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[{"type":"0","id":"0kO_9HMHytU","title":"Hutong Rickshaw Tour - 胡同 Beijing, China - trial","author":"mycompasstv","author2":"mycompasstv","duration":"4:14","description":"A must do while in Beijing is to take a rickshaw bicycle ride through the colourful Hutong district. 胡同 Hútòngs are a type of narrow streets or alleys commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, most prominently Beijing. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods. In the last 60 years many of Beijing`s hutongs have been raised to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some remaining hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history. reporter: Ilona Kauremszky video: Stephen Smith music: Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com http://twitter.com/mycompasstv http://www.mycompass.ca mycompasstv travel channel - travel documentary","sdescription":" 0 sddefault 480 maxresdefault","date":"2014-04-30","thumbnail":"","hd":"yes","hits":"","likes":"","start":"0","stop":"","status":"1","views":"5 k"}]