Inside the tower is the biggest drum in the world, art vendors, and a model of a typical quadrangle. Here, we learn about the history of hutongs in Beijing. 3) Typical Hutongs Now we go on foot.

To many, the true essence of Beijing is found in the nooks and crannies of the city’s hutongs: traditional lanes packed with single-story houses. Gentrification is common in these rustic havens ...

As one of the 2024 laureates of the Yishu 8 France-China Young Artist Award, Bryon spent two months in residence at Yishu 8, an art platform ... her Beijing residency living in a hutong, an ...

Zhang Wei started the Web site oldbeijing.org eight years ago to chart the decline in the number of Beijing's hutongs and believes only 500 remain of the estimated 3,000 that existed six decades ago.