Hutong (hútong 胡同)
- Narrow throughways, often alleys, most prominently present in Beijing, China
- Mongolian word (originally hottog) meaning water well
- Residents often lived near an area in the proximity of a spring or a well
- Often no wider than 9 meters
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Siheyuan (sì hé yuàn 四合院)
- Courtyard houses that were quadrangles, four-sided enclosed courtyards
- Emblematic form of traditional Chinese architecture
- Offered space, comfort, privacy, security, protection
- Symmetrical quality of siheyuan is reference to Confucian ideology
- Signature double red doors with large knockers, and drum stones or lions on each side
- Neighborhood of siheyuan houses form a hutong
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