Recently, a new TV series reflecting the change of household and lifestyle in hutongs during the past seven decades has been broadcasted on CCTV-8 and streamed via Mango TV and Tencent Video since Sept 25.
Titled Hutong, the 36-episode TV series consists of three parts, respectively centering on three female heads of a neighborhood committee (juweihui) in a hutong area in 1950, 1980 and 2019.
The first part, starring actress Zhao Lusi as a devoted committee director, recounts how the protagonist helps illiterate residents improve their cultural level and lead locals to raise donations for supporting the country during a harsh time.
Casting actor Cai Wenjing as the successor to head the neighborhood committee, the second story retells the rise of self-employed people, a dynamic group to propel China's economic progress with the country's reform and opening-up.
With actress Guan Xiaotong as the latest neighborhood committee director, the third story centers on the demolition of illegal constructions to better preserve the hutongs's historic flavor.
According to Kuyun, a TV rating tracer, the first episode of Hutong has reached 1.61 percent of all Chinese television audience with its vivid display of the distinctive lifestyle of the Beijing hutong.
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