[4K] Hutong are a type of narrow street/alley commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, especially in Beijing .In this video I walk around Lama Temple and Nanluoguxiang Hutong is a 2.1 mile moderately trafficked point-to-point trail offering scenic views and is good for all skill levels.

In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences.Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods.

Since the mid-20th century, many Beijing hutongs were demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, however, many hutongs have been designated as protected, in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history. Hutongs were first established in the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) and then expanded in the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties.

During China's dynastic period, emperors planned the city of Beijing and arranged the residential areas according to the social classes of the Zhou Dynasty (1027–256 BC). The term "hutong" appeared first during the Yuan Dynasty, and is a term of Mongolian origin, meaning "water well".

This video was shot on the 2nd of May 2021 in Beijing China 4K

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