HUTONG LIFE | A walk through old Beijing
I've lived in Beijing for 2 years now. It's easy to get caught up in the modern way of life and forget that Beijing is an ancient capital. For me, the best place to get a glimpse of old Beijing, are the 'hutongs' scattered throughout the city
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The tradition of the hutongs dates back up to 700 years in Beijing! It's truly one of the most interesting things to see when you visit Beijing.
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We were wrong about Beijing... We expected a super interesting but massive, smoggy and overly crowded capital. What we did NOT expect (or even ever hear about before we left!) are its charming hutong; mazes of timeless, narrow lanes that will make you feel like you've found the real, quirky Chinese heart of the city. There's no better way of exploring Beijing before we hunt down the best Peking duck in town. Ready for a Beijing hutong tour?
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Hutong Rickshaw Tour - 胡同 Beijing, China
A must do while in Beijing is to take a rickshaw bicycle ride through the colourful Hutong district.
胡同 Hútòngs are a type of narrow streets or alleys commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, most prominently Beijing.
In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods.
In the last 60 years many of Beijing's hutongs have been raised to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some remaining hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
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In the modern city of Beijing lies a place where you can still see the authentic old Beijing. The place is known as Shichahai Area where most local residents still live in traditional courtyard-styled houses dotted along old hutongs. Your Beijing trip is not complete without visiting Shichahai Area.
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Hello, my lovelies! I believe when you travel you have to spend some time among the natives to get a genuine, insider, perspective on a place. In this video, we visited a hutong, a narrow lane or alleyway in a traditional residential area of Beijing, China to see how everyday people lived. It was insightful and I want to share my experience with you. LIKE & Subscribe for more episodes to come. Thanks for watching!
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When I came to Beijing, I was curious about how and where Chinese people lived in the past? Not only I decided to stay in one of Beijing's hutongs but also took the pedicab around the intricately twisted lanes to admire the old courtyards and experience the life of ancient Beijing. After decades of decay, hutong life is getting harder. In the last 20 years, Beijing has doubled in size to 20 million residents. The newcomers in the capital need homes jobs and conveniences that traditional hung life just can't supply but experts say that rapid urbanisation should still preserve the past.
In the same way that Forbidden City is the symbol of China's royal family; the winding hutongs in Beijing represent the way of life of the common people. Some may even say that the real culture of Beijing is the culture of the hutong and courtyards. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of 'siheyuan'. In Chinese, 'Si' means 'Four' which refers to four sides: east, west, north and south where 'He' refers to surroundings, meaning the four sides circle into a square. Due to its special layout, it is compared to a box with a garden in the centre. There is only one gate leading to a hutong, so when the gate is closed it is easy to lose touch with the outside world. In such an environment, family members can fully enjoy the tranquillity and share the happiness of a peaceful family union. On the other hand, many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong and then joining one hutong to another making it easy for local people to keep in touch with their neighbours. Once you enter any of the lanes, you can feel deep and warm relationships among people.
Hutong is a Mongolian word meaning water well. In the past, Beijing was composed of hundreds of courtyards around the Forbidden City, and these lanes stretched out in all four directions, connecting the different kinds of courtyards in the city. Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing's hutongs has dropped dramatically as they were demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history. The data can further explain the severe reality. According to research, Beijing had 3,050 hutongs in 1949, 2,250 in 1990 and only a little over 1,300 in 2004. Together with the Forbidden City, it is regarded as a symbol of old Beijing. However, with more and more being destroyed day by day, the old city is disappearing.
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Hutong is a type of folk culture in Beijing, China. Especially the brick carvings and wood carvings in Hutongs are telling the cleverness and craftsmanship of craftsman. If you can spend some time in those alleys and explore the life there, you would find out the essence of Beijing folk culture.
Previously, there was no machine to carve on the bricks. And it was difficult and time-consuming for people to carve it. The clay for this type of carving needs to be placed for years. After firing and polishing, craftsman will carve the patterns on the brick.
It is so admirable that frame made previously won’t deform after hundreds of years.
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