Starting from Hufang Bridge, you should first find Qianer Hutong, then go north, cross zhushikou West Street, see Ji Xiaolan's former residence, then go left, right, left, right, and so on, passing through the eight major things or things of Rouge Hutong, Baishun Hutong, Hanjia Hutong, Stone Hutong, Shaanxi Lane, Wang Guangfu Xiejie, Zhujiahutong and Li Shamao Hutong.
My time is about 7 hours, about 1 hour in Qianer Hutong, then I ate authentic Zhajiang Noodles with day lily, drank sour plum soup, went to Jinyang Hotel to eat oily meat at noon, and went out from Zhumao Hutong at dusk, where I stuttered at fresh fish. This large area I mentioned (except Qianer Hutong) used to be called Eight Hutong, which is a general reference to the scope. If you want to browse here, don't call a rickshaw, you must walk slowly by yourself. Sometimes, if you look up a yard, a brand and a name, you will understand a period of history, especially in the hutong for hundreds of years, and there is a feeling of overlapping time.
In the high-level Qingyin small class, celebrities in old Beijing sing songs here, which is not only romantic. There is Ji Xiaolan's former residence (1 yuan, the ticket is not expensive) nearby, and what you eat is the famous Jinyang Restaurant (Shanxi Restaurant, when the master cooked meat), which is just north of zhushikou Street. The hutongs are very narrow and the walls are mottled. There are eight hutongs on the wall, and the street lights are dim when you walk here at night. There are some old houses on the roadside, which is a little historical. There used to be barbecues at the door. See you that day.
Rouge Hutong is located in the south of Baishun Hutong, south to Zhushikou and north to Baishun Hutong. This name is its original intention, and it was the first-class place in that year. Since Su San (Yutangchun) became famous here in the Ming Dynasty, the original small house with three floors was changed to the Liuliu Garden in the courtyard of Liuliu, which is also famous. The reputation here is relatively high, mainly because of the unique Chen Yuanyuan in that history. According to the records, every night, there is a loud call for guests here, and the color of snuff is the Nine Cities of Anh Hong. Actually, it is at right angles to Baishun Hutong, which is shorter, only over 2 meters. When you walk there during the day, you can still see the old lady with little feet.
In those days, the Hui class went to Beijing, which was a great event. Among the four class leaders, Cheng Changgeng and Yang Yuelou put their teams here. First, it was convenient to communicate with each other, and second, it was convenient to build a theater. There were many literati and poets singing together. It used to be called Hanjiatan, which is in the north of Baishun Hutong. You can get there from the scenic spot of the Eight Hutong. There are two small hutongs in the north, which are quite famous. The big veranda camp and the small veranda camp hutong. If the eight hutongs are a little registered, then this is the residence of the prostitutes. They run around these two hutongs, do some business of poor scholars (most of them used to live in Liulichang in the north), or pry into the eight hutongs, and then they are reported by those teams. As a result, they are caught quickly. There is a word in Beijing called Hutong Chuanzi, which refers to some girls who have never seen the world and haven't read much, so they come from here.
There is a site of Wudao Temple in the west of Hanjia Hutong. Because it is the only place where five intersections meet in Beijing (Tieshu Xiejie, Cherry Xiejie, etc.), a palace of five emperors was built here in the Ming Dynasty, and now the site remains.
There is a former residence of Tan Xinpei, the founder of Tan School of Peking Opera, in Wailangying Hutong. Once out of Dingjun Mountain, it has never been better.
Yunjiban is a Qingyin small class, which belongs to the first class. Now the former site is the residence of several families. There is a sign at the door that says Yunjiban's former site, which is a two-story building. It turns out that Yunjiban still has a stove for burning coal in winter. The story that Cai E used Fengxian Xiao to escape happened here. After leaving, Fengxian Xiao was ill-fated, and Mei Lanfang once helped her. This short alley is famous because the Yihong class set up by Sai Jinhua, who was called Mr Sai in those days, is also here (now it is also a home, and it can be seen that it is a two-story building at the door). Sai Jinhua is a Jianghu person and a squad leader. Later, she was married once and married an adjutant in Li Liejun, just at the Cycas Xiejie at the aforementioned five intersections. Shaanxi Lane is long, very old and crowded, and all kinds of tricycles and bicycles are parked on the roadside.
Feng Yuxiang came with his troops, which lasted for about 15 days. He later said that these places should not be places where men come, so don't indulge in them. According to him, in the Stone Hutong, there was an old man who lived here in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. His braids were cut off, and his hair was still hanging freely. After dinner every day, he knocked gongs at the entrance of every place along the Hutong from east to west, holding Strafe in his hand and vowing to wake up these people who were addicted to the land of smoke and willow. But he couldn't wake up, but he was angry. When he died, there was no one at home, or the people in the place saved money to get a thin coffin. Stone Hutong is located in the east of Shaanxi Lane, and the east-west direction is also very long. It is a bit wrong to call Hutong. In those days, except Cheng Changgeng and Yang Yuelou lived in Hanjia Hutong, several classes lived here, and many artists went to the land of smoke and willow to perform.
