Yichi Dajie ( Street of One Chi) Hutong

According to the "Daoqiao Zhi" (Records of Roads and Bridges in Beijing) , "the shortest hutong is the section from Tongzi Hutong at the east entrance of Liulichang East Street to the north entrance of Yingtao Hutong, which was originally called Yichi Dajie." According to the record of Chen Zongfan, a Jinshi in the late Qing Dynasty, in his book "Yandu Congkao" in 1931, "Yichi Dajie is to the west of Yangmeizhu Xiejie, and to the west is Liulichang." Since he wrote the book, Yichi Dajie has a history of more than 90 years. According to the "Records of Place Names of Xuanwu District in Beijing" published in 1993, "when the street names were reorganized in 1965, the short dead-end alleys on the south side of this street, Xixing Hutong and Yichi Dajie were merged." In 2012, the government designated Yangmeizhu Xiejie, where it is located, as a pilot for exploring new models of protecting and repairing historical and cultural blocks, and Yichi Dajie was "reborn" despite the changes.