This section of the hutong photographs is on the alley-ways themselves but there is so much more to the hutongs. The object on the door stoop at far left is a--I forget the real name right now--decorative stone, one of which stands guard on each side of the entryway. They are meant to bring luck and ward off evil spirits. They are beautiful and sometimes elaborately carved. We will see more of them in the doorways section of these pix.