It's a bit like a roadside shop in the past, which opened a noodle restaurant and fried cakes dumplings restaurant, and then some poor women engaged in some business here. A widow named Wang did this business. She was five big and three thick, like a figure in the water margin. She used some means to give a large amount of food, and she was willing to face the outside world. She greeted her when she could, and she was so confused when she couldn't. She became famous and had the best business. People called Wang Widow Xiejie. Later, because the original name was not pleasant to listen to, it was changed to homophonic. Wang Guangfu Xiejie was a famous place in Liu Xia where the smoke was below the third class. People who came didn't have any money. Now it is called Palm Tree Xiejie. In the south, there is the famous Shandong Cuisine Restaurant, Fengze Garden, which is a must. It used to sell baked steamed buns outside Fengze Garden every afternoon. I don't know if there are any more.
There are no empty-headed things like poetry and chorus, all of which are dry goods. Therefore, in its heyday, there were more than 2 soldiers and bandits in the yard. Before liberation, many soldiers and bandits came here, and the soldiers in Zhang Dashuai contracted here in those days. There are a lot of old houses here. In the autumn afternoon, the sun doesn't shine in, and the dark place is a little trance. There is a preserved teahouse named Linchunlou (which is a second-class place), which is lower than Qingyin class, singing poetry and harmony, and the teahouse is drinking tea and feasting. There is also a coffee shop. You can go up to the second floor, sit on the top, and look around at the gray-black eaves of the old Beijing Hutong. It used to be the place where the girls in the Spring Building were in bask in the quilt, but now it's the place where online celebrity took photos.
There used to be a yarn hat maker in this hutong. The shopkeeper's surname was Li, who made yarn hats for officials, repaired them and made them fall. But later, because of the proximity to several famous hutongs, many people rented houses here to make a living, and it became a third-class place. Now, if you want to find it, it will be renamed Xiaoli Hutong. This Hutong used to have Tongfuju and Tongshunju restaurants, all of which were changed by the old Qingyin small class. Now there is a Quansheng Building (also a teahouse) here, but you can't tell anything from the name. The plaque here is still there, and several families have lived in it.
It doesn't belong to the original Eight Hutongs, but it is a long hutong with a long history, from south to north, from Yong 'an Road to Eight Hutongs. This used to be a place for candle holders in Beijing (the base for inserting candles is called Qian 'er), and there are candle holders as well as candles. Next to it is Lazhu Hutong (formerly known as Candle Hutong), which used to make candles. According to the present statement, it is handmade candles. Lazhu Hutong, a street full of barbecues, is found here by the three barbecue giants in Beijing (Barbecue Season, Barbecue Bay and Barbecue Liu). When I was in Beijing before, people loved to eat this in summer, sitting outside with bare arms, standing on long benches, grilling with long chopsticks and squatting beside beer.
Everyone who has never been there has heard of this name. It started in Qing Dynasty. Most of the reading books in those years lived here, and Rong Baozhai, Guanfuzhai, China Bookstore, etc. are also concentrated here. Even if you don't buy it, it is quite profitable to have a look at the ancient buildings in old Beijing. There are also several famous hutongs, such as Da 'an Lanying Hutong, which used to be called Annan Camp (Vietnam called Annan in ancient times) and later renamed Anlanying;
sungongyuan hutong. Sun Gong is Sun Chengze, a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty. His house is here, with Qiansun Park Hutong in the north and Housun Park Hutong in the south. In the late Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang bought Sun Park and became an Anhui guild hall.
tieniao hutong. There used to be a rare iron stork temple here, but now only the ruins are left and turned into houses. There used to be Dali Guild Hall in Shaanxi, Xiangyang Guild Hall and so on.
The food in this area is mainly Yinchuan Beijing Office. I wrote an article about Beijing Office restaurants before, mainly about the province, but not the city. Yinchuan Beijing Office is located in Liulichang. Ningxia cuisine here is quite authentic. Many people can eat roast whole sheep, while few people can eat mutton taro or mutton offal soup.
Dashilan is well known, so I won't introduce it much. Deyun Society is here, and Liubiju, many time-honored shops, go to a street that Beijing must visit (but no one turns south to have a look at the eight hutongs). To the east of Xiaoli Hutong in the Eight Hutong is the Hutong (Palm Fan Hutong, Wangpi Hutong, Shijia Hutong, etc.) that passes through Meishi Street, and it is the Fish Mouth. You can regard this as the last stop of the Eight Hutong Tour, because there are Quanjude, Duyi, Fried Cake, Wonton Hou, Donglaishun, Four Seasons Minfu Roast Duck, Mending Meat Pie and so on.
centering on the eight hutongs, starting from Qianer Hutong in the south, going to Liulichang and Dashilan in the north, and then crossing Meishi Street to Xianyukou in the east, this is a hiking trip to visit the history of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, as well as a trip to the hutongs in old Beijing and various snacks in Beijing. My suggestion is to have breakfast, lunch and dinner in one day, plus snacks in the middle, which is good for both legs and feet.