Legend of the origin of the capital

"Unique" is a famous font name in Beijing. Du Yi, formerly known as Wang Ji Hotel, was founded by a Shanxi man surnamed Wang in Qianlong three years in Qing Dynasty (1738), and has a history of more than 250 years.

Wang Ji Hotel opens and closes at the appointed time every day, even on New Year's Eve. In A.D. 1752, that is, the seventeenth year of Qing Qianlong, Qianmen Street was dark and ordinary shops had already closed. Bangzi sound, from time to time came a few firecrackers. The New Year's Eve dinner is coming, and even the guys from various businesses have gone back to eat.

However, the Wang Ji Hotel is still dimly lit, because it is not yet midnight to close. At this time, when the curtain was lifted, two servants with gauze lamps came in tandem and led a young scholar into the hotel. The man enthusiastically led them upstairs. After the three of them sat down, they drank wine with side dishes.

Dude, it's even harder to entertain these late but good-looking people and ask for so many tables of banquets. I saw the scholar boy drinking while eating side dishes, praising the food, wine and service here, and saying that the famous hotels in Beijing are not as good as the dining tables here.

Finally, he asked the man, what's the name of your shop? Hearing this, the man said, we have no name here. The man nodded and said with some regret that at this time, you are the only hotel that is not closed, and you are the only one in Kyoto. I'll give your small hotel a name, just call it Du Yi!

Thirty years passed quickly, and the man almost forgot what happened that night. Suddenly, one day, a dozen eunuchs lined up and came to the Wang Ji Hotel, giving a tiger-headed card with the words "all in one place" to the shopkeeper. At this time, everyone knew that the young man who came to the hotel for a drink on the evening of the 30 th was Emperor Qianlong, and this plaque was personally inscribed by Emperor Qianlong.

The shopkeeper was so excited that he shed tears and hung the plaque inscribed by the emperor on the lintel of the shop. He also covered the plush chair where Emperor Qianlong sat that night with yellow satin, put it under the loess cushion, and respectfully put it on, stipulating that no one should sit again.

The news that Emperor Qianlong inscribed a plaque for Li Ji Hotel spread like wildfire. Congratulations, everyone. Look at this tiger's head plaque. At that time, it became famous and the business was booming.

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Du Yi's boss is surnamed Wang. It is said that this man, surnamed Wang, was introduced by his fellow villagers when he first arrived in Beijing and became an apprentice at the broken gourd restaurant in Qianmen Street meat market. After more than three years of apprenticeship, he learned the skills of entertaining guests, tidying up shops and making side dishes.

He treats people with enthusiasm and hospitality, and guests who come to the hotel to drink love to let him serve wine. Although the apprentice surnamed Wang did a good job, he earned very little money. In order to make a living for himself, Yu Ganlong resigned from the job of Broken Gourd Hotel after three years of apprenticeship. With the help of relatives and friends, he set up a mat shed in Xianyukou, east of Qianmen Street Road.

Three or five oil tables, several benches, a homemade stove, wine and meat on credit, and a wine gourd cover hung on the street with the word "Wang Ji" written on it. Wang only used a buddy and an apprentice to start his own business. Maybe this is what people want. After the opening of the hotel, customers are full every day and business is booming.

Because the hotel has a good business and good reputation, restaurants, noodle shops and oil and salt shops are willing to give him things on credit. Wang Ji Hotel made money within a few years of its opening. With money, the shopkeeper wanted to build a house, so he built a two-story building with only one frontage in Qianlong seven years. Except for two private rooms, there are scattered seats in the small building.

At that time, the varieties were boiled peanuts, rose dates, horse meat, dried meat and other side dishes. Although the business is small, it is thriving. Just as business was booming, Wang Zhanggui became seriously ill and died soon. Leave manned with a son and a daughter to live, and entrust the business to Wang Zhanggui's disciples.

Sticking to the hotel's good style of opening early and closing late and entertaining guests, the business is getting better and better.

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