The changes of the times in six countries' hotels.

In the eyes of many young people, the Six Kingdoms Hotel at that time was a foreign-related hotel. It is true that the Six Kingdoms Hotel opened by the British and the Beijing Hotel opened by the French were the two most upscale hotels in Beijing at that time. For the first time, they brought western-style bread, coffee, steak and a whole set of dining etiquette to the people of Beijing: how to fold white napkins, how to use knives and forks, and try not to make a chewing sound when eating, including the gentleman's rule that women should give priority to everything. According to the preface of Zhu Jiajin's "Gourmet's Random Essays", the western food schools in old Beijing include Britain, France, Russia and, and the most authentic English-French ones are Six Kingdoms Hotel and Beijing Hotel, which are totally out of the habit of China people. Other second-and third-rate western restaurants do as the Romans do, and most of the dishes in these restaurants are unreliable in English and French. English people eat French fries, so many fried chicken and fish dipped in bread crumbs are dubbed English, and some imaginary dishes are also taken.

The Six Kingdoms Hotel was built as a supporting facility in the embassy district. Compared with the surrounding low-rise buildings, this four-story building looks tall and majestic. Li Dianzhi, who pulled a rickshaw near Qianmen before liberation, recalled that the Six-Country Hotel was taller than the five-star hotel now, and it was a place where foreigners and celebrities went, originally to receive Eight-Nation Alliance. The house is very beautiful, and it is a western-style building. There is a western-style guardrail on the edge of the roof, which is gorgeous and foreign, and there is a small arc balcony. At that time, ministers, officials and elites of various countries often stayed, dined and entertained in the six-country hotels, forming a gathering place for dignitaries.

After liberation, the once famous "Six Kingdoms Hotel" was transformed into Huafeng Hotel (formerly the guest house of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), and now it is a three-star foreign-related hotel.