The former site of the German-style official residence has a superior geographical location and a quiet and open surrounding environment. It is located at the foot of the signal mountain in the center of the old city of Qingdao, facing the sea and the mountains, commanding and magnificent. Moreover, it presents a magnificent and beautiful effect on the whole, especially the macro artistic sense of the building and the symbolism of the details complement each other, so it has extraordinary commemorative significance and artistic shock. Over the past century, German-style official residence has experienced vicissitudes, but its basic sense of value is still distinct. Objectively speaking, in terms of historical and cultural connotation and architectural artistic value, other western buildings born in China in the 20th century are incomparable. As far as Qingdao, a famous historical and cultural city is concerned, the German-style official residence has become a vivid epitome of the century-old evolution history of this famous cultural city where we live.
German residence,190510-190710, designed by German architect Mark and supervised by strasser. Because it is the official residence of German Governor Giorgio. So it is commonly known as "prefect building". But Tolpa, the first governor, didn't stay there for a few days. Why? Because the construction cost is too high, reaching nearly 6.5438 million marks. So when he went back, he was ousted by the parliament and replaced by a new governor.
architectural feature
Qingdao Hotel, a former German-style official residence, has one basement and three floors above ground, with a total construction area of more than 4,000 square meters. It is a masonry steel and wood structure, and it is a quadrangle building of German classical palace. The roof design is rich and changeable, and the wall is decorated with a lot of stone materials, including carved stone flowers, poked column verandahs, cornices with stone corners and translucent wooden walls. It is a German castle building with European royal style. Its elegant shape, luxurious decoration, beautiful outline lines and magnificent colors still rank among the single villa buildings in China. Now, as a house of this style built in the early 20th century, it is rare in continental Europe and even in Germany. The local granite stone is used as decoration, the stone surface is rough, the main entrance wall is decorated with light green and light gray granite stone, and the top stone is carved with exquisite patterns, which is extensive and exquisite. The roofs of beige tiles, blue fish scale tiles and green cowtongue tiles make the building more exquisite and unique. Make the building unique and magnificent, and become a wonderful work of modern architecture in Qingdao. The building is divided into four floors, with 30 large and small rooms. The ground floor is a semi-underground room, which used to be the governor's servant and dining room.
Entering from the west gate is the second floor, which used to be called the first floor. There is a hall, a central hall, a hall, a conference room, a ballroom, a restaurant and a greenhouse. The hall is 9 meters high with gorgeous chandeliers hanging from the top. The walls of the hall are decorated with bronze carvings and oil paintings, and the lower part of the wall is surrounded by brown guard plates; One corner is a fireplace inlaid with emerald, and the other corner is an ancient German tripod piano. On the wall of the hall hangs a clock designed by Joan Hans, a famous German clock designer. It has a characteristic that when a small newspaper is four times as big, the music is ringing all the time, all the time. The whole hall is full of quaint and rich western sentiment.
The third floor, customarily called the second floor, used to be the governor's bedroom and office, richly decorated. Because the guesthouse was once the place where the government received distinguished guests, it was not damaged in the "0", and most of the whole building remained its original appearance. The furniture inside is all German original products. This is a German furniture store, which once specialized in producing furniture for the royal family. It is said that it still exists today, and it was compiled by Mercedes-Benz.
history
1897 When Germany invaded Qingdao, the German Governor's residence