Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing

Located in the east of Yuyuantan, Haidian District, Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is an ancient Chinese royal garden and modern state guesthouse complex.

Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing is not only an important place for Chinese leaders to carry out foreign affairs activities, but also a super star hotel for the country to receive heads of state and important guests. Since its establishment in 1959, the museum has received presidents, kings and prime ministers from all over the world. It has attracted the attention of people and media all over the world.

Diaoyutai State Guesthouse

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Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing generally refers to Diaoyutai State Guesthouse

Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is an ancient royal garden and modern state guesthouse complex located in the east of Yuyuantan (39 ° 55'n 116 ° 19'e), Haidian District, Beijing, China. Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing is not only an important place for Chinese leaders to carry out foreign affairs activities, but also a super star hotel for the country to receive heads of state and important guests.

Diaoyutai State Guesthouse was built on the eve of the National Day in 1959. It has received more than 1300 foreign heads of state and government, and has become an important place for party and state leaders to engage in state affairs and foreign affairs.

It has received nearly 1000 presidents, kings and prime ministers from all over the world. It is a place attracting the attention of people and media from all over the world.

The ancient Diaoyutai is one of the famous gardens in the western suburbs of Beijing. It was named after emperor Jin Zhangzong (1168-1208 A.D.) who built a fishing platform here. The park is about 1 km long from north to South and 0.5 km wide from east to west, with a total area of 420000 square meters, a total construction area of 165000 square meters and a lake area of 50000 square meters. Up to now, it has a history of more than 800 years.

In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) ordered the dredging of Yuyuantan and the construction of a palace here, which was taken as a royal garden. The modern state guesthouse Park was built by the government of the people's Republic of China from 1958 to 1959 on the basis of the ancient Diaoyutai scenic spot, and used as a place for visiting state guests to stay, meet and meet.

Landmarks near the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse include the Navy General Hospital, the State Administration of foreign exchange, the Central Radio and television tower, CCTV, the China Millennium Monument, the State Administration of Taxation, the Military Museum, the National Bureau of statistics, the Hong Kong and Macao Office of the State Council, etc.

Development overview

Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is located in the ancient Diaoyutai scenic spot outside Fuchengmenwai in the western suburb of Beijing. It is about one kilometer long from north to South and 0.5 kilometer wide from east to west, with a total area of 420000 square meters. There are more than ten buildings in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. The buildings are numbered anticlockwise from the north of the east gate of Diaoyutai. The environment of Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is elegant and quiet. The pavilions are surrounded by blue water, red flowers, trees and stone bridges. It is a perfect combination of Chinese classical architectural taste and modern architectural style.

It was built 800 years ago

In terms of history, Diaoyutai in Beijing can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty 800 years ago. At that time, it was located in the northwest of the capital and was called yuzaochi. It had a large water area. There was no gap between Yuyuantan and Diaoyutai. It was a place that emperors of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties visited every year. Emperor Zhangzong of Jin Dynasty liked to fish here, so it was named "Diaoyutai".

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it became the Beijing suburb villa of the Ming Dynasty's imperial relatives. Liu Dong, a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty, described the landscape of Diaoyutai in his book "a brief introduction to the scenery of the imperial capital" in this way: "the dyke is surrounded by willows, the water is surrounded by four sides, in the middle of a Zhu, there is a pavilion in the Zhu, there is a boat in the water, there are birds in the Sha Ting, there are deep rooms, there are rattan flowers, and there is purple water." You see, how beautiful Liu Dong described Diaoyutai: there are boats on the water, islands in the center of the water, pavilions on the island, flowers and birds, gurgling springs, endless winter and summer. The scenery is too "Jiangnan garden". After the Ming Dynasty, in 1765, during the heyday of Kangxi and Qianlong, it was opened as the emperor's palace. Emperor Qianlong specially asked people to dredge the former site of yuzaochi in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties into a lake, which brought water from the west mountain to expand the waters of Yuyuantan and Diaoyutai, and dredged the water to the moat of Fuchengmen and Xizhimen, so as to improve the water system of the whole capital. In 1774, Emperor Qianlong decided to build the Diaoyutai palace. He built many buildings, such as yangyuanzhai, Tongle palace, Qinglu hall, Chengyi Pavilion and Wanghai tower. Emperor Qianlong also inscribed plaques for each pavilion, platform, building and pavilion. Therefore, the clear spring and clear water of Diaoyutai can be twists and turns all year round between pavilions and Cuilin MaoMu stone bridge, making Diaoyutai palace more and more beautiful.

In 1774, Emperor Qianlong himself wrote a poem and inscribed "Diaoyutai" on the western side of the wengmen. Today, the stone inscription of Qianlong book is still embedded on the upper wall of the western wengmen.

