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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 ...
Preservation of Beijing's Hutongs: An Alternate Approach at the Wayback Machine (archived January 6, 2011) " 'Real people' transition in China's old hutongs", USA Today, August 14, 2008; Hutong pictures in Liulichang, Qianmen and Panjiayuan "Chorography to record rise and fall of Beijing’s Hutongs"—China Daily article on hutong research
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.
It faces the Forbidden City, and today is renowned as a place of relaxation for Beijingers, and for its nightlife. [1] [2] [3] Also the street network of Houhai was created during the Yuan dynasty. The Yuan's 787 m (2,582 ft) long Nanluogu Lane is considered one of the oldest hutongs in Beijing, located in one of its oldest neighborhoods. Many ...
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.
'Gate of Stability') was a gate in Beijing's Ming-era city wall. The gate was torn down along with the city wall in the 1960s. Andingmen is now a place name. Where the gate once stood is now Andingmen Bridge, a roundabout overpass on the northern 2nd Ring Road. The overpass links Andingmen Inner Street which runs south of the overpass inside ...
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.
Lusongyuan Hotel is a 3-star traditional courtyard hotel in Beijing, China. The Hotel lies in the central district of Beijing, in an old-styled Hutong in the eastern part of the city. It is surrounded by many historical buildings built from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties that are still preserved today.