Mayor of Beijing's century-old hot tub business Lady had to retain | baths | size _ news

Legal evening news (reporter Ma Xiaoqing intern Xu Kunyao/legal evening news reporter Chai Cheng) due to rising operating costs, yandai xiejie Hutong, Xicheng District, which has a century-old garden hot tub will be officially out of business tomorrow, the last font size baths is the city.

In future, here will be changed to the Inn. This morning, some customers deliberately came with this "old man" farewell, and enjoyed for the last time in the century-old tub bathing pleasure of chatting.

　Say goodbye to

"The garden" plaque has pulled

Visitors to experience

Yesterday afternoon, this reporter went to yandai xiejie, Xicheng District is located in the 21st, Garden bath, tub notice taped to the door for closure, saying "due to the water, electricity, gas and all kinds of rising operating costs, leads to the baths operate from bad to worse, it was decided that with effect from September 20, 2014 full closure".

Yandai xiejie lively compared to other shops in the street, hiding in an alley in the corner of the garden tub seems to be rather quiet.

Had hung on the wall reading "Xinyuan" Word plaque has been picked, leaving only a ring of yellow marks, a yellowing of the price list on the wall words bath 15 bath 20 Yuan, and so on.

Come here to bathe almost all nearby residents, Mr Yang who lives in Fengtai District, young, he used to come here, after realizing here pack up today, that regret.

Due to the recent widespread media publicity, and many visitors, in front of the closed wash bath.

　Don't give up

Old neighborhood Mayor hotline

An old man hunched walk slowly with a stick into the bathroom. 76 years old, he who lives in the small West, suffering from cerebral haemorrhage, slow, but he insist on coming here to take a bath every month.

Mr Suen told reporters that he has been used to bathe here anymore, "are familiar, to take care of others. "He said that this is not only a habit, is an emotion.

"After the suspension, I really don't know where to find such familiar and favorite places. "Residents, Liu said. Zhu who lives nearby residents said that she had called the Mayor's hotlines reflect, hope is preserved here, but did not play a role, "cottage no bath, where I go! ”

　Confused

Shutting it down I'll be out of a job

Here is about to close, rubbing in tianshifu say, if the pool is gone, they could well return to hometown of Yangzhou. "I have been here 6 years and two months, 7-8 individuals had only a day, every day at least, there were more than 20 people, was to stick, how does not adhere to it now? ”

Same here for customer pick 6 bath chef LAU also said that if there is closure, unemployment by itself. "More than 100 years old, said closing the pass, I rubbed up a lifetime of bath, not rubbing, I can do? "Mr Liu said.

　The way out

Be changed to for profit here Inn

According to the shop's staff, Garden bath is one of the earliest baths in Beijing, was founded during the reign of Guangxu, dating back more than 100 years of history. Pool initial Qing dynasty eunuch, Li Lianying, the founder's son Li Fuqing. Li Fuqing died in 1928, pool owners. In 1956, the enjoyment of public-private partnerships into a State-owned enterprise.

Now, the garden baths Beijing huali industrial company limited owned a shop for State-owned enterprises, and next to the Garden Inn are in the same company.

According to the staff, and winter is the high season, a bath people every day until seventy or eighty, calculated according to bathe for 15 dollars, and not much profit, and a bed and breakfasts in Inn is 300 yuan.

"The area is large, and the cost of water, and, of course, is not cheap. "The staff said that the water charges have increased recently, bath alone don't make any money, so coming here will be changed to the Inn.

Text/reporter Xu Kunyao this version of photo/reporter Ma Xiaoqing interns Chai Cheng

(Original title: the last size baths closed in yandai xiejie named Xin Ming Park residents left it was the Mayor's hotline to the future here into the Inn)

(Edit: SN117)
14:30 on September 19, 2014
Legal evening news