A Tad More on Peking’s Da Yuan Fu Hutong

After yesterdays post on the general demolition of Da Yuan Fu Hutong (Datianshujing Hutong) running off Morrison Street (Wangfujing) and behind the Peking Hotel a couple of pictures of the small attempt to preserve some of the western end of the hutong and perhaps generate a bit of business among tourists. It’s been a bit laggard in getting going and remains a fair way of the tourist path at the moment but still, better than total destruction I guess. It’s one of those old town/new town things that are popping up all over China these days in fairly generic fashion.

Beware of cheap tat all ye who enter here

When I visited not much was happening but the lanterns were up

Hopefully these businesses can drum up enough business to keep the place free of bulldozers

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