Private space not allowed to visit
Driving from the bottom of the mountain, meandering through paths overgrown with weeds, you will indeed be surprised when you arrive at Terrace Mountain B&B! It's like a replica of the European world has been reborn on the top of the terraced mountains in eastern Taiwan.
The predecessor of Terraced Mountain B&B is actually a traditional Fujian-style old house built in 1967. At that time, the old farmer happened to meet Li Jieyue and his party who were making tea on the mountain. When Li Jieyue learned that the old house was for sale, he They jointly purchased this old house with two other classmates for future retirement. However, because the old house had not been lived in for a long time and was eaten by termites, Li Jieyue and others had to knock down the old house and rebuild it into three single-family European-style villas. "I was born in 1967, and this old house was also built in 1967. It must be fate! I went around Taiwan and finally came back to settle here." Taiwanese people like to talk about fate, and Li Jieyue said said this to me.
After the house was built, because it was a place where friends lived from outside, they were very particular about the furniture, so they also collected and purchased antique furniture from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany in Europe, shipped it back to Taiwan in containers, and arrived at the foot of the terraced mountains in Hualien. At that time, small trucks were also replaced, and the precious antique furniture was transported to the top of the mountain in a relay manner. The freight and customs declaration costs alone were as high as more than 800,000 yuan, and the land preparation and construction of the house cost more than 7 million yuan! The three friends decorated the house little by little! However, after all, the house cannot be left empty. After all, the house needs people to live in and maintain it. After discussion among the three, they finally changed the house into a B&B open to the public by entrusting Li Jieyue to manage it. In this way, in 2009, the Terraces Mountain B&B was officially opened to the public. open.
Because the three friends are all successful in their careers and have no financial pressure, the accommodation fees collected after the B&B opened are used for the daily personnel, food and management maintenance expenses of the Terrace Mountain B&B. The shareholders do not look at the accounts and fully trust Li Jieyue. Therefore, Li Jieyue moved from Taipei to Hualien Terrace Mountain to live. According to him, this B&B did not make any money, but it made a living.
Li Jieyue's father is a technician from the Taiwan Forestry Service. He loves climbing mountains most. As a child, Li Jieyue hated mountain climbing. He was often dragged by his father and cried while climbing. Therefore, before the age of 44, Li Jieyue hated mountains and forests. He loves running to the beach most, whether it is fishing or diving. Unexpectedly, he returned to the mountains to live in a B&B, and left Taipei to return to the mountains. "This is also a trick of fate!" Li Jieyue said happily. Smiling. 60% of the
B&B is antique furniture imported from Europe. When you come to Terrace Mountain, in addition to enjoying the endless views overlooking the East Rift Valley, the building materials here are mostly made of local building materials, and the retaining walls are made of local stones. , abandoning the construction of cement, so this is a breathing house. Frogs, butterflies and turtles can often be found between the earthen walls and among the grass and trees. There is also a big white goose! This not only maintains the solid foundation of the house, but also preserves the terraced mountain ecology. This was also Li Jieyue's idea when he supervised the construction of the house.
These three houses are very special, with different layouts. When the houses were originally built, they were planned to be built with the concept of "co-living" because Taiwan's building regulations are very strict. If the area or height exceeds the legal area, they will be forced to demolish. In order to be legal, save living space, and maintain good quality, when the house was built, a certain house did not have a kitchen, a certain house did not have a backyard, and a certain house did not have a large bathroom. Instead, it was based on the co-living method, because it was originally Li Jieyue San The living habitat of two old friends after retirement, and the deep feelings for each other, so someone can go to someone else's house to cook, someone can go to someone else's room to take a bath. Therefore, after it became a B&B, the room types also changed. However, it provides room types that can meet the needs of different guests. Furthermore, the antique furniture in the room is noble and chic, which is another attractive feature of Terrace Mountain B&B. However, since the furniture is all expensive European antiques, will the B&B ban guests? What about coming with children?
When I first saw Li Jieyue, he was repairing an antique chandelier. He smiled and said that it was broken by a child of a resident. He was also bored. The chandelier hanging high on the ceiling was like a child. How did it go wrong?
Question Back to the previous doubts, according to ordinary people's thinking, children should be prohibited from staying in such expensive furniture. However, Li Jieyue told me that his B&B does not prohibit parents from bringing their children to stay. For him, He said that the main purpose of running a B&B was to support people, and the original intention was to share, so the children were "consumables" for the house to him. When the children broke certain furniture, the first thing he asked about the guests was the children. Whether there is any injury, not how the furniture should be compensated, is something new in the minds of many B&B owners! But this freshness is full of human warmth.
There is a self-built kiln between the house and the restaurant, which is specially used for homemade bread and pizza. The breakfast provided to the residents every day is cooked by the housekeeper according to Li Jieyue's food habits, with freshly squeezed and unsweetened ingredients. Seasonal juices, freshly baked homemade bread, and breakfast with imported beef ingredients are all manifestations of providing the best service to guests regardless of cost. Therefore, so far, the meals at Terrace Mountain B&B have always been at a loss. .
"I often share with colleagues that Taiwanese people should come to Hualien three times in their lives, once for elementary school graduation trip, once for wedding and honeymoon trip, and once for the incense tour for the elderly. It is not easy for your guests to visit three times. I stayed at your B&B for the first time. This is a rare opportunity. If you consider the cost and ignore the quality, it’s up to you whether you want to deduct points or add points."
Therefore, Terrace Mountain B&B is still the best in Hualien. The so-called "highest" B&B means that it has the highest terrain, the highest price, and the highest service. So far, it has the highest evaluation.
Li Jieyue turned out to be a child in the mountains. God gave him a career in the mountains again, because this career rekindled the passion for the mountains in his blood, made him willing to stay in this place, and helped him find the most primitive thing in his heart. His family not only runs a B&B in Terraces Mountain, but he can also find contentment and happiness in life here. Of course, he can also infect happiness to his guests. This is why Terraces Mountain B&B is not only a success in hardware, but also a B&B in Taiwan. A great example of how the master's philosophy is realized.
The author takes a photo with the B&B owner Li Jieyue
Terrace Mountain B&B: No. 12, Lane 83, Section 2, Shancun Shanbian Road, Shoufeng Township, Hualien County, Taiwan
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