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When you come to Beijing, are you curious about how and where Chinese people lived in the past? Join our tour: the pedicab will take you around the intricate winding hutongs to admire the old courtyards.

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There are two high-recommended itineraries. One is "Drum Tower – Shichahai – Silver Ingot Bridge (Yinding Bridge) – hutong – the back gate of Beihai Park'. The other is ‘Qianhai – Silver Ingot Bridge – Houhai – hutong – Prince Gong's Residence Garden.

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During your visiting, you can take some photos, in which you will find many carvings, gate piers and some characteristic patterns. Additionally, the residents there and their daily life are also interesting to be taken as photos. For instance, you may see the children playing games, the old men playing cards or the vendors selling Bingtang-Hulu (crystalline candied haw).

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Additionally, as a tourist, you should know the approximate charge of a pedicab tour. According to many visitors' experience, the pedicab owners usually charge you more than CNY50. Actually, the tour sometimes only costs CNY20 to 30. Fortunately, now Beijing has unified the charge standard of pedicabs.

Source: hjenglish.com