Qudeng Hutong

Step into Qudeng Hutong and time-travel to old Beijing! Tucked between modern skyscrapers, this alley charms with gray-brick courtyard houses steaming with aromatic stews. Don't miss the century-old lantern workshop where masters weave bamboo into 'storytelling' palace lamps. At dusk, locals gossip on doorsteps with hand fans - grab a candied hawthorn stick and wander like a true Beijinger!