What kind of scenic spot is Xianheng Hotel?

Xianheng Hotel is a famous scenic spot in Shaoxing's cultural landscape.

Xianheng Hotel was jointly opened by Zhou Zhongxiang, the former uncle and nephew of Lu Xun's Zhou family, during the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty (1894), and was separated from Lu Xun's former residence by a stone road. Although the hotel is small, "it has two storefronts". Its "pattern" is very representative in Shaoxing, a wine town all over the city. Not to mention the representative varieties of Shaoxing rice wine, even the square counters on this street, the "Taibai Legacy" Qinglong brand standing high at the end of the cabinet, the wine blanks spread out on the cabinet, the warm barrels for people to sit and drink, and the colorful benches and tables are typical styles of Shaoxing hotels in the late Qing Dynasty, from the variety of wine, tables and utensils.

Shaoxing wine originated in Hemudu period 7000 years ago and has been used in politics and military affairs during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was "the best wine industry in the world", and it was famous in the heyday of China and foreign countries. In rural areas, "every family can beg for pulp" and in cities, it is even more a "thousand wine shops". The paradigm of Xianheng Hotel accounts for most of these "thousand shops", which can be seen everywhere in Shuijie and Shiban Lane, becoming a scene of wine city.

Although the prototype of Xianheng Hotel is not really "Xianheng" because it is taken from the Book of Changes and Kun Feng, this elegant and auspicious name conforms to the national psychology of China people seeking wealth and strength, which began in the modern century. Lu Xun used it to criticize the malpractice of the times and the story background of "national character" and wrote his most satisfactory novel "Kong Yiji", which can be described as well-intentioned. Xianheng Hotel is closely related to this great thinker, writer and his immortal masterpiece, which represents the direction of the new culture of the Chinese nation. It is isomorphic with the cultural heritage of Lu Xun's former residence, Baicaoyuan, Santan Yinyue and Duchangfangkou Tugu Temple, which has become the key to interpret Lu Xun's original works.