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This video is from a redeveloped hutong neighbourhood in Beijing. Although quite new, they have the atmosphere of how people used to live in ancient times.
According to Wikipedia the Beijing hutongs are alleys formed by lines of traditional courtyard residences. They formed neighbourhoods by joining one courtyard to another to form a hutong, and then join one hutong to another. The word hutong also refers to such neighbourhoods.
After the mid-20th century, the authorities demolished most Beijing hutongs to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, however, some hutongs have been designated as protected, and even reconstructed, to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
First, watch this video from a hutong area in Beijing, then go on to read the story from the visit.
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