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 ...

Any project in the precious few hutong areas of Beijing needs careful consideration; those traditional clusters of small scale dwellings were once all over the city, but are now confined in particular ...

Imperial Palace Tour in Beijing Start at Tian'anmen Square for a 30-min stroll around China's largest city square. Hutong Tour in Beijing Start your day at Drum Tower.Go up the towers for views ...

After visiting so many cities in China I've finally made my way to the capital of the People's Republic of China, Beijing. Where most travellers start their Chinese adventure, I end mine ...

How many hutongs are there in Beijing? Old local residents have a saying: "There are 360 large hutongs and as many small hutongs as there are hairs on an ox." Laid out in a chessboard pattern ...

MAD has overhauled a vacant courtyard house in an ancient hutong in Beijing, adding two bubble-like sculptures. Hutong Bubble 218 is a renovation project, which involved redesigning a traditional ...

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 ...