Now we see the word hotel, the first thing that comes to mind is to eat, then in ancient times, the hotel has been there, how was the birth of the ancient hotel? The origin of this is not so simple, because at the beginning of the meaning of the hotel and we now still have a certain difference.

First, in the historical record, probably divided into two kinds of use. ?

The first use is in the seventeenth of the "Confucian History" had written? There was no boat on that day, so I had to go to a hotel to stay right? Here, the hotel is a place that can provide food and accommodation. The second meaning is that there was also a description in Water Margin, when Li Kui was described in the forty-third time, the sentence was ? I don't see a hotel or restaurant? In this sentence, the hotel is just a place to provide food and drink. However, in ancient times the hotel and now have a relatively big difference, we can also understand that the current hotel is a refined and upgraded version.

Secondly, the earliest hotels in China were the post stations in the Yin Shang period.

In fact, the history of the hotel is also very far-reaching. It can be said that by now there have been thousands of years, then China's oldest hotel is the government-run lodging facilities, that is, we often say stagecoach station, that appeared in the Yinshang period. At that time, the post stations were mainly set up to provide a short rest for soldiers who were delivering messages.

Thirdly, the guest houses in the Zhou Dynasty were opened mainly for the lords to pay tribute.

By the time of the Zhou Dynasty, the people borrowed from the former stagecoaches and built some guest houses for guests to stay in at every major transportation route, and the main purpose of these guest houses was to provide for the vassal states, so that they could pay tribute to the king's family and make a pilgrimage to the king's house. This is also known as the so-called for the vassals to pay tribute and open, the hotel is also at this time to get further development. However, at this time the hotel is relatively simple, the accommodation is not very good, usually only provide some relatively simple can be full of wine and meals.