Shichahai Shadow Ar

Just steps from the Mansion of Prince Gong lies Shichahai Shadow Art Performance Hotel the ideal location from which to discover Beijing. This new Beijing boutique hotel brings you a return to residence and tour in nature- yet offers you a cultural experience that has never been done in any other accommodations... Shichahai Shadow Art Performance Hotel values travel as an interactive boost between man and his environment- to admire the original beauty of a city and the cultural depths of a country. Holding this belief- the hotel came up with an idea completely new to China- an opera house-structured exquisite accommodation. The installation of a Chinese shadow art theater and a small library are one integrated theme- and on this platform the hotel builds its unique cultural gallery. Chinese shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque - it is originated in China and spread to the Middle East and Europe in the 17th century. Nowadays- shadow art is gradually losing its appeal in China because modern bustling life masks people from the historic beauty of culture. Shichahai Shadow Art Performance Hotel is now trying to restore this endangered intangible cultural heritage by putting this element into the hotel design- yet the design is a breakthrough from mere repetitions of historical customs and a brainchild of modern trendy style fused with the almost lost tradition of shadow art. It is the debut of a cultural themed boutique hotel. The hotel houses exclusively 25 rooms- and as you walk through its rooms- you can see each room has its own Chinese operatic icon which represents its respective character. If you feel like staying in a room of Zhuge Liang- a chancellor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history- then book the room of Old Sheng. If you like Mulan- make sure you have a room of Warrior Danleading actress. Stay in a room that is dear to your heart.