[00:01.53]C By connecting people's homes, [00:04.83]the hutongs in fact connected people's lives, [00:07.81]whether the lives of the rich or the lives [00:09.94]of the ordinary citizens. [00:12.01]Because the houses were built facing each other [00:14.36]around courtyards, [00:15.80]the families who lived there [00:16.94]were an integral part of each other's lives. [00:19.16]They supported each other [00:20.43]when help was needed and shared the joys [00:22.78]and heartaches of everyday life. [00:25.10]The children played together [00:26.64]in the courtyards and because of the hutongs, [00:29.33]courtyards were joined together for miles [00:31.49]around creating a network of people working, [00:34.80]playing and living together-a real community. [00:40.89]D Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, [00:44.84]China's economy suffered due to political [00:47.42]instability and the conditions [00:49.50]in Beijing's hutongs deteriorated. [00:52.32]Many new hutongs were hastily built to [00:54.58]accommodate the increasing population [00:57.32]but these were poorly made. [00:59.65]After the establishment of the People's [01:01.38]Republic of China, [01:02.96]conditions improved a great deal [01:05.41]and many of the original hutongs [01:06.94]were renovated and preserved. [01:07.98]

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