【北京胡同英文简介beijing'shutongs,lanesoralleysformedbylinesofsiheyuan(acompoundwithhousesaroundacourtyard)whereoldbeijingresidentslive,witnessthevicissitudeofthecity.theword"hutong"originatesfromtheword"hottog】
北京胡同英文简介
beijing'shutongs,lanesoralleysformedbylinesofsiheyuan(acompoundwithhousesaroundacourtyard)whereoldbeijingresidentslive,witnessthevicissitudeofthecity.
theword"hutong"originatesfromtheword"hottog"whichmeans"well"inmongolian.villagersdigoutawellandinhabitedthere.hutongmeansalaneoralley,infactthepassageformedbylinesofsiheyuan(acompoundwithhousesaroundacourtyard)whereoldbeijingresidentslive.becarenottolostinit!itwasrecordedthatintheyuana36-meter-wideroadwascalledastandardstreet,a18-meter-wideonewasasmallstreetanda9-meter-widelanewasnamedahutong.infact,beijing'shutongsareinequablerangingfrom40centimeterto10meterinwide.thelongesthasmorethan20turns.eitherineast-westornorth-south,beijing'shutongsvariedasslant,halforblindhutongs"cul-de-sacs.thegray-tiledhousesanddeepalleyscrossingwitheachotherinidenticalappearancelikeamaze,youwillfinditmuchfuntowalkthroughbutbecarenottolostyourself.
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