Hutong
Hutong
The traditional homes of the working class, Hutongs or alleys were also places where the merchants lived, and the size of their statues in front plus how large thier threshhold was showed the level of... [more]
Upon arriving in Beijing, I was greeted with the usual noise, pollution, pissed off cab drivers, and...a nice clean air conditioned car. The hostel I was staying at arranged to ahve me picked up by the Chinese version of Bob Hope. The Far East-Beijing Hostel was actually a hutong, a traditinal courtyard home in an old back alley. The house over 300 years old, was divided up into dorms, which I was surprsed to find clean and comfortable. The main theme of my two days in Beijing so far has been one of surprise: that the people here are really making [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 26th 2007 | 62 Views | [diary=196200]
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