胡同,现指小街小巷。这是一个蒙古语音译词,在蒙古语中“胡同”指的是水井。蒙古族人最初生活在沙漠和草原上,他们非常重视水源。所以元朝成立,在建设元大都时,他们要么先挖井再造房,要么预留井的位置再规划房屋布局,最后形成了“因井而成巷”的建筑格局。逐渐地,元大都的街道被称作“胡同”。又经 Alley, now refers to the streets. This is a Mongolian transliteration word. In Mongolian, “alley” refers to a well. Mongolians first lived in deserts and grasslands, and they attached great importance to water. Therefore, the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, in the construction of the Yuan dadu, they either dig the well to reconstruct the house, or reserve the location of the well and then plan the layout of the house, and finally formed a “due to the well Lane” architecture. Gradually, the streets of the Yuan capital are called “alleyways.” Again