Starry Night Hutongs
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Starry Night Hutongs
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Digital Art - Photography/digital Painting
Description
Hutong is a Mongolian word meaning water well. At nine meters (about 30 feet) wide, it is the name given to a lane or small street that originated during the Yuan Dynasty (12711368). Now they have become representatives of Beijings culture, thus it is the first choice for people who would like to learn about the local history and culture.
In the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolians attached great importance to water, so almost every community in the city was designed around a well, which provided the daily water for the locals. Until now, one can still find dry wells in Hutongs.
A hutong is an ancient city alley or lane typical in Beijing, where hutongs run into the several thousand.
The main buildings in the hutong were almost all quadrangles--a building complex formed by four houses around a quadrangular courtyard . The quadrangles varied in size and design according to the social status of the residents.
The hutong today is fading into the shade for both tourists and inhabitants.
This work is based on my original photograph of one of streets in Hutongs,
Beijing, China and digitally painted in Vincent van Gogh's famous painting Starry Night.
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March 21st, 2014
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