Baishun Hutong

Baishun Hutong runs east-west, starting from Shanxi Xiang in the east and ending at Xiaobaishun Hutong in the west. Because there were cypress trees planted on both sides of the hutong, it was named Cypress Hutong. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Baishun Hutong because of its homophonic meaning of "everything goes smoothly".
Baishun Hutong is one of the gathering places for Peking Opera masters a hundred years ago. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the four famous Hui Opera troupes "Sanqing", "Chuntai", "Sixi", and "Hechun" successively entered Beijing for performances, and they were famous throughout China. During this period, the four major Hui Opera troupes all lived near Dashilan: "Sanqing" lived in Hanjia Tan, "Chuntai" lived in Baishun Hutong, "Sixi" lived in Shanxi Xiang, and "Hechun" lived in Litieguai Xiejie.