China - a Hutong of Old Beijing City (CN-17752)

What is a Hutong? That's what Wikipedia says:
Hutongs are narrow streets or alleys, most commonly associated with Beijing, China.
In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of 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.
Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
The sender of this postcard writes that the living enviroment of common people in Beijing was very bud, but now it's completely different.
My first Chinese postcard :)

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