The green dragon and white tiger are in charge, and it is the land of God.
Heading south along the expressway, after driving a few kilometers under the shade of the Nineteen Peaks, you will come to the entrance of Xinchang Anlan, where the hotel logo is lightly engraved on the rocks on one side of the road. The so-called hollow valley orchid, if it is not blocked by a fence, this hotel in the quiet is really not easy to find.
The lobby is located on the west side of the symmetrical building surrounded by water waves, and HBA Architects uses its open eaves corridor to incorporate the colorful colors of the mountain foliage into the hotel space, creating a visual beauty of chiaroscuro.
Inside, daylight shines through the large floor-to-ceiling windows on either side of the reception, making the metal panels on the walls shine brightly.
On the seemingly randomly placed black stone table, a few flavors of Chinese medicinal herbs and bright red maple leaves are held in utensils, and the leaves that kiss the water subtly lead the residents' eyes to the outdoor autumn scene, connecting the inside and outside.
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After check-in, the shuttle took over our luggage, turned across the bridge and came to the guest room area of the whole villa. Each room is luxuriously furnished and has different views. Some of the rooms lie on the water, named "Linjiang Residence", while others take the artistic conception of Li Bai's poem "And put the white deer between the green cliffs" - "Green Cliff Residence" leans against the cliff and faces the river, temporarily isolated from the world.
The one-bedroom villa with river view is a dream bedroom for urbanites. Adjacent to the rippling blue waves of the Hanfei River, the sound of the water is murmuring, near and far, and the occasional birdsong can be heard, but only a few gentlely...... During the day, these sounds bring a rare peace of mind, and at night they become a sleeper of white noise at the bedside to soothe anxiety.
The light-colored texture space of all bamboo and wood cleverly hides from the sun and creates a private atmosphere. A wall of huge pages opens, aesthetic books and other scattered artworks decorate the visual corner. Dressing gowns and bathtubs are a must-have for a relaxing holiday, as are capsule coffee machines, Sri Lankan Dimah black tea, and soft drinks.
At night, there is darkness outside the huge window, and the world is silent, only sleepy like a black whale group, undulating and surging, and it cannot be stopped. Anlan's room in Xinchang is perfect for sleep therapy, especially after a soothing soup with a turndown snack – homemade drinks are different every night.
Winter mornings are always hard. If you really don't want to get up, Room Service will also properly deliver a hearty breakfast to your room, with a mix of Chinese and Western food types.
The highlight of the bath amenities is the lady's make-up brand, Guerlain, and the room uses the Eau Imperiale, a 1853 royal fragrance (Eau Imperiale), which has a citrus aroma that makes people take a bath. All of the above are laid out in other room types of Linjiang Residence.
Approaching the festive season, there is a shining Christmas tree in the center of the corridor, which is especially bright in the Liao Ran night. The entire tree is made of bamboo and wood chips, each of which can be used as a wish-making "ema" to write blessings for yourself and others.
In addition, in front of the lobby and restaurant on both sides, there is also a slender Christmas tree that spirals upward, which is unexpectedly beautiful when you look closely.
These artistic, eco-friendly Christmas trees are not the work of a master designer, but the whimsy of hoteliers who have put them into practice. "Planting trees" is just the tip of the iceberg of Xinchang Anlan's advocacy of a "sustainable" living experience.
"Don't wait until the island is submerged to care about climate change. The practice of "sustainability" is not a one-time thing, and this concept has been integrated into the attitude of eating three meals a day in Xinchang Anlan.
With its tall floor-to-ceiling windows, the Listening Pavilion has the same natural light as the Lobby, and is the main dining ground of this hotel, where you can catch a glimpse of the turquoise river and the endless autumn forest from any angle.
The lobby seats and classical boxes surround the narrow open-air landscape pool in the atrium, where red maples and green leaves are intertwined, and the reflection in the shallow water is extremely beautiful.
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Natural ingredients drawn from farmland and streams are a constant source of culinary inspiration for the hotel's restaurants, not to mention fish soup and rice rice, especially during traditional Chinese festivals.
Because of the grandeur of the scene, outstanding taste, and the variety of patterns, which helps to create, Huaiyang cuisine is often the protagonist of the year-end and Chinese New Year's Eve dinners. With the endorsement of Jinling City, Chef Sun regarded the reunion dinner as an important moment for diners to coexist with their families and nature, and began to conceive the list early.
