Join us on an adventurous journey through the heart of Beijing as we explore the Hutongs, the city's historic alleyways, in a ...

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 ...

A Chinese man in a Hutong in Beijing, China. In our last column we discussed the “Brooklynization” of Beijing’s hutong neighborhoods, a process that shows parallels with areas like Bushwick.

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 ...

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 ...

But he found his calling when he turned to documenting hutongs. For three decades, he has created hand-drawn maps, written essays and taken photographs of the traditional homes in Beijing ...

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 ...

Set in the 1950s' Beijing, the play grasps and maintains the essence of the original novel, presenting a contrasting world of everyday life in the hutongs and the unique atmosphere of China's capital.