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Hutongs are Beijing’s ancient city alleys, and are a major tourist attraction. Surrounding the Imperial Palace (Forbidden City), many of the hutongs were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. You can learn more about Beijing’s hutongs in the CNTV Culture Express series Exploring Beijing hutongs and story 10 most attractive hutongs in Beijing.

Beijing’s Xianyukou Hutong, with a history of 570 years, has long been celebrated for its refined dining tradition. The CNTV Culture Express story Old hutong regains former glory reveals the traditional architecture and cornucopia of Beijing delicacies that visitors can experience in the newly reopened Xianyukou Hutong.

The Shenzhen Daily article A country-style getaway describes two great holiday destinations where you can experience a rural lifestyle in a beautiful and well-facilitated holiday resort without any noise or disturbances – just clean air and fresh food.

Chinese folk temples and local halls share many characteristics, especially on the outside. However, as James Baquet explains in the Shenzhen Daily article Temples vs. halls, the interior of the building will betray its true purpose.

High-flyers from around the world recently traveled to the home of the kite for a special event, Li Jing reports in the China Daily article Blowing in the wind.