Hutong, also known as "alley", "alley" and "alley", refers to a relatively small street between the main streets in towns or villages, leading to the interior of residential areas. It is an indispensable part of communication with local traffic. According to road accessibility, hutongs are divided into dead ends and living hutongs. The former has only one opening, the end of which goes deep into residential areas and is interrupted internally; The latter connects two or more main streets. Hutong is a major feature of Beijing and Suzhou. But Suzhou is called "Lane".
Hutong originated in Gudam, Mongolia. People in the Yuan Dynasty called the streets and lanes hutongs, and later they were the general names of the streets and lanes in the north. Yuan Guan Hanqing's Single Knife Meeting: "Where is your son going?"
East, there are horses on the dry road and warships on the waterway, fighting our way out. "Qing yuan Xu Qi.
"Cici of Tobacco, Alcohol and Bamboo Branches": "The whip tip points at the alley, and the king of Lu Yu has a gust of wind." Lao Can's sixth journey: "I also heard that there is a family in a small alley on the west side of Nanmen Street, the mansion, with only two fathers and sons."
Dismount Linggua on Ye Shengtao Line: "From my home to Gong Yuan, there is only one mile away, just a few deserted hutongs."