Saturday, 20 April 2019
Our first excursion of the day was to visit the hutong (alleyways, narrow streets) district -- what remains of the old Beijing. While many hutong have been torn down for modern buildings, a significant number still remain. In Mao's time, the courtyard houses were occupied by multiple families, but today many have returned to private ownership.
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| The Drum Tower north of the Forbidden City. Behind it to left (and barely visible) is the Bell Tower. |
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| Typical hutong passage. |
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| A large street in the hutong district. |
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| Some of the larger courtyard houses have elaborate entries. |
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| We visited a courtyard house owned by a prominent artist. |
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| One of the halls in the house serves as studio and office. |
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| Some of the artist's work. |
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