1. And both are home to a dense concentration of hutong and old siheyuan houses, many of which date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
2. Those living in siheyuan or courtyard houses - can easily spot these birds, which often nest under the eaves and show no fear of human beings.
3. A siheyuan is a successful sustainable design for a naturally ventilated house.
4. Writer Liu Xinwu famously detailed the discomforts of freezing winters in a siheyuan, and the inconvenience of traipsing through all weathers to go to the toilet.
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5. Nestled in the shadow of the Drum Tower, this hutong hideaway best captures all that is special about siheyuan.
6. The number of Siheyuan in a residence was a good indicator of wealth, as the people with more money had more Siheyuan.
7. Ltd was putting the property rights to 17 traditional " siheyuan " homes under the hammer, but abandoned the sale in less than an hour.
8. The government is adjusting policies and making regulations to legalize " siheyuan " protection.
9. The temple is laid out like a huge siheyuan quadrangle courtyard with surrounding grey brick walls.
10. I could sense while living in Dongzhimen, whose siheyuan residents remained in the neighborhood after their older housing had been torn down.