China: A bicycle repairman awaits custom on a late winter afternoon in Beijing's old hutong area

Hutong have been around for some seven centuries, dating back to the Yuan dynasty when Kublai Khan established his capital at Dadu, on the site of present-day Beijing. In fact, the word hutong is believed to derive from the Mongolian word hong tong, which means water well.

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