The most recent history of cattle hotels - Astor

The most recent history of cattle hotels - Astor


The world has many famous hotels, such as Paris Lido pool restaurant (Ritz Paris Hotel), The Oriental Hotel Bangkok, Thailand (The
Oriental Bangkok Hotel), Singapore's Raffles Hotel (Raffles Hotel), Shanghai Peace Hotel, the Hong Kong Peninsula Hotel (The
Peninsula
Hotel) ... ... The Hotel is a few stars have been important, because they are in deep historical, cultural background, secure on the throne of the top restaurants. Of course, these spending most of the world's top hotels is not an ordinary tourist can afford.
Tianjin, there is still such a hotel - "Hotel Astor." However, Astor Hotel, did not make good use of its advantages, facilities with the service is far from front of several super-luxury hotel compared to (state-owned enterprises common problem, anyway make themselves and lose all things), but its charges than any other in the world and therefore well-known hotel to be much cheaper.

Astor Hotel

Germany 1861 a British missionary named Yan Sen came to China, missionaries Well, to China is of course the purpose of the Gospel. But 100 years later, his name was and Tianjin, the first international hotel - "Astor" (Astor
Hotel) linked together.
Yan Sen came to Tianjin, the second year of German, British, after a lot of British nationals designated concessions, merchants came to Tianjin, just over the expatriates found even before the official residence must first find a place to temporarily stay down, he saw this is an opportunity, so purchased a piece of land beside the Haihe River Hotel. A few months later, a summary of the British colonial-style bungalow completed. Yan Sen Germany for this simple hotel took a very Chinese name - Astor. However, Yan Sen Germany, after all, is a pastor, his main focus is not in operation of hotels, so the next 20 years among the Astor Hotel, there was no development.
By 1880 years, more and more foreign businessmen came to Tianjin, a large number of concessions which appeared magnificent buildings. In particular, completed in 1886, "Global Hotel" built in the near Astor, with the Global Hotel, the British concession also built a number of consecutive two floors of the hotel. Erupted in Astor Hotel had to consider conversion. In 1886, the then chairman of the British Municipal Council Detring (Gustav
von
Detring) to become the largest shareholder Astor Hotel (originally the Tianjin Customs and Revenue Secretary, he could really do anything in Tianjin, too powerful, known as the "Prince Gustav"), he demolished the old house that had been senile, in-situ on the and constructing a three-story brick-wood structure, typical of British colonial-style luxury hotel.

Astor appearance of the year

At that time Detring prestigious in the British concession, he presided over the construction of the hotel of course, became the most luxurious buildings; the one hand, to highlight the hotel's building height, we must also show Detring in the concession status, and Lee Shunde Hotel, built in Tianjin at that time the highest turret.
Detring want to Astor built a super-luxury hotel. Not only decorated, room number is also the largest at that time, because then only use the fireplace for heating, so had to set up a lot of the chimney on the roof. At that time, Tianjin, these chimneys are representative of Astor luxury, of course, these chimneys have been removed by today.

In the past the hotel lobby, at the time, but magnificent

The following years, Detring worked in the vicinity of Astor Hotel, the establishment of the Victorian garden and Gordon Hall (England Club) and other buildings, this series of building a landmark in the British Concession. Yan Sen, founder of Germany think that this is the year he boarded barque brought him good luck, so the new Astor Hotel, we put a new three-masted sailing shop logo. At the same time that the hotel also has a new English name: Astor
Hotel.
Detring fact, Li has been a helper Westernization Movement. Westernization movement to the Astor Hotel, bring many advantages. In 1888, Astor on the use of their own generators lighting, become the first hotel to use lights. In addition, at that time, China's first civilian telegraph, telephone, electric fans were the first appears in the Astor Hotel, this innovative style of work seems to be the traditional Astor in 1924, when the North Building built on the installation of the Department of the Tianjin No. 1 Elevator. 80 years of numerous celebrities who take over the Department of the United States OTIS elevator company elevator, until today, this will still be able to use the lift.



In 1898, only 24-year-old American youth Hoover came Astor Hotel to seek employment. Astor Hotel, then hired him as manager of Mo-lin, founded by Mo-lin, China's machine and mine engineers, mine manager of the company. Young Hoover shareholders for hotels in Kaiping coal mine, fine cotton soil plants, coal mines and other transactions Luanzhou made a lot of economic benefits (such merciless transactions are to be resting today, I am afraid that confession, shot a minority), they would reap enormous wealth. In 1913, Hoover took a lot of money back to the United States began his political career, and in 1929 was elected U.S. president.
In 1912, Pu Yi to abdicate, Tianjin forward in another period of development, Yuan Shikai's restoration of the northern regime, often take place alternately, warlord ... .... Concessions in Tianjin because of geographical convenience snowball effect, drawing became the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of bureaucrats, politicians haven, located concession in Tianjin Astor Hotel, is undoubtedly the best of the office settled. Then gradually move toward brilliant restaurants.

Puyi then rest of the couch

That same year, Sun Yat-sen Yuan Electric invitation north, "the state affairs." August 23 Sun Yat-sen arrived in Tianjin on the Astor Hotel, where he stayed in Room 208. September 22, Sun Yat-sen visited Baoding and returned to Tianjin, and still stayed Astor Hotel, 208 rooms. He drew up at the hotel, many of the national affairs of the message, sent to all over the country and said that "nationals willing to make concessions for the Republican, rather than to the Yuan is also." Since then the anti-Yuan forces had become the climax, culminating in a "second revolution." In September 1912, Huang Xing has 210 rooms in the hotel writing advocating a unified, industrial salvation of the Lectures.
Early 1915, Yuan Shikai conspiracy emperor, Liang Cai E to the patients of the students as an excuse to Tianjin, a policy with the teachers to explore the anti-Yuan; then Cai E live in the Astor Hotel.

Wan Rong been playing the piano

Before and after 1925, Astor Hotel is like a paradise away from the war. Feng Yu-hsiang in November 1924 coup, the last emperor Pu Yi and the Empress Wan Rong been "invited" out of the Forbidden City. Did not take long for the Japanese, "escorted" to Tianjin. First arrived in Tianjin, Pu Yi of course, stay at Hotel Astor. Pu Yi moved into the day until after the park concession static, while relying on the sale of antique calligraphy and painting a living, but still spend money like water. He and Empress Wan Rong, imperial concubine Wenxiu every few days went to the Astor to eat Western food, or ice cream, chestnut cream dessert powder ... ... and so on. According to the requirements of Pu Yi, the hotel has specially prepared for him, "imperial," He also from time to time with the Queen, Princess to the hotel to the ball. Today, the restaurant also contains a Puyi then rest the couch, listening to music, phonograph, as well as capacity of playing the piano too.

Sun Yat-sen stay in the "presidential suite"

Sun Yat-sen's desk

Today, almost every one five-star hotel, have a "presidential suite", these "presidential suite" is just luxury only the vast majority has nothing to do with the president, but not the same as Astor. In a few early either the President - Sun Yat-sen, Yuan Shikai, Li Yuan-hung, Hsu Shih-chang, the advocates, Cao Kun have all stayed Astor Hotel. Coupled with the last emperor Pu Yi, who served as interim ruling Duan Qi-rui, former U.S. President Herbert Hoover, Grant, former Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi ... ..., Astor Hotel, I am afraid of China and the President-level person in the closest relationship to the. Background of their stay at the hotel, often also with an important event in modern Chinese history is closely related to. Currently Astor Hotel, 208 rooms have been restored to live the year when the Sun Yat-sen furnishings and become a truly "presidential suite." Today, the old Astor House has been listed as key national cultural relics.