Nor has the lane anything in common with hutong (also meaning alleys) in North China, which are dusty on every side, especially when a wind rises.
Interview with a hutong dweller: There is an old saying that old Beijing has 3600 named hutongs and countless unnamed hutongs. Hutongs are like blood vessels which connects all parts of Beijing.
This is the last area of hutong buildings left in the city, and contains many treasures.
A lot of big roads still have wide bike lanes and you can spend hours trundling round the smaller streets, particularly in the few remaining hutong districts.
She says she loves Hutong in Beijing, as in hutong you can feel the real living atmosphere, which make her feel hospitable, as she has been back hometown.
We can use these resources of hutong and alleys in way of setting one way street and bus lane.
I've gone walking in a hutong during lunch hour in spring.
She has received thousands of foreign visitors since her house was chosen by the sub-district office as one of the reception centers in the hutong.
A city planning expert, Mr. Zheng Yiming: the name of hutong has already appeared in Yuan Dynasty, which means a place where many residents live together.
Like most all hutong denizens, Mrs. Wang and her husband, Liu Xingye, have weathered decades of Beijing winters by feeding round bricks of coal into a squat pot-bellied stove.
The best way to experience hutong life is to simply wander around the alleys, either on foot or by bicycle.
Also, a male online user nicknamed "beard man" published pictures of himself floating over hutong in Beijing.
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