胡同是深入居民区的小街道。了解北京,不能不了解胡同。胡同之于这座城市的人来说,是文化,是历史,更是生活。北京的胡同形成于元朝,蒙古语的意思是“水井”。明清以后,胡同在北京不断发展,民国开始衰落,直至今日只有少量片区遗存。各个时代,北京胡同的数量不一,多时达6000余条。俗语有云:“著名的胡同三千六,没名的胡同赛牛毛。”这些胡同青砖灰瓦,横平竖 Hutong is a small street deep into the residential area. Understand Beijing, can not understand the alley. Hutong in the city of people, it is culture, history, it is life. Beijing's alley formed in the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian means “water well.” After the Ming and the Qing dynasties, the alley continued to develop in Beijing, and the Republic of China started to decline. Only a few areas remain today. In all times, the number of Beijing alley varies from one to more than 6,000. As the saying goes: “The famous alley three thousand sixteen, the nameless alley race hair. ” These alley bricks gray tiles, horizontal and vertical