北京燕郊“天子大酒店”／国内外网友见闻

Hotels Don't Come Much Stranger Written by Shaun Usher

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 12:19

I've seen my fair share of insane buildings over the years but I reckon I just stumbled across one of the strangest yet in the form of a Chinese hotel. What's also interesting is that, to my knowledge, very few English speaking websites have seen or mentioned what has got to be one of the most bizarre pieces of hotel architecture on Earth. Without further ado, I give you Tianzi Hotel... The three men in this picture are Fu Lu Shou, which means good fortune, prosperity, and longevity. But in this version they are a ten story building! Tianzi Hotel is in Hebei Province, China, and holds the world record for being the “biggest image building”. Image Credit: Panoramio User bbqi Image Credit: godeyes.cn Image Credit: godeyes.cn Image Credit: chinavisual.com To begin, this incredible hotel seems to have a few different names depending on what you read, as far as I can tell it has been known as: Tianzi Hotel, The Emperor Hotel, Son Of Heaven Hotel, and, in Chinese,天子大酒店. The hotel is located in Hebei Province and according to Chinese architecture blog CAIP it was built some time around 2000/2001, The building is 10 storeys/41.6m high and was designed to represent Fu Lu Shou(good fortune, prosperity and longevity). The blog also points out that the hotel won a Guiness World Record for being the world's 'biggest image building'. Largest mimetic building perhaps? Finally, you'll notice that Shou, the chap on the left as you facethe hotel, is holding what is apparently a peach. That peach is actually a suite within the hotel, the two holes in its front being windows. All in all, a ridiculously designed hotel that could only be eclipsed by something unimaginably odd. Searching for the hotel on Google Maps proved to be extremelyfrustrating, but thankfully after much scrolling I found the building.Here it is. All in all, a ridiculously designed hotel that could only be eclipsed by something unimaginably odd.