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Who We Are

Who We Are

The Hutong is Beijing’s culture exchange center in the heart of the Chinese capital. A retreat for expats, foreigners and locals to meet and connect. Our mission is to provide exceptional cultural experiences in a fun learning environment, and we welcome you to click on the links below to find...
The Hutong Kitchen

The Hutong Kitchen

At The Hutong we offer a wide range of cooking classes from within and beyond China’s borders. Experience how to prepare and create delectable dishes from Southern Asia and the Sub-Continent. Our Asian cuisine cooking classes include: Asian Tapas, Burmese, Caribbean, Indian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Southeast Asian, and Thai. Visit our calendar to see what’s...
The Hutong Corporate

The Hutong Corporate

The Hutong Corporate Events with a cultural twist! Our private parties, team-building programs, charitable endeavors, corporate gifts, tours and retreats offer professional yet creative alternatives to basic company events.
Hutong Membership

Hutong Membership

Becoming a member is easy - 200 RMB for a year of discounted programs, special events and more. As a small enterprise, we hope to continue in our efforts to serve your needs first as best we can. Thank you for continuing to support our community center. We look forward...
Travel Beyond The Sights

Travel Beyond The Sights

Special Interests, Extraordinary People! From Desertification in Inner Mongolia, to Luxury Homestays at The Great Wall, to our Pu'er Bicycle Challenge, we specialize in trips with a difference. We organise tailor made tours for schools, special interest groups, corporations or families ...
Go With The Flow

Go With The Flow

At The Hutong we offer a variety of healthy courses that allow you to have fun, exercise and break free from the stress of daily life – and also make new friends in our cozy traditional hutong surroundings. Kick start your way to health one of our healthy habits courses,...
What Guests Say

What Guests Say

“This week I attended my 15th great cooking class at The Hutong in my three and a half years in China. And it’s not because I can’t cook that I have to keep coming back! On the contrary, it is because I am a ‘foodie’ who enjoys delicious, home-made food; because...
Tea Journeys

Tea Journeys

At The Hutong we don’t just drink tea, we take you on a journey. We know the lands where our teas come from, the people who grow them and the ways they cultivate them. We want to bring you as close as possible to the way of tea. Click on...
Creative Pursuits

Creative Pursuits

At The Hutong we offer a variety of creative pursuits that allow you to have fun, unwind from the pressure and stress of the daily routine, and make friends in our cozy traditional Hutong surroundings. Pick up a new hobby or follow your passion and expand your skills. Classes include...
Coming Up At The Hutong

Coming Up At The Hutong

Click on the link above to find out what's coming up at The Hutong - from Beijing's best cooking classes to its most unique charity events to theatrical hutong tours, interactive tea workshops, private events and more ...
How To Find Us

How To Find Us

Warning: we can be hard to find if it is your first time here - you will need to print our map! We are located at Beixinqiao, just south of Dongzhimen Nei - about halfway between Sanlitun & Houhai. The easiest way to find us is to Take Taxi or...

What's Coming Up

Introduction to Chinese Herbs - Wednesday 22nd May - 2pm

Introduction to Chinese Herbs – Wednesday 22nd May – 2pm

Ever wanted to know how to use all those Chinese medicines on the shelf in the local pharmacy? How does herbal medicine work? Why is Chinese herbal medicine different to other forms of herbal medicine? In this introduction to Chinese herbs we will examine a brief history of herbal medicine and the development of herbal...
The Ningxia Expeditionary Journey

The Ningxia Expeditionary Journey

After four years of successful rides through Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna, our super gung-ho bike advocate Kristen Lum (click here for her thorough re-cap of our popular Yunnan bike ride), is helping The Hutong in expanding our bike repertoire of biking destinations to include our newest bike trek that travels through the rolling hills from Ningxia to...
How to Enhance Your Day with TCM

How to Enhance Your Day with TCM

95% of illnesses are caused or worsened by stress (Dr Bruce Lipton, Stanford Uni, 1998) Would you like to reduce your stress in Beijing? • Stress is a serious, yet often overlooked risk factor for a variety of diseases including hypertension, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, depression, chronic heartburn, IBS, and aging (WebMD, 2010). • Stress...
Red, White, Black & Blue

Red, White, Black & Blue

Last month, The Hutong hosted a group of 20 girls and boys from the Inner City Education Foundation (ICEF) Rugby program in South Los Angeles as part of a two-week China program (with stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to watch the Hong Kong Sevens tournament). Knowing that none of these students have set...
Eat Sleep Breathe - May 19th 2013

Eat Sleep Breathe – May 19th 2013

Lift the veil on some of the ideas and philosophy behind Asian health and lifestyle practices. The goal of this 5-session program is to help you live a Healthy Lifestyle in Beijing and incorporate preventative Chinese medicine into your daily life for restoring and maintaining energy, being more efficient at work and dealing more...
Video Editing with Lukas Birk

Video Editing with Lukas Birk

Lukas Birk is a multi-media artist who exhibits regularly in Asia and Europe. In China and Indonesia he has set up artists in residency programs as well as networks of local artists to cooperate with those in his native Austria. He has published books with his work on Afghanistan and China. He is a partner...
Intro Guitar Workshop with Robin Liu

Intro Guitar Workshop with Robin Liu

Ever been to a party, a gig or just a gathering, and someone started playing the guitar and you just wished you could have music flow through your fingers too? Robin’s introductory guitar workshop is what you need and will teach you all the basic aspects of guitar playing and more. You will not only learn...
May 1st – Chinese Metaphysics Walk

May 1st – Chinese Metaphysics Walk

‘Get up early, stride freely through the courtyard, let your hair down and indulge in the leisurely feeling of a morning stroll; this is how you should raise your spirits in spring’ When: Wednesday 1st May, 8-9.30am (public holiday) Where: Ditan Park (Temple of Earth) – 150rmb/person Ideal for foreign residents of Beijing, their guests,...
Family Biking in Yunnan

Family Biking in Yunnan

Bordering on Laos, Burma, and Vietnam – and only a short boat ride from Thailand – Yunnan is one of the most ethnically diverse and geographically stunning areas of the world. During the first week in April, it became just a bit more diverse and a lot more stunning as three families joined The Hutong...
Photography 101

Photography 101

Always wondering how other people get those awesome shots? Tired of missing shots because you don’t know what your camera is doing?   Want feedback on your pictures, and on how to make them better?  Then Photography 101 might be the course for you. With this series, you will learn how to control your camera effectively, understand...
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