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East Asia Hotel (simplified Chinese: 东亚旅馆; traditional Chinese: 東亞旅館) is a two-star hotel in Shanghai. It is located on Nanjing Donglu (Nanjing Road East).

History

In 1917, Ma Ying-piu, the son of a gold miner who went to Australia, constructed the five-story building Sincere Department Store on Nanjing Road.[1] Ma started his first Since Store in Hong Kong, and the Nanjing location was a higher-caliber branch.[1] Known as Shanghai Dongya Hotel (simplified Chinese: 上海东亚饭店; traditional Chinese: 上海東亞飯店),[2] it occupied the highest parts of the building.[3] It was split into a hotel called East Asia Hotel (simplified Chinese: 东亚旅馆; traditional Chinese: 東亞旅館) and a restaurant called East Asia Another Floor (simplified Chinese: 东亚又一楼; traditional Chinese: 東亞又一樓) that specialized in Cantonese cuisine.[4] The owner was Huang Huannan (Chinese: 黃煥南).[4] According to the author Lingren Kong, "Based on the standards at the time, East Asia Hotel's facilities were first-class and it enjoyed a high reputation in Southeast Asia ... the East Asia Hotel was well-known in Shanghai."[4] In 1948, the hotel was renamed to "Shanghai East Asia Hotel" (simplified Chinese: 上海东亚大饭店; traditional Chinese: 上海東亞大飯店) and the restaurant switched to specializing in Suzhou cuisine [zh].[4] In 1980, the hotel had 150 rooms that spanned seven floors.[5]

The hotel is located in Nanjing Donglu (Nanjing Road East) and is in a noisy part of city.[6] At its tip, the building features a spire.[1] East Asia Hotel is located in Sincere Store, a building that used to be a department store.[7][8] A junk replica is at the exterior of the hotel, which partly covers it.[1] It was called Jin Jiang East Asia Hotel in 2010.[7] The hotel's employees are accustomed to Western guests.[7] It has a restaurant called East Asia Restaurant that specializes in Huaiyang cuisine and serves breakfast and lunch tea.[9] The hotel was rebranded to Jinjiang Inn (simplified Chinese: 锦江之星; traditional Chinese: 錦江之星).[10][11]

Reception

Lonely Planet said "it's often booked out due to its prime location" and called the two-star hotel "clean and in good condition".[10][12] Fodor's said the hotel "has long been a decent budget standby in the best part of the city".[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Garnaut, John (2010-02-06). "Shopping palaces that spread gospel from Down Under". The Age. p. 14. ProQuest 364215669.
  2. ^ 中國星级饭店指南 [China Star-Rated Hotel Guide] (in Chinese). Beijing: 中國旅游出版社. 1994. p. 230. ISBN 978-7503-20991-8. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  3. ^ Sternquist, Brenda; Ma, Yan (1999-05-01). "Department Stores in the Early 20th Century Shanghai: Embeddedness of Clan Structure in the Business Environment". Proceedings of the Conference on Historical Analysis and Research in Marketing. Vol. 99. p. 343. Archived from the original on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  4. ^ a b c d Kong, Lingren 孔令仁 (1998). 中国老字号 [Chinese Time-Honored Brands] (in Chinese). Beijing: Higher Education Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-7-0400-6633-3. Retrieved 2022-06-26 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Zhang, Wei'e 张伟锷 (1980). 上海指南 [Guide to Shanghai] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers. p. 110. OCLC 298732590. Retrieved 2022-06-26 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b Knowles, Christopher; McDonald, George (2010). Fodor's Shanghai's 25 Best. New York: Fodor's. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4000-0396-9. Retrieved 2022-06-26 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ a b c "Best of China in your hands - City Guide Shanghai". The Sunday People. 2010-09-26. ProQuest 754951985. Archived from the original on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  8. ^ Conner, Patrick (1997-08-09). "Bright lights, big city - It used to be dominated by unflappable fleets of cyclists. Now the multi-lane highway - and the Big Mac - have come to Shanghai". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  9. ^ Cao, Yiwen 曹憶雯 (2005). 搭地鐵‧玩上海 [Take the subway and play in Shanghai] (in Chinese). Taipei: 宏碩文化. p. 135. ISBN 978-9867-40687-3. Retrieved 2022-06-26 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ a b Morgan, Kate; Holden, Trent; Elfer, Helen (2017). Lonely Planet Shanghai. Oakland: Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-78701-051-2. Retrieved 2022-06-26 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Dreckmann, Joerg (2019). Reise Know-How Reiseführer Shanghai (CityTrip PLUS) mit Hangzhou und Suzhou [Travel know-how travel guide Shanghai (CityTrip PLUS) with Hangzhou and Suzhou] (in German). Bielefeld: Reise Know-How. p. 309. ISBN 978-3-8317-5072-6. Retrieved 2022-06-26 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Harper, Damian. "People's Square: Jin Jiang East Asia Hotel". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2022-06-26.

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