Daring Beijing Accommodation For The Dragon Boat Festival
Visitors to China often feel like time-travelers ..
. not so much in the trip from home to their Beijing accommodation, but in going from a modern Beijing hotel, to stunning ancient tourist attraction, and back again! The main attraction of China for many visitors is in the opportunity to see such well-preserved history. In some ways, the Dragon Boat festival offers the opportunity to see history still being enacted; the festival still includes many traditions that have remained from its beginning. Today we check out some stunning Beijing boutique hotels for visitors to the city to best enjoy the Dragon Boat Festival.The Dragon Boat Festival is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the Chinese calendar; in 2010 it will be held from 14-16 June. It is associated with very traditional and exotic practices: some older Beijingers still eat cakes decorated with the figures of the 'five poisonous animals', dip blood on the eyes of a portrait of the Zhongkui drawn with ink of cinnabar. There are more ordinary festival events also; even within your Beijing design hotels at Dragon Boat Festival you'll be able to find zongzi cakes, and you'll certainly find moxi and calamus hung on the doors of buildings nearby. There are some Beijing hotels that really complete the Dragon Boat experience - here are several of the best!
Hotel G in Beijing is the epitome of the new Beijing, and one of the most highly regarded hotels in the city since its opening in 2008. Stay here for the Dragon Boat Festival, and you get a perfect blend of ancient Beijing, and the future directions of the city: modernized, yet still retaining a beautiful individual character. Beijing's Hotel G was created by designer Mark Lintott and inspired by the retro chic of the 60s; your Beijing hotel rooms are filled with suede, dramatic colors and fascinating textures.
The service and facilities certainly follow up on the amazing first impression that this designer Beijing hotel creates. There are much appreciated oddities like a Nintendo Wii available for hire, iPod docking stations in all rooms, in-rooms safes and rainforest showers. Suite space at this Beijing boutique hotel ranges up to 80 square meters; a contrast to how traditional Beijingers lived, but perhaps a look into the future to contrast with the traditionalism of the Dragon Boats!
If you want to keep the entire spirit of your trip within Beijing's enthralling past, try the Bangqiao Courtyard Guesthouse Beijing hotel. The low-profile hotel is set up in a traditional courtyard style, and is actually surrounded by ordinary traditional residences, with ordinary Chinese families. The facilities are modern yet refreshingly simple; breakfast is available on site, but it only takes a couple of minutes to walk from this Beijing hotel to Guijie Street, where the height of the culinary parts of the Dragon Boat Festival will be taking place.
The Red Capital Residence is a dramatic, almost eerie designer Beijing hotel, and another great choice for Dragon Boat Festival guests. The Beijing accommodation's writeup says that they want to preserve the elegance of traditional courtyard living - the entire building was actually restored by traditional Beijing craftsmen, and is fascinating simply to be in!
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