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What are the largest, smallest, widest, narrowest, most curved and oldest hutongs in Beijing?
1, the narrowest hutong-Qianshi Hutong.

Located on the west side of Beijing Jewelry City Street, near Dashilan business circle. It has always been the narrowest hutong in Beijing in history and now. The alley is 55 meters long, with an average width of only 0.7 meters and a narrowest point of only 0.4 meters. Both walk sideways, and there are nine groups of buildings in the north and south of the street. It's hard to get through by pushing a bicycle.

2. The widest hutong-Lingjing Hutong.

Located in the southeast of Xicheng District, it belongs to the sub-district office of West Chang 'an Street. From east to west, it intersects with Fu You Street, Xihuangchenggen Street and Xidan Street respectively, in which the east end intersects with Fu You Street as a T-junction, and the west end is connected with Bicai Hutong in the east-west direction and intersects with Xidan Street.

3. The longest hutong-Dongjiaomin Lane.

The total length of Dongjiaomin Lane is1552m, starting from Tiananmen Square East Road in the west and reaching Chongwenmennei Street in the east. In modern times, it used to be a famous embassy district. 1860 after the second opium war, Britain, France, the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, Belgium and other countries set up embassies in Dongjiaominxiang, and renamed it Dongjiaominxiang Embassy Street.

After 1949, Dongjiaomin Lane is still used as the embassy area. Until 1959, all embassies moved to Sanlitun area outside Chaoyangmen. Dongjiaominxiang is a cultural relic protection block in Beijing, and the western-style buildings on both sides of the road are still telling people about their past history. ?

4. The shortest hutong-Yichi Street.

One foot street is actually an alley, although it is called "main street". It is the shortest hutong in Beijing, but it is not only a foot long, but about 30 meters long. It is the epitome of old Beijing Hutong, with obvious cultural characteristics of old Beijing.

5. Jiuwan Hutong, the hutong with the most turns.

Jiuwan Hutong is located in the east of Xuanwu District, with the east entrance connected with Chen Pu Hutong and the west entrance leading out from Changduying Hutong. It is about 390 meters long and has no fewer than 13 bends. It is the hutong with the most bends in Beijing.

6. The oldest hutong-the brick pagoda hutong that existed in the Yuan Dynasty.

Brick pagoda Hutong is named after the brick pagoda at the east entrance of Hutong. It is one of the oldest hutongs in Beijing, and it is also one of the hutongs with less damage and better style preservation in Beijing, which existed in the Yuan Dynasty.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Top Ten Hutong

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Lingjing Hutong

Baidu Baike _ Dongjiaomin Lane

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Yichi Avenue

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Jiuwan Hutong

Baidu Baike _ Zhuanta Hutong