The Historical Development of Inn

Since ancient times, people have been looking for places to stay when they travel far away, and the places that provide these places for people to stay temporarily are called inns. In the late Middle Ages, due to the vigorous development of commercial trade, more and more businessmen traveled abroad, missionaries, worshippers, diplomatic officials who negotiated with other countries, postmen who sent letters, and inns increased accordingly. At that time, people mainly traveled by foot or carriage, so inns mainly appeared beside roads or post stations. At first, the inn only provided basic accommodation, so that passengers could have a place to stay and did not provide entertainment services. In the era of great navigation, the scale of inns began to expand, and some inns have been able to provide more than 30 rooms, including wine cellar, pantry and kitchen, to meet more needs of guests. In addition, the environment has begun to improve. There are gardens and lawns next to the inn, and there are banquet halls and dance halls inside, which are moving towards modernization. However, no matter how it changes, most of the inn buildings are log buildings, which is a distinctive image of the inn in people's minds. But on the whole, the reputation of ancient inns is very poor, and they are often considered as low-level industries for people to make a living. The inn is also unsafe, and things outside the law often happen, such as robbery, fighting, gambling and so on. In modern times, inns began to be replaced by group hotels, because the service quality and accommodation environment of modern hotels were very high, and ancient inns could not compete with them, and disappeared in the long river of history.