--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies
Info
FedEx
China Post
China Air Express
Hospitals in China
Chinese Embassies
Foreign Embassies
Golfing China
China
Construction Bank
People's
Bank of China
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Travel Agencies
China Travel Service
China International Travel Service
Beijing Youth Travel Service
Links
China Tours
China National Tourism Administration

Beijing Sets up Files for Traditional "Hutong" Alleys

Beijing is setting up an archive on the city's traditional alleyways, called "hutongs", as a substantial effort to preserve the unique Beijing culture and historical architecture. 

 

The municipal government is compiling a book with detailed stories and photos to record all the hutongs, be they already gone or still around to be enjoyed.

 

Besides the locations, lengths and widths of every hutong, materials on their history, name changes and any noted residents are also being collected.

 

The archives will tell the history of these traditional Beijing alleys and show the cultural cream of this 3,000-year-old city, at the same time helping friends from elsewhere in China and overseas better know the city.

 

So far, the preliminary survey has been completed and all the figures and materials are under investigation. The compilation is expected be completed by the end of this year.

 

Beijing's alleyways boast a history of more than 700 years. "Hutong" is from a Mongolian expression meaning "well", which suggests people at that time lived together around a well and the "passages" they left formed today's hutongs. 

 

(CRI March 31, 2004)

 

Will Quadrangle Become only Sweet Memories?
Beijing Faces Moral Dilemma in Urban Renewal
Hutong Tour Booms in Beijing
Mapping Memory Lane
Rules Draw Lines for Heritage Protection
Beijing Wages War to Safeguard Ancient Courtyards
Space for City's Living History
Shichahai's Hutongs to Be Restored to Original Appearance
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688