Original appearance of Zhou dynasty hotel

In ancient China, inns were also graded according to rooms, just as hotels we live in now are divided into high-end hotels and low-end hotels, with different prices and different living environments. In ancient China, the rooms in inns were generally divided into six grades, namely Tianhao, Hao Di, Ren Hao, Tongpu, Chaifang and Ma Huan.

These rooms of different grades have different prices, depending on people's status. If your wealth permits, it is very good to live in an inn the size of heaven. They are the same as we are now, like the presidential room, executive suite and standard room.

In ancient times, there were noble and low grades, and inns were no exception. The rooms in ancient inns were divided into heaven, earth, people, shops, woodshed and stable. According to the current default calculation that a penny is equal to a dime, it takes about 200 to 500 articles to stay in an inn once, and one or two pieces of silver in the prosperous Tang Dynasty is equivalent to 2000-4000 yuan now. So it's also quite expensive.

According to Zhou Li, hotels in China developed as early as the Zhou Dynasty, and it seems to be a "chain" development. Zhou Wang stipulates that "posthouse" with the nature of "state-owned guest house" requires "Lu" every 10, that is, simple rooms; Set up a "road room" for rest every 30 miles; Every 50-mile town should have a "waiting room", which is a guest house where you can stay.

In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the luxurious room was called the "first room", and in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was also called the "official room" because business officials lived in such a senior room. Ordinary or poor rooms are called "light rooms" and "humble rooms"; Many people are called "ordinary stores" and "big stores". Generally speaking, the grades are divided into Tianhao, Hao Di, Ren Hao, Tongpu, Chaifang and Ma Huan from high to low. This is the so-called rooms will be graded, and people with different identities will live in different rooms, which also reflects their living conditions at that time.