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Hou Hai
Rickshaw
8 6 5
tours
One way of seeing GULOU XI D A J IE
the hutongs is from a H O UH A I B EIYA N
Hou
Hai 5
rickshaw (left). Prices 0
are negotiable, but HOUHAI NANYAN 9
expect to pay around LIUYIN JIE
¥180 per person for 4 HOU HAI Qian
Hai
a two-hour jaunt with QIA N H A I BEIYAN QIANHAI N ANYAN DI'AN MEN WAI DAJIE 2
the occasional stop-off. JIE
LONGTOUJING
DI'AN MEN XI DAJIE
3 7 1 8
Mansion of
0
Prince Gong
This former residence
of Prince Gong is a
preserved historic
mansion in Beijing. The
garden is a pattern of
corridors and pavilions,
dotted with pools and
gates (below).

Song
Yandai Xie Jie
6 9
Qingling’s
One of the busiest
Residence tourist streets in Beijing,
Song Qingling was the Yandai Xie Jie is lined SIHEYUAN
wife of the revolutionary with historic buildings, Traditional Beijing
leader Sun Yat Sen. Her most of which have been homes are arranged
former living quarters are converted into small around a central
now a small museum. boutiques and bars, courtyard. Originally
The gardens surrounding including a temple homes of the well-to-
the house are beautiful. that is now a café. do, over time many
siheyuan were occupied
Lotus Lane
7 by poorer families, who
This is Hou Hai’s main lakeside parade of
squeezed several
restaurants, bars, and cafés (below). Many of these households into the
establishments boast attractive waterfront terraces. space formerly occupied
by one. Modernization
has destroyed many of
these dwellings, but
there is a movement to
preserve those that
have survived. A few
have recently been
converted into hotels.

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