Uploaded March 2007 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On a tour of "hutongs," or old alleyways that served as the neighborhoods for old Beijing, I visited a "siheyuan" of a family that once held high-status during the waning days of imperial China. Now it is a very modest abode. "Aunt Li" welcomes visitors to see what life is like behind the walls of the hutongs.
On a tour of "hutongs," or old alleyways that served as the neighborhoods for old Beijing, I visited a "siheyuan" of a family that once held high-status during the waning days of imperial China. Now it is a very modest abode. "Aunt Li" welcomes visitors to see what life is like behind the walls of the hutongs.
