北京胡同名字的由来（Origin of Beijing Hutong name）.doc

北京胡同名字的由来（Origin of Beijing Hutong name） The origin of Beijing Hutong name After liberation, after several decades of construction, Beijing city expanded three times more than at the beginning of liberation. New types of housing area, equivalent to the construction of 10 old Beijing city. How many hutongs are there in Beijing? According to historical records, in the Ming Dynasty as many as several thousand, which the city has more than 900 City, more than 300. The Qing Dynasty developed to more than 1800, and there were more than 1900 in the Republic of china. At the beginning of the founding of new China, there were more than 2550 statistics. Later, they merged some old names and named some of them; since the reform and opening up, with the development of economy and urban construction, some buildings have been relocated, and so far, there are about more than 4000 streets and lanes in Beijing. For the protection of the ancient capital, to maintain the traditional characteristics, Beijing city designated 20 alley for historical and cultural protection areas, like Nanluogu Lane, a fourth north to eight and has been designated as the courtyard cottage protected areas. Since the Yuan Dynasty, the old Beijing Hutong forms a chessboard pattern. The formation and development of Hutong also leaves traces of historical changes in its name and reflects social customs. Hutong, a small street, is called alley in Shanghai (South). After the Ming Dynasty, it was officially defined as Hutong. The past is generally believed that the Hutong is Mongolian town, or loanwords in Mongolian Wells, because all residents of the settlement where there is water (well), Beijing city in the wells as the center, the distribution of residential area has a long history. Recently, the Beijing evening news has published a new research article, saying that Hutong is not a Mongolian word for water wells. It is chinese. Each lane is formed, people will naturally give it a name, this name once accepted