founder of the Beijing Postcards historical tour and research company, explains how to uncover hidden hutong history. The old banks: Shijia Hutong “This hutong, just southeast of Yangmeizhu ...

Thirty-eight years ago, visitors were introduced to grand historic legacies, such as the Forbidden City. However, I felt that little attention was given to the everyday living areas. At that time, I ...

Hutong Bubble 218 is a renovation project, which involved redesigning a traditional Qing Dynasty courtyard house. The project aims to revitalise Beijing's old hutong neighborhoods that have been ...

In the 1970s, three children lived in the old Beijing Hutong, Wang David, Li Hongbing, and Su Moli. They were childhood sweethearts and grew up together. While they are growing up, the society ...

It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores ... stands vigil at the entrance of her hutong, waiting for her missing daughter to return.

That central party zone for moneyed Chinese youth is part of the intrigue of modern-day Beijing. But for many of its 22 million residents, the true spirit of the city runs through its hutongs ...

Hutong Bubble 218 is a renovation project, which involved redesigning a traditional Qing Dynasty courtyard house. The project aims to revitalise Beijing's old hutong neighborhoods that have been ...