In Nanjing, a hotel revived the memories of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Republic of China!

From the moment I got on the shuttle bus from the mansion, I previewed the mood I would have when the car shuttled under the French plane trees. I remember the scene of me strolling alone on Yihe Road in April last year, on a sunny day after heavy rain. Readers who pass by the Vanguard Bookstore on the side of the Yihe and look inside from the outside of the glass feel that the sweltering heat of summer is beginning to settle down. In fact, April in Nanjing is not considered summer, but I clearly remember it getting hot.  1, This is my second stay at Lolais Chateau. Summer Palace, June, summer is real to come. When leaving a city, leaving the hotel where you stayed, again will choose to come back, can call it "going home". Last April, I still remember these two nights and three days. Every time I return from an outing, I always get lost and can’t find the building where my room is. This time it's much more convenient. I live in the building at 17 Ninghai Road, which was once the residence of KMT Lieutenant General Liu Jiashu, but as a soldier, he has been fighting on the front line, this building, Liu Jiashu did not actually live for a few days. This building is the only building in the mansion with such a unique artistic style because of the very striking and beautiful carvings of two Roman columns in front of the door. So even without road signs, I easily found my place; 2, but actually in the Summer Palace, is really not too many road signs, I heard the hotel's Xiao Ke said, the designer in the planning and design, deliberately did not mark and guide the villas, in order to give guests staying here, can have a feeling of home; 3. Think for sure, who goes home and needs guidance? In my opinion, this should be the sense of belonging that the designer has to create, going home. The designer is Mr. Zhang Guangde from Hong Kong. His brilliant resume includes involvement in the design of Hangzhou Anjie Fayun and is the main case designer of Hangzhou Lakeside Estate Hotel. the Summer Palace in Nanjing, which created a place spirit; 4, so here, whether the guests who come in or the tourists who come to visit, can feel the strong atmosphere of the Republic of China. The 26 small buildings here were owned by former owners, including Cheung Tuk-lun, Chan Bray, Xiong Bin, Xue Yue, Wong Ren Lin, etc. Almost everyone has a history worth recalling. These histories, the memories, smells, thoughts, emotional imprints involved, have a unique humanistic thought and spiritual world; 5, in the Summer Palace, so can see not only the surface of the renovation after the renovation, I found many of the most characteristic architectural imprints of the Republic of China during the two stays, such as the popular shutters, wooden stairs, mahogany-toned solid wood furniture, parquet floors, are once popular styles. ; 6. During the few days of this stay, a little thing my housekeeper did touched me particularly. He knew that I had to drink Chinese medicine, so when cleaning the guest room, he brought up a large bucket of drinking mineral water for me, saying that he was afraid that I would not have enough water. He would deliver the day’s newspaper to my room the following morning, replacing it with the freshest fruit, in large enough portions. By the way, one more detail comes to mind, on the day of check-in, entering the room and greeting me with a pitcher of hot water that the butler had made ahead of time for me, being insulated in a specialized thermos. Such service and thoughtfulness is too poignant.