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It records the historical changes, the style of The Times, and contains a strong cultural flavor, like a folk customs museum, branded with the imprint of people's various social life. A brick or tile in many hutongs is hundreds of years old. One can understand the life of Beijing residents from the hutong courtyards, large and small, including ...
Lingjing hutong (Chinese: 灵境胡同; pinyin: Língjìng hútong) is a hutong in Beijing, located near to Xidan, in the Xicheng District, Beijing. [1] It is approximately 600 metres (2,000 ft) long, running from Xidan North Street to Fuyou Street with a width of 32 metres (105 ft), it is considered the broadest hutong in Beijing.
A hutong in Beijing Entrance to a residence in a hutong. Hutong (simplified Chinese: 胡同; traditional Chinese: 衚衕 or 胡同; pinyin: hútòng) are a type of narrow street or alley commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, especially Beijing. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard ...
There are many landmarks in Beijing. The best-known ones include the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China , the Temple of Heaven , the Tian'anmen and the Forbidden City , a number of temples, hutongs and parks, relics of ages gone by.
Currently, the area is known throughout Beijing as a shopping area. [8] [9] [10] Many malls and department stores have stores within the area, the oldest of which is the China branch of the Taiwanese department store Chungyo. [9] [11] [12] Xidan is also home to Lingjing Alley, which, at 32m (34 yards), is considered to be the broadest hutong in ...
Nanluoguxiang was built in the Yuan Dynasty and received its current name during the Qing Dynasty, around 1750.In recent years, the area's hutongs have become a popular tourist destination with restaurants, bars, live music houses, coffee shops, fast food and souvenir shops, as well as some old siheyuan associated with famous historic and literary figures.
Lingjing Hutong station (simplified Chinese: 灵境胡同站; traditional Chinese: 靈境胡同站; pinyin: Língjìng Hútòng zhàn) is a station on Line 4 of the Beijing Subway, [1] located on Xidan North St., about 150 m (490 ft) north of the west entrance of Lingjing hutong, [2] after which it is named.
[12] [13] [14] The Daxing Airport has one of the world's largest terminal buildings and is expected to be a major airport serving Beijing, Tianjin and northern Hebei Province. Daxing Airport is connected to the city via the Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway, the Daxing Airport Express line of the Beijing Subway and two expressways.