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Peter Neville-Hadley in A Better Guide to Beijing

Oct 12, 2016

Princely Privileges

During the Míng dynasty extensive princely mansions were constructed to the east of the Forbidden City. They now survive only in the name of the Wángfǔ Jǐng shopping street, which means ‘well of the Princely Mansion(s)’ (王府井).

Peter Neville-Hadley in A Better Guide to Beijing

Oct 13, 2016

In the Depths of Many Flowers

On foot through traditional domesticity in the hútòng of west Běijīng
Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of North, Around the Back Lakes

Not all hútòng houses are being flattened or replaced with kitsch…

Peter Neville-Hadley in A Better Guide to Beijing

Oct 12, 2016

Prince Gōng’s Mansion 恭王府

柳荫街
Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of North, Around the Back Lakes

You get rather more for ¥20 here than you do at the nearby Guō Mòruò Museum: green and leafy gardens, pools and pavilions, rockeries, winding pathways…

Peter Neville-Hadley in A Better Guide to Beijing

Oct 13, 2016

Běijīng Walks

Short walks around Běijīng’s hútòng

Hútòng Walking

A general introduction to hútòng life and the history of these back alleys

Forward to the Past

October 12, 2016

October 14, 2016

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