胡同是北京特有的景致,也是北京的重要标志,没有了胡同的北京就如同没有了水的威尼斯,很难想象会是什么样子。早在元代,就已经使用胡同一词来称呼街巷,当时的一些戏曲中已出现有“胡同”一词。如关汉卿的《单刀会》中有“杀出一条血胡同”的词 The hutong is a unique scene in Beijing and an important symbol of Beijing. Without the hutong Beijing, it is like Venice without water. It is hard to imagine what it would be like. As early as in the Yuan Dynasty, the same word was used to describe streets and alleys. The words “hutong” appeared in some operas of the time. For example, Guan Hanqing’s “Single Blade Society” has the word “kill a blood alley”