(Hostel website: www.templeside.com)

Probably the most special and original local hostel in Beijing, The hostel is so fantastic. It hides behind the street, deeply and quietly in a Hutong (historical narrow alley) and Si He Yuan (a kind of old style Chinese house), full of Beijng’s local taste. It impresses with its beautiful garden courtyard, super clean bathrooms, cheap private rooms, city center location, considerable service and brand new facilities. Of course, warm English speaking staff is more essential.

In my China living time, something would never be forgetted. The templeside house hostel was one of them. Although the hostel is famous on the internet now, I still want to mention its website www.templeside.com, since it gave me such a beautiful unmoveable memory.

北京是皇城，自古不乏红墙黄瓦和深宅大院，历史传奇、名人故旧为这座古老城市添加了很多瑰丽的色彩。然而，历史不光是皇帝和将相的传记，和宏伟的宫殿寺庙一同留存于世的还有那些沧桑感十足的胡同和四合院。
胡同和四合院是老北京平民文化的徽记，是真正历史的沉淀。徜徉于此，你会见到斑驳的红漆木门，大树下乘凉聊天的老人，跑来跑去的黄狗和小孩，一切都闲散安静，好像钟表的指针都放慢了跳动，除了偶尔路过的外国游客或中国时尚青年，涌上心头的往往是种恍惚隔世的感觉。
在北京西城区的阜成门内大街上，有两座著名的寺院，一为白塔寺，一为广济寺，二者相隔不过几里路，就在它们之间的一大片老胡同院落历史保留区内，坐落着一家非常不一般的小小旅店，这就是北京“广济邻”国际青年旅舍。