In addition to visiting the Forbidden City, there is another must-do experience in Beijing: visiting the hutongs!

There are many century-old hutongs in Beijing that are worth visiting!

Deep in the alley, with flying eaves and tiles, it is the epitome of old Beijing.

Below, the editor will introduce to you some hutongs in Beijing that are worth visiting.

Yandai Xiejie "It's cold and willow fog is cool behind the sea, and a tobacco bag is basking in the sun. The silver bridge can bear the weight of the Western Mountains, and the old shop is still fragrant. Mengluo's nose pot is intoxicating, wandering around the tile lanes and melodious. Xiejie is shorter than the cigarette pole, bright and clear

"A few more steps in the Qing Dynasty." This poem was written in the famous Daiyan Xiejie in Beijing, which is located in the core area of ??Shichahai Nature Reserve.

The origin of this name also refers to the fact that the banner people living in northern cities at that time loved to see and hear tobacco leaves packed in tobacco pouches.

Later, the demand for cigarette pouches surged, and the number of cigarette pouch shops on Xiejie Street increased day by day.

In addition, the Yandai Xiejie itself looks like a tobacco pouch, and the slender street resembles a tobacco pouch stick.

Today, it is a good place for Beijingers to look for food, antiques, and appreciate ancient paintings and calligraphy in their spare time.

Guozijian Street Guozijian Street is named after the Confucius Temple and the Imperial Academy.

There are also several temples and four archways on this street, which is perfect for exploring history and culture.

The Imperial College was the highest institution of learning established during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

At that time, if you could study in the Imperial College, it would be a matter of "honoring your ancestors."

The Confucius Temple was the place where Confucius was worshiped during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

There are 198 stone tablets engraved with the names of three generations of literati, including Shen Junru, Xu Guangqi, Zeng Guofan, Yuan Chonghuan and more than 50,000 people.

Nanluoguxiang The American "Time" magazine has selected 25 interesting places in Asia that you must visit.

Nanluoguxiang in Beijing is on the list.

This 800-meter-long hutong is the most prosperous and fashionable hutong area in Beijing. The neon lights of the bars here blend with the gray walls and gray tiles.

The most authentic taste of Beijing is hidden here, and the streets and alleys were once crowded with dignitaries.

From ordinary civil servants in the Ming Dynasty to Queen Gege in the Qing Dynasty, as well as poets and scholars, there are endless romantic characters in every house in the hutong, and every place can be related to a piece of history or story.

Nanluogu Lane runs north-south, starting from Gulou East Street in the north and ending at Di'anmen East Street in the south.

It is 786 meters long and 8 meters wide.

It was completed at the same time as Yuan Dadu (1267).

It is the only traditional checkerboard-style residential area with the largest scale, the highest grade and the richest resources in the country, completely retaining the texture of the Yuan Hutong compound.

Nowadays, there are personalized shops with ever-changing styles, exquisite and fashionable private houses, and the ancient hybrid of Yuan dramas, which have been completely transformed.

Tourists from all over the world love to come here to "get lost in Beijing".

Wudaoying Hutong Wudaoying Hutong, with a total length of more than 600 meters, is next to the Imperial College Street and is a favorite place for young people.

There are not many people in this alley.

Most of them are very leisurely tourists who want to stay here for an afternoon or take pictures.

Because most of the early investors who settled in Wudaoying were outsiders.

Therefore, there are various coffees, pubs, and Western-style light restaurants here. It is a gathering place for Beijing’s petty bourgeoisie and one of the favorite places for outsiders to live.

Some business owners who opened stores in Nanluoguxiang and Gulou also heard the news and opened branches or new stores in Wudaoying.

Liulichang Ancient Culture Street Liulichang now has nothing to do with "Liu Li" and there is no trace of it.

But in the Yuan Dynasty, it was still a suburb, so official kilns for firing glazed tiles were opened.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, this area became an urban area, so the "Liulichang" at that time moved to a farther place, but the name remained and has been passed down to this day.

Maoer Hutong Maoer Hutong.

Anyone familiar with Beijing will not be unfamiliar with this name.

It starts from Nanluogu Lane in the east, reaches Di'anmenwai Street in the west, is connected to Doujiao Hutong in the north, and Buyaqiao Hutong in the south and east.

Because there was a hat-making workshop in Mao'er Hutong in the Qing Dynasty, the existing courtyards include: Mao'er Hutong No. 5, Mao'er Hutong No. 9 (Keyuan), Mao'er Hutong No. 11 (Wenyu Mansion), Mao'er Hutong No. 13 (Feng's former residence)

, No. 21 Maoer Hutong (the site of Wenchang Palace of Zitong Temple), No. 37 Maoer Hutong (former residence of Wanrong), No. 45 Maoer Hutong (the eight major alleys of the Admiral’s Office of the Qing Dynasty and the Security Force Headquarters of the Republic of China). The eight major alleys were once synonymous with Fireworks Willow Lane

From west to east, the eight major hutongs are Baishun Hutong, Yanzhi Hutong, Hanjiatan, Shaanxi Hutong, Shitou Hutong, Wang Guangfu Xiejie (now Palm Tree Xiejie), Zhujia Hutong and Li Shamao Hutong (now Xiaoli Hutong).

Hutong). There are countless hutongs in Beijing, but the eight major hutongs are famous both at home and abroad. There is a jingle in Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty that alludes to these eight major hutongs: "The eight major hutongs have been famous since ancient times. Shaanxi Baishun Stone City. Hanjiatan is full of string music and songs. Wang Guangxie"

"The lights are bright. There are two roads outside the camp in front of the Wanfo Temple, and there are many mink vendors going up the rouge slope." Among the alleys in Beijing, many people love nothing more than "deep flowers."

, not because there is anything special about the hutong, but because the name of the hutong brings infinite imagination and poetry. When people read the name of the hutong, they feel as if they have stepped into the depths of spring surrounded by flowers.

The special meaning of Chinese characters. Gu Cheng's poem "In the depths of a hundred flowers", "Everyone knows that hundreds of flowers are deep. The courtyard is half shaded, and the old temple has three feet of grass. The autumn wind never forgets it and sweeps away the fallen leaves. It is better than Taoyuan, but people will grow old."

." Deep in the alley, "No. 16 Hutong, Xinjiekou Baihua Deep" is the location of Zhang Xiaowei's Baihua Recording Studio.