To many, the true essence of Beijing is found in the nooks and crannies of the city’s hutongs: traditional lanes packed with single-story houses. Gentrification is common in these rustic havens ...

The best way for a newcomer to see them is through a rickshaw tour offered by the Beijing Hutong Tourist Agency. You may be shaking your head - how can one learn anything through an organized tour?

depending on the context -- can survive urban development post-Olympics is perhaps best answered by Beijing's urban planners. Among the endangered are the hutongs, or narrow alleys, and siheyuan ...

Explore the vibrant city with this detailed 3-day to 5-day Beijing itinerary, from the iconic Forbidden City to the ...

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Shortlisted for rebirth project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2020, MAD has overhauled a vacant courtyard house in an ancient hutong in Beijing, adding two bubble-like sculptures. Hutong Bubble 218 ...

Exploring the Mutianyu section is perhaps the best way to do it in one ... Weaving through the maze of residential hutong alleys that comprise the lifeblood of Beijing is an unforgettable ...

French artist and architect Clara Bryon. [Photo provided to China Daily] Bryon spent her Beijing residency living in a hutong, an alleyway courtyard residence. To her, the city revealed itself in ...

Mandarin Oriental carves out something entirely different in the heart of old Beijing: it offers an immersive stay in a real hutong ... while TIAO is best kept for the end of the night, where ...