New TV series delves into Beijing hutong

(China Day by day) Hutongs, or slender alleys lined by courtyards in downtown Beijing, have been one of many high sights for many international guests in Beijing

Just lately, a brand new TV sequence reflecting the change of family and life-style in hutongs in the course of the previous seven a long time has been broadcasted on CCTV-8 and streamed through Mango TV and Tencent Video since Sept 25.

Titled Hutong, the 36-episode TV sequence consists of three components, respectively centering on three feminine heads of a neighborhood committee (juweihui) in a hutong space in 1950, 1980 and 2019.

Sitting on the bottom stage of presidency accountable for civil affairs, juweihui have arisen as city grassroots civil organizations since early 1950.

The primary half, starring actress Zhao Lusi as a loyal committee director, recounts how the protagonist helps illiterate residents enhance their cultural stage and lead locals to boost donations for supporting the nation throughout a harsh time.

Casting actor Cai Wenjing because the successor to go the neighborhood committee, the second story retells the rise of self-employed folks, a dynamic group to propel China’s financial progress with the nation’s reform and opening-up.

With actress Guan Xiaotong as the newest neighborhood committee director, the third story facilities on the demolition of unlawful constructions to higher protect the hutongs’s historic taste.

Based on Kuyun, a TV ranking tracer, the primary episode of Hutong has reached 1.61 % of all Chinese language tv viewers with its vivid show of the distinctive life-style of the Beijing hutong.