This original menu consists of garlic crispy pigeon king, salt-baked reservoir yellow plate soft-shelled turtle, Huaiyang egg dumplings stewed and knocked, to Chinese New Year Fulu Suki Pot, crispy eight-head braised fresh abalone, plum vegetable gravy plum ginseng, to pepper and sesame nuts sirloin, passion fruit mustard peony shrimp...... With small to big, Jinling, Sichuan-Chongqing, farmhouse flavors with Chinese and Western fusion, Shangqi mountain and sea delicacies, down to home-cooked dishes, the skill is very deep, I have to say that it is the best choice for the tail tooth festival and Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
Take the hotel to climb the ladder, the flat ground is 206 meters high, you can reach the top of the mountain Tanyunxuan, and the village on the opposite hill is far away. The restaurant also offers a six-course dinner for the Christmas season, with a menu that incorporates the proper elements of Christmas cuisine with a slight twist to visually evoke the joy of Santa Claus' "peddling".
Two starters are turkey Caesar salad and scallops, the latter served in a fruity green apple, a rich black truffle mushroom soup with a Mediterranean prawn, two main courses of traditional German Christmas M6 beef rolls and smoked conger eel from the Big Buddha Longjing, which is an important thread throughout the hotel, and a chocolate cake in the shape of a deer's head to round off the dinner.
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Equally delightful are the "atmosphere set" of Christmas Afternoon Tea – small decorations such as Christmas tree roots, fir trees, and Santa's boots and walking sticks are familiar when they appear alongside sweet and savoury refreshments.
It's winter, and the intuition of Tingtao Pavilion's Chinese chef sends steaming hot pots to the dining table - Dongjiu fish maw belly wrapped chicken and Yulin sheep around the winter stove are good flavors to ward off the cold in the cold solar terms.
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Along with the small pot, fresh fish fillets, abalone, prawns, and beef rolls are served on sashimi plates, as well as a full nine-square drawer with shabu-shabu such as shrimp slippery, shiitake mushrooms, egg dumplings, fish cakes, etc., with sesame sauce, garlic, rice, pepper and soy sauce, spring rolls for snacks in both pots, and two optional staples for carb lovers, Xinchang fried rice cake and Xinchang fried squeezed noodles.
Before you leave the hotel, don't forget to bring a gift basket of Chinese New Year goods carefully marinated by the restaurant to seal in the unpretentious atmosphere of the mountains. Wild black pigs, free-range chickens and local dried bamboo shoots with an earthy flavor are the reasons why Xinchang Anlan has a lingering aftertaste.
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Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai have been looking forward to snow lately – only by staying in a warm room, keeping your hands warm, and looking through the window can you better enjoy the snow. This is especially true in the mountains, where the temperature plummets.
The popular "cooking tea around the hearth" is not so much a trend, but rather an awakening of people's state of mind to rediscover and return to their roots, after all, the DNA of Chinese is all fairy wind bones.
The tea master of Zhicha Mountain House has prepared a full drawer of melons, fruits and desserts, selected locally produced famous teas such as Tianmu Mountain Zen tea, black tea, and the big Buddha Longjing blessed by mysterious legends, etc., and boiled the tea soup with a charcoal stove, the tea fragrance is extraordinarily rich, which is suitable for three or two friends to sit together, overlook the 19 peaks in the distance, and spend the winter afternoon while chatting. What is enviable is that the tea master even looks at the tarot cards and sits with us to chat about the work of a stick of incense.
Winter nights in the mountains aren't hard to have fun either. The hotel's spa is located in a tranquil col, tucked away on a stone staircase behind a low maple tree. It is opposite the indoor pool.
Walking further to the river, there is an infinity pool that blends into nature, and the pool bar is also here, saying that it is a bar, but it is more like a tea pavilion under the shade of metasequoia and larch, showing the artistic conception of the bright moon and clear breeze. There is a cocktail called "Longjing Xiang" in the bar, which, as the name suggests, uses the Big Buddha Longjing green tea, which is a must-have at the store.
As soon as you enter the entrance of the hotel area, you will see the equestrian center. The sun is shining, the stables are bathing some of the brightly fured horses, and the stables have a small bantam horse, only as tall as a three-year-old child, which is extremely cute. Residents who can ride horses can briefly gallop through the valley, and they can feel a little bit of the pleasure of riding horses and being accompanied by red dust.
Xinchang Anlan
AHN LAN XINCHANG
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Shaoxing Xinchang Anlan Hotel
No. 666, Hanfeijiang Road, Chengtan Street, Xinchang County, Shaoxing City