| The Bamboo Garden Hotel is a classical Chinese garden-style structure in a quiet lane west of the Drum Tower in Beijing. The neighborhood was safe and so interesting to wander around in. I t is just two blocks from the drum tower and a block from the subway station.
The hotel was formerly the residence of Sheng Xuanhuai, the Minister of Post of the late Qing Dynasty(1644-1911). It is also said to be the garden of Li Lianying, a noted eunuch of the Qing Dynasty. Since the late Qing Dynasty, many celebrated Chinese people, including Ma Hansan, Dong Biwu, and Kang Sheng had lived in this hotel. The halls and pavilions in the building are linked by tortuous, long corridors, with a tranquil and elegant surrounding of bamboo groves, rockeries, and fountains.
The hotel sees blooming flowers in spring, colorful lanterns and green bamboo swaying in the breeze in summer and autumn, and pines and snows in winter, all making the hotel an ideal place to hold banquets and greet guests. |