Beijing's courtyard The Beijing courtyard is an inner courtyard house formed by enclosing four houses in the east, west, south and north. As the main architectural form in which the old Beijingers have lived for generations, the Beijing courtyard houses are well known in China and abroad. Typical characteristics of the courtyard is the appearance of rules, symmetry in the center line, and the use of extremely flexible, to a large expansion, is the imperial palace, the royal residence, to a small shrink, is the residence of the common people, the brilliant Forbidden City and the suburbs of the ordinary farmers are quadrangles. In addition, although the courtyard is a residential building, but contains a profound cultural connotation, is the carrier of traditional Chinese culture. The construction of the courtyard is extremely concerned about feng shui, which is actually the ancient Chinese architectural environmental science; the decoration, carving and painting of the courtyard also everywhere reflects the folk customs and traditional culture, showing people's pursuit of happiness, beauty, wealth and good fortune. Hutongs in Beijing
Old Beijing, old hutongs, has become a symbol of Beijing culture. It would be a pity if you don't visit the hutongs in Beijing. All the cities in the world have streets and alleys with the same name, such and such a street, such and such a road, but only Beijing is called "Hutong". Beijing's hutongs contain a rich civilian atmosphere, colorful people's style, like old wine, the more you taste the more flavor. Beijing Opera Beijing Opera originated from four local styles: Hui Opera, which was originally popular in Anhui Province; Han Opera, which was popular in Hubei Province; Kunqu Opera, which was popular in Jiangsu Province; and Qin Opera, which was popular in Shaanxi Province. After the four Anhui classes entered Beijing at the end of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, they cooperated with the Han Opera artists from Hubei during the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods, and influenced each other, gradually accepting part of the repertoire, tunes, and performance methods of the Kunqu and Qin Opera, as well as absorbing some folk tunes and the Beijing vernacular, and gradually integrating them into the development of the opera. Peking Opera is a type of opera circulating in Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin and most parts of the country. In foreign countries, it often represents the art of Chinese opera, so it is also known as the "national essence". Snacks in Beijing Beijing's flavorful snacks have a long history, many varieties, elaborate materials and fine production, and are widely praised. The Qing Dynasty "Door Bamboo Word" cloud: "three big money to sell good flowers, cut cake ghost legs chirping, a bowl of sweet syrup porridge in the morning, only to eat tea soup and noodle tea; cold fruit fried cake sweet ears, hanging stove baked cake Ai Wo Wo, fork burned just sold, and listen to the hard noodle called meat and potatoes; roasted wheat wontons listed on the plate, the new
Time to add a good hanging powder dumplings ... ... ..." These snacks are sold in the temple fair or along the street market, people will unintentionally come across, the old Beijing image called "touch food".