Hutong Tour
March 26th 2009 After the Olympic Park, we were toured through one of the Hutong, or traditional alleyway neighborhoods, where Chinese families still live today. These hutongs are not all around Beijing (or other major cities), but the government has now protected many of these neighborhoods as a way to conserve some of the traditional culture and heritage. Our tour was by bicycle rickshaw, and we had a local g
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