Hutongs of Beijing

Author: Weng Li
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: As a general term and representative of Beijing's streets and alleys, "hutong," not only constitutes the transportation network of Beijing's city but also relates to its urban layout. It is also the foundation of Beijing's urban life, the place where residents live and carry out activities, and thus becomes an important stage for the development and evolution of Beijing's history and culture. With the changes of times, political shifts, vicissitudes of life, warmth and cold of human relationships, ups and downs, joys and sorrows, lives and deaths, joys and sorrows are constantly performed on this stage and leave varying degrees of marks on it.