Surviving alleyways evoke lifestyle of old Beijing – Shanghai Daily (subscription)
November 24, 2017
| Surviving alleyways evoke lifestyle of old Beijing Shanghai Daily (subscription) CHINESE writer Lao She (1899-1966) is best-known for his lively descriptions of ordinary life in Beijing’s hutongs, or back alleys, where he lived most of his life. “I don’t know what paradise looks like,” he once wrote. “From my experience, it must be … |
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