After the founding of new China, China's diplomatic activities developed rapidly. The central government has decided to build a state guesthouse in Diaoyutai, including 18 modern reception buildings with different design styles, more than 400 guest rooms, indoor tennis courts, swimming pools and gymnasiums. It also decided to renovate the original pavilions and pavilions, keep the original style on the outside, and change the interior into modern decoration. The presidential suite of building 18 is the most important and luxurious building in the group. Its appearance is pure Chinese emperor's palace structure, with yellow glazed tiles on the top, green painted pillars and carved beams around. The building is three stories high, and it is full of magnificence, gold and jade. The president's bedroom in the building is even more magnificent. The big bed and wardrobe are made of red sandalwood, and the floor lamps are arranged all around. The floor screen in front of the bedroom is carved with mahogany and matched with more than ten paintings of landscape, flowers and birds, creating a strong Chinese atmosphere. In addition to the Presidential Building, the other 17 buildings are of Western villa style, Islamic style and Oriental national style, but they are all modern buildings. The downstairs is generally a reception room with a restaurant or conference and negotiation hall. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the National Day in 1959, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse welcomed the first batch of state guests. After the completion of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the scenery here has greatly changed. The original Diaoyutai palace and 18 modern buildings are linked together, and the past and the present complement each other. The whole state guesthouse is full of ancient trees, green water, green grass, willow dike and stone bridge path, just like a fairyland in the world.

Since the founding of the state guesthouse for displaying Chinese culture, the relevant departments of the central government have proposed to use Diaoyutai State Guesthouse as an important place for displaying Chinese culture of past dynasties. The state guesthouse has tried its best to collect valuable cultural relics of past dynasties, including calligraphy and painting, cultural relics, traditional ancient furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties and earlier, and has been continuously donated by collectors, contemporary famous calligraphers and painters, and overseas Chinese, Up to now, thousands of cultural relics, paintings and antiques have been displayed in each building. The cuisine of Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is rich in the advantages of the eight major cuisines in China, as well as the essence of cuisines from all over the world. From the palace cuisine to the folk snacks, as well as the tastes and customs of foreign heads of state, the special flavor of Diaoyutai State Hotel dishes is "fresh and elegant, pure and meaningful". Thousands of foreign heads of state and government who have visited China have praised the Diaoyutai cuisine with satisfaction. Not long ago, the senior chefs of the State Guesthouse developed a unique "Palace Banquet", which surprised all the guests at home and abroad.

Historical evolution

Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is located in the ancient Diaoyutai scenic spot in the western suburb of Beijing. The ancient Diaoyutai used to be a palace for emperors. It is one of the famous gardens in Beijing and has a history of more than 800 years. Emperor Zhangzong of the Jin Dynasty once built a fishing platform here, so it was later known as "the emperor's Diaoyutai". In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the prime minister Lian Xixian built a villa "Wanliu hall" here, which became a popular tourist attraction. After Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, it was the villa of senior officials and relatives, where many literati wrote poems at banquets. Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty loved its beautiful scenery and designated it as a palace. He built yangyuanzhai, Qinglu hall, xiaobixuan, Chengyi Pavilion, Wanghai tower, and inscribed poems and plaques. In 1958, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China in Chongqing, and to receive some heads of state and government invited to China for the national day, the state decided to choose the ancient Diaoyutai scenic spot as the site, and instructed the Ministry of foreign affairs to organize, plan and build a state guesthouse, which was named Diaoyutai State Guesthouse after its location. After more than one year's efforts, 17 reception buildings have been built. In order to reflect the equal treatment of big and small countries and cater to China's foreign policy at that time, no "No. 1 building" was set up. In order to respect the customs of European countries, no "No. 13 Building" was set up. In order to respect Chinese tradition, "fangfeiyuan" is used to replace "building 17" and "bafangyuan" is used to replace "building 4". The park covers an area of 420000 square meters, with a total construction area of 165000 square meters, including 50000 square meters of lake water. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the national day of the people's Republic of China in 1959, the first batch of state guests were welcomed here. Since then, the state guesthouse has been dedicated to receiving visiting heads of state and government as well as world-famous people, and has become an important place for party and state leaders to engage in foreign affairs.

Royal Garden

Wan Yanjing, Emperor Zhangzong of the Jin Dynasty (1190-1208 AD), once built a platform here to fish, hence the name "Diaoyutai", which has been more than 800 years. "The Diaoyutai is in the west of Sanlihe River. It's an old relic of the great Jin Dynasty. There is a spring under the stage that flows out into a pool, and its water will not be exhausted until winter. " A brief introduction to the scenery of the imperial capital: "ten li south of the city gate, Huayuan village, ancient garden. After the tree, now pingchou also. The king of Jin Yu Diaoyutai is located in Yuyuan lake and today's pool. There are springs gushing out, which is the reason for ancient and modern people. Yutai Yan, Diaoyutai Yan, Diaoyutai to name The 28th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty

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