The Hutong area of Beijing represents the old residential district. The houses are hundreds of years old and are designed in a grid pattern with 9 houses three across and three down forming the basis of the grid. Each set of nine houses shares a well. There are very few of these houses left. Although the structures are extremely simple and ten families must share a bathroom yikes they repre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Hutong area of Beijing represents the old residential district. The houses are hundreds of years old and are designed in a grid pattern with 9 houses three across and three down forming the basis of the grid. Each set … Continue reading