In ancient times, Chinese literati repeatedly wrote about their desire to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, exiling individuals to nature, thinking that it was the ultimate return. People believe that mountains are spiritual, can isolate the hustle and bustle of the world and make people realize the truth in peace and quiet. The mountain is there, and it itself is part of the "Tao", so many famous mountains in China must have ancient temples, and the mountains are therefore endowed with culture. In terms of Central Plains culture, Chinese people’s feelings for mountains are much deeper than those for seas. "Seeing the South Mountain leisurely" has become a rhyme for thousands of years, an eternal poetry, and because the retirement is ultimately a minority, it has become a dream that cannot be said but cannot be sought after.
The distance between modern urban people and mountains is farther than that of ancient people. We yearn for the mountains and fields, because the cage birds yearn for the forest, and because the natural mountains and fields have become increasingly scarce resources under the pressure of the city. The mountains are refuges, allowing us to escape pollution, crowds, voices, and hustle and bustle. A mountain that is not too disturbed is clean, breathing clean air and eating clean food, allowing us to slightly restore our basic dignity to humanity. The ideal situation for
is that for this dignity, we only need to pay a small price, such as not too long flights and not too difficult driving, and the comfortable beds, hot and cold water, air conditioners and toilets that cage birds are greedy for are as many as they are, and outside the window is the starry sky that is within reach.
With such a market demand, there has been a surge in the mountain vacation hotel in recent years. We briefly analyzed the five mountain and forest hotels in the east, west, south and north of the country from three dimensions: the advantages of the scenery in the mountains, the challenges of building hotels in the mountains, and the delicious production in the mountains and forests. We also interviewed the person in charge of these five hotels at the same time. We tried to find the operation and maintenance model and charm of these hotels through short text.
Anji Alila Hotel
"I'm not creating a fake artificial bubble.
If you don't like sand, don't go to the beach."
-General Manager Marco den Ouden
Scenery in the mountains
Electric car full of guests parked at the door of the lobby. The first thing people did when they walked into the lobby was not to take the tea and towels handed by the waiter, but to push open the floor-to-ceiling glass door and raise the phone on the viewing terrace. In front of me was a green lake, surrounded by a gentle and undulating hill, covered with bamboo forests swaying in the wind, with dense bamboo leaves and all branches lowered their heads, like a dark green blanket woven with good wool.
Mountain Challenge
Just opened Anji Alila also uses treated wastewater for irrigation and has obtained EarthCheck certification. EarthCheck is an independent international certification body for sustainable development to detect the use of energy, water resources, and whether it supports local community development. In the interview, they also admitted that they could not achieve zero emissions and no bottled water as the Alila Hotel in Bali, but they are working towards this goal.
The taste of mountain
After a night of rain, we followed Anji Alila's Chinese chef Wang Zhongjing into the mountain. We are here to find "border bamboo shoots" produced locally in this season. The edge bamboo shoots are also called whip bamboo shoots. They are the bamboo roots and branches grown in Hsinchu. They grow between June and November in summer and are a delicious seasonal delicacy. Anji is known as the "Bamboo Township" and eats the mountains. In Alila, we eat side bamboo shoots simmered with ham. The biggest surprise was that in the evening, General Manager Marco den Ouden wore an apron and made barbecue for us personally. He used Chinese seasonings such as soy sauce and pepper to make barbecue sauce, and pointed to the table full of vegetables and told us that because of the high oxygen content, the vegetables here are particularly rich and delicious. "Alila" means surprise in Sanskrit, and the hotel is also famous for creating surprises for guests. Of course, since it is a surprise, there is no chance to be performed every day for the general manager to cook.
Anji Alila Hotel
+86 572 5103888
alilahotels.com
FuyangFuchun Mountain Residence
"The lake is artificially dug,
first serves as the landscape of the hotel and is also a reservoir. Another practical function of the lake is to irrigate the stadium,
ensures the effective utilization of water resources."
--General Manager Shi Mowei
Scenery in the mountains
Fuyang Fuchun Mountain Residence and Anji Alila are the green mountains and rivers in literati paintings, just like the long scrolls written by Huang Gongwang, with lush forests and bamboos and tea gardens in the hometown. The mountains are not high, the water is not deep, and the beauty is better in the beauty. This is also the area where Huang Gongwang lived in seclusion in his later years. The peaks are stacked here, village pavilions and fishing boats are dotted in it. The beautiful scenery in the paintings is today in the unique Fuchun Mountain Residence To reproduce.
Mountain Challenge
Fuchun Mountain Residence has the functions of a resort and golf course . The golf course located in the tea garden has also become the landscape of the hotel. The meticulously carved garden and the surrounding natural mountains are another kind of integration. When I asked the water use of the golf course, the hotel general manager Shi Mowei replied that the lake on which guests can raft is artificially dug, first of all, as the landscape of the hotel, and also Reservoir. Open ditches are built on adjacent mountains to introduce rainwater. If the rain overflows to a certain extent, it will flow into Fuchun River. Another practical function of the lake is to irrigate the stadium, ensuring the effective utilization of water resources.
The taste of mountain
Fuchun Mountain residence is adjacent to Fuchun River. It is a hill with a drop of 40 meters. It turned out to be a wasteland and a deserted tea garden. When planning the resort, in addition to restoring and managing the original tea garden, new tea trees were planted. Mingqian Longjing, which is only picked for one season every year, can be processed on-site, which can be an experience project for customers to participate in, and also sold in boutique stores as special products. Shi Mowei said that the resort only produces 400 kilograms of boutique Longjing every year, and the remaining more than 10,000 kilograms are picked by farmers, and the picked tea is owned by tea farmers. Fuchun Mountain Residence also has its own orange forest, which is harvested in autumn and winter, and the harvest season will share the endless oranges with the surrounding countryside.
Fuyang Fuchun Mountain Residence
+86 0571 63461111
fuchunresort.com
MiyunYunfeng Mountain Fairy Tale Tree House
"Yunfeng Mountain is a mountain rock composed of wheat and rice stones, and the soil layer is thin.
is now where "the soil can be seen".
is artificially transported in, laying the foundation layer after it is cultivated. "
--General Manager Hou Yulong
The scenery in the mountains
The fairy tale tree house of Miyun Yunfeng Mountain, all rooms are made of logs and are located halfway up the mountain. For the needs of the landscape and to preserve the native trees, some trees break out from the plank roads, and the houses seem to be hanging between the treetops, named after fairy tales. The landscape orientations of the 21 tree houses are different. The "Swan Lake" with the widest view can be seen from the Miyun Reservoir from afar between the open green mountain wings.
Challenge between the mountains and
General Manager Hou Yulong pointed to the rugged mountain outside the floor-to-ceiling glass window and told us that when we started to form a connection with Yunfeng Mountain in 1998, only the winding ancient road was built on shoulders and handcarves. Later, there was a dirt road where vehicles could enter and exit, and it was only turned into a flat and hardened road in 2008. Even so, it took two and a half hours to drive from the center of Beijing. When
was walking in the manor, Hou Yulong said Yunfeng Mountain It is a mountain rock that makes up the rock with natural filtration effect. The advantage is that the water quality deep in the mountain is excellent and meets the drinking standards; the disadvantage is that the soil layer is thin. Now, where "the soil can be seen" are artificially transported in, laying the ground layer and then reclaimed.
Fairy Tale Tree House has a sewage treatment pool underground. The wastewater is filtered layer by layer for irrigation, striving to "no drop of water is wasted", and all garbage is transported to the foot of the mountain for treatment. Now they choose to close for four months in winter every year in order to let the forest rest Health care.
The taste of mountain
General manager of Yunfeng Mountain Fairy Tale Tree House, Hou Yulong, is a fan of lavender . The big reason for making soil in Yunfeng Mountain is to plant lavender. The lavender introduced "finally adapted to the local climate after three generations". He claimed to be the owner of the manor. Yunfeng Mountain's lavender products have become a series from herbal tea, pillows to toiletries. Some customers even first bought lavender products online before discovering the fairy Tale Tree House.
Miyun Yunfeng Mountain Fairy Tale Tree House
Beijing Miyun District North Yanluo Village, Bulaotun Town,
010-81098688
Mountain House
"There are 28 yards in the mountains, two water tow trucks,
Travel back and forth 20 times a day, each with five big buckets of water."
--Manager Zhang Xiaolong
Scenery in the mountains
Miyun in northern Beijing is the junction between the North China Plain and the Yanshan Mountains. The mountains are rugged and the rocks are rugged. The mountain house is transformed from the original farmyard, with a simple field flavor.
Chain between mountains
The mountain house is located in Ganyugou. As the name suggests, because of the lack of water source, all the domestic water used in the hotel now needs external force to transport it from drinking to bathing. I pointed to the water truck that had just stopped outside the window and asked Manager Zhang Xiaolong about the water. "There are 28 yards in the mountains and two water tow trucks, each with 20 trips each day, each with five buckets of water." These waters are poured into the reservoir between the courtyards, so even if the room is full, it is enough for guests and logistics.
The taste of mountains
The story of the mountain humming house starts from a hawthorn tree in a ravine. Hain Resort Group, which runs a humming house in the mountains, was originally an agricultural product processing enterprise. Four years ago, I fell in love with this village because I went to Ganyugou to purchase hawthorns from farmers. At that time, there were less than ten families in the village, most of which were left-behind elderly people and children, and many farmhouses were dilapidated. Guo Limin, vice chairman of Hain Resort Group, said that the hawthorn trees all over the mountains and the purity here have made the humming house in the mountains today.
Nowadays, most of the ingredients provided by the mountain humble house are selected from local origins. Yueyou also cooperated with the mountain humble house to create four long table feasts to seek the original taste between the mountains and forests.
Shanlihushang
400-870-3070
shanlilohas.com
Songzan Series Hotel
"The most basic difficulty is water, electricity, sewage, including transportation. All supporting infrastructures in
have to be solved by themselves.
is like this in almost every place.
large trucks cannot get in."
--founder Baima Duoji
Scenery in the mountains
Songzan series hotel is located in Yunnan, located in the heart of Shangri-La . The altitude difference is huge, with snow-capped mountains, meadows, wetlands, and canyons. Open the window to see the gilded white snow of the sunset. Nearby is the farmland with mountain flowers blooming, which is a true portrayal of the paradise.
Mountain Challenge
Songzan Series Hotel is located on the plateau. Founder Baimadoji said that when choosing a location, they will take care of the altitude, and choose areas with distinct regional culture and landscape characteristics. At the same time, they also hope to maintain independence and deliberately choose areas with less convenient transportation, hoping that they will not be overcrowded and commercialized in the visible future. When asked about the difficulties in initial construction, Baimadoji briefly said: "The most basic difficulties are water, electricity, sewage, including transportation. All supporting infrastructure must be solved by themselves. This is the case in almost every place. Large trucks cannot enter. Although they are doing local culture, many things cannot be solved locally, and they still have to be transported from far away places. There are also difficulties at the operation level, because the scale is very small and the types of jobs are particularly large, the cost will be very high, and the operation will be very difficult."
The taste of the mountain
Each mountain has a different taste. In the Songzan series hotel, the most you cannot miss is the local beef, mutton, wild mushrooms.
Songzan series hotel
songtsam.com
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