Hutongs
Hutongs Reviews
 Jun 05, 2007
Wikipeida: The word hutong comes from the Mongolian hottog meaning water well. During the growth of towns and cities, wells dug by villagers formed the centres of new communities.
Nowadays hutongs are vibrant neighbourhoods packed with shops and restaurants and were locals enjoy their food. For a taste of real china go to the hutongs before the government demolishes them all and eat some local food if you dare (but not a Chinese burger). Best one is located just south-west from Tiananmen square. |
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May 26, 2008
I've been living in Beijing Hutong area for more than 15 years, in my memory, there are many colours in Hutongs in Beijing, I was born in a Hutong in 1965, at that time, Hutong only had very simple colour, like grey,blue ,green...definitely no garish. but now, when… The colour of Hutong in Beijing |
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Jun 16, 2008
In my memory, there are many colors in Beijing’s Hutong,. When I was a kid , when I chased my friends in hutong area, the color of Hutong was grey. Everything was greey, the roof, the wall, the courtyard, the automobiles, the bikes, even the girls dress was also grey. Look around, you found yourself… Have a first look around Beijing Olympic Games Stadiums |
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Feb 01, 2006
My memories of the hutongs and Siheyuans are what brought me back to Beijing . Despite the urbanization and resulting destruction of the Hutongs, many old courtyards have been preserved, with daily life continuing as it has, for hundreds of years. The men still gather outside their gates… Beijing - Part I of 2 |
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May 17, 2009
Findng the hutong we were staying at seemed to take longer than necessary. We decided to try and take the bus into the center of the city and then take a taxi to the hutong. We got off at the last stop at _______, apparently taxi's aren… Arrive in Beijing |
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Sep 09, 2007
It took us through the city to some of the major tourist destinations, but what we really wanted to see was the Hutong, a traditional Chinese city area, which was included on the tour. We went first to the Red Gate, one of the remaining city gates of the Beijing City Wall. It was interesting, just a short stop. Inside they were housing an art gallery. From… And, our time in China contiunes |
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