A hotel is a place to stay and eat. Why was it called a hotel in ancient times?

In ancient times, hotels were called inns, and inns were called ancient hotels. When people travel long distances, they will find places to stay. Those places that provide temporary accommodation for people are called inns. It is to meet people's needs for outing or long-distance travel. Some hotels with relatively simple equipment are also used by merchants to stack goods and handle transshipment.

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The origin of the name

Inn is the title of ancient hotel, which appeared to meet the needs of people going out for an outing or long-distance travel. Some hotels with relatively simple equipment are also used by merchants to stack goods and handle transshipment.

The second episode of "I have been in a strange place for twenty years": "The ship has arrived in Shanghai and docked at the dock. A group of porters, drivers and guests in the inn all rushed to the boat to attract business. "

& lt Xun Pseudo-Free Book Objection: "In Beijing, even hotels and inns are detectives."

Act III of Cao Yu's Peking Man: "Zeng Siyi: (Sadly) Some people say that they met him in the street of Jinan, and some people say that they saw him in an inn in Tianjin."

Inn, in fact, also refers to the place where accommodation is the mainstay, which was handed down from ancient times. For example, Tongfu Inn in Wulin legend is a good example, but most places where modern people live are called hotels. Why are some places called inns?

Inn is actually a more literary name for modern people, but also to integrate the atmosphere of some places, such as those tourist cities with ancient flavor, such as Jianshui ancient city in Yunnan and some old cities in Lhasa. Many places where they live are called inns.

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