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Hotels for the Chinese New Year: Beijing's Opposite House

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: No. 11 Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, 100027
January 31, 2011 at 9:01 AM | by | Comment (1)

The Chinese New Year is on Thursday, and if you're heading to China for it, you know that like nothing will be operating properly and everyone will be celebrating. In other words, it's the perfect time for a little treat in the form of a couple nights away. For the next couple days, we'll be looking at some last-minute hotel for Chinese New Year:

Although they're all booked up for Friday night, the New Year itself and the weekend is still open at Beijing's Opposite House, starting from $300 per night. As with their sister hotel in Hong Kong—the Upper House—the Opposite House includes free WiFi, goodies in the minibar, and use of the room's tech goodies.

In addition, the hotel is treating guests and visitors to an art installation, specifically for the new year. The 12 hanging scrolls of “Day After Day” by Qin Feng, each 26 feet long, "feature bold and energetic red and black brushstrokes composed of Chinese ink painted with a large flat Western brush on custom-made paper." There's twelve to obviously represent the months of the year, but the meaning goes much deeper: "The lines are meant to illustrate the ways in which life and society diverge through a variety of conflicts and contradictions, such as love and strife, desire and reality, but inevitably re-emerge together in harmony."

The art will be on display at the Opposite House until February 20, so there's no rush, but the best time to visit is of course later this week, when the meaning rings truest.

[Photos: Swire Hotels]

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Love this Hotel...

Wish I was there to take advantage of this and check out the installation- I've stayed at a bunch of hotels in Beijing, and I especially loved this one for it's modern/design feel without skimping on service (sometimes I feel like it's one or the other...). As mentioned above, the free mini-bar and wifi is fantastic and the big bathtubs were pretty cool too. The Sanlitun location can't be beat with some of the best shopping and eating in Beijing right there. I covered the hotel on my blog:  http://tiny.cc/xgdm2 and can't wait to go back again!
jenngarciaalonso on February 1, 2011 at 6:47 AM #Permalink

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