The original owner of the American Mahide Villa is Austrian Brandt. It has a construction area of ??483.95 square meters and is surrounded by corridors on all sides, which is unique. Dr. Ma Haide rested here in his later years. Fu Zuoyi's villa not far away has a different style, with a Victorian feel, with cloisters on three sides, the roof covered with green ivy, and the lawn in the garden is neatly trimmed like a soldier, full of greenery. Looking in front of the villa, there is an open sea! Now, both villas are located in the villa area of ??Friendship Hotel. The villa of the handsome American boy Ma Haide is a two-story building with light pink walls, dark green shutters, and a large open verandah. You can sit in a rocking chair and listen to the wind rustling in the woods surrounding the villa. Walking up the clunking old stairs to the bedroom where he and his wife Sophie Zhou were living, the first thing they saw were two windows facing south that could see the sea. As one of the eight old villas open to the public in Beidaihe, Ma Haide Villa and Fu Zuoyi Villa have hosted top domestic figures many times. The experience price per night in summer is as high as 8,800 yuan per unit. Gu Weijun Villa The original owner of Gu Weijun Villa was Mr. Gu Weijun, who served as the Foreign Minister of the Beiyang Government, the Acting Prime Minister of the State, and the Foreign Minister of the Nanjing Government. With a construction area of ??472.78 square meters, it is built near the sea and has a beautiful environment. He Xiangning Villa was built in 1942 with a construction area of ??440.94 square meters. The original owner was the Japanese Togami Soyan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ms. He Xiangning rested here many times.
Jinshan Mansion ranks among these world-famous villas. While inheriting the historical charm, it strives to create a classic building that is more in line with the characteristics of modern people's lives. We have reason to believe that as time goes by, Jinshan The mansion, together with other world-famous villas around it, will become a classic of Beidaihe villas and will be passed down forever.
Beidaihe, with its blue sky, blue sea and golden beaches, has always been a summer resort in the north, attracting a large number of tourists every year. Beidaihe seems to be becoming more attractive this summer. Since May, there have been media reports that celebrity villas in Beidaihe will be opened one after another this year. Spending hundreds or thousands of yuan to live in celebrity villas and live like celebrities? With some curiosity, the reporter recently went to Beidaihe to find out the truth.
According to Cao Kai from the Beidaihe Tourism Management Committee, the history of Beidaihe villas began at the beginning of the development of Beidaihe. In 1893, Jinda, the British chief engineer who built the Jinyu Railway, was the first to discover the blue sky and blue sea. Beidaihe, with soft sand and flat tide, was vigorously promoted in Beijing and Tianjin, attracting a large number of Chinese and foreign people. In the same year, the British man Stewart took the lead and built the first villa. By 1898, after the Qing government officially declared Beidaihe as a summer resort, missionaries, Chinese and foreign celebrities, and wealthy businessmen all purchased land and built houses here. Beidaihe, which was very prosperous at that time, was as famous as Hawaii and was known as "the crown of summer resorts in East Asia." ". By 1949, more than 700 villas had been built in Beidaihe, making it the second largest villa area in China after Lushan.
The villas in Beidaihe have a unique style, which is exactly what they say: "blue sky, green trees, red roofs and plain walls, large cloisters". The architectural style is mainly European style, with granite rough stone as the wall and red tiles or iron sheets as the roof. "Upper sky" (with attic) and "lower sky" (all houses have basements) are particularly suitable for humid weather at the beach. Almost every house has a cloister, one, two, three or four sides. Living in the house, it is definitely a good choice to place a deck chair on the porch and watch the sunset with the sea breeze in your spare time.
Unfortunately, in the reporter's opinion, it is difficult to find the former style of the Beidaihe villa. The once-famous mansions have been allocated to the nursing homes according to their location. The unique old houses are hidden among a bunch of modern buildings. The glory of the red tiles has been offset by other newly painted red roofs. Eclipsed. The ideal celebrity villa should be simple and tasteful. After all, its former owners were all figures who left their footprints in Chinese history. However, almost all the houses that you can see have been painted with yellow walls, red columns and green eaves (except for houses with stone walls), and plastic steel doors and windows can be seen everywhere. And it is difficult to find a fireplace that once belonged to the past in so many villas.
The rooms are either too "modern" and "luxury" decorated; or they are in a state of disrepair. The interiors are dark, and some still exude the inevitable moisture of the seaside. Many rooms have been converted into four-bedroom apartments with a bed costing 30 yuan each. world. Recalling the glory of that year makes people feel that "things are different and people are different".
Currently, there are 8 celebrity villas in Beidaihe that can be visited and 50 that can accommodate guests, but most of them are single rooms rented and charged according to the bed space, with prices ranging from 30 yuan to 50 yuan. The reporter saw that the only houses that could be rented out were the Fu Zuoyi Villa belonging to the Friendship Hotel and the Gu Weijun Villa at No. 1 Zhongtan Beach. The daily rent was about 5,000 to 6,000 yuan.