BEIJING HUTONGS : A CLASSIC CULTURAL JOURNEY

Hutong ( 胡同 衚衕 hútòng) are a type of narrow street or alley commonly associated with northern Chinese cities especially Beijing. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The Continue Reading

TIANJIN

Tianjin is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern Chinaon the shore of Bohai Sea, it is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total population of 15,621,200 as of 2016 estimation. Its built-up (or metro) area, made up of 12 central districts (all but Baodi, Jizhou, Jinghai and Ninghe), was home to 12,491,300 inhabitants Continue Reading

BEIJING YONGHE TEMPLE (LAMA TEMPLE)

The Yonghe Temple (雍和宫 Literally “Palace of Peace and Harmony”) also known as the Yonghe Lamasery or popularly as the Lama Temple is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The building and artwork of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles The Lama Temple is one of Beijing’s most famous monasteries – Continue Reading

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