ugly run-down high rise condominiums, each with a dripping air conditioning unit out of the window, so it was nice to see the traditional old buildings whilst they still exist.

  • Website: http://www.chinavista.com/experience/hutong/hutong

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    Hutongs: Hutongs, hutongs & more hutongs!
  • By egosyncratix on December 6, 2003
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    Just dazing his day away
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    Walking through the hutongs of Qianmen, you will see the locals scrutinizing you from head to toe just because you are local. To them, a "Lao Wai" as they term foreigners, is an object of curiosity...they are pretty nice and i managed to converse with a few of them (on the pretext of getting directions)

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