23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Beijing hutong

Beijing's iconic hutong neighborhoods are quickly disappearing as the city reinvents itself into a modern metropolis. A bicycle, lions-head door knocker, and traditional inscription in one of the remaining hutong fragments recall the classic Beijing lifestyle of an earlier era.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Beijing, China
Camera: LEICA M10 MONOCHROM
Copyright: © Virginia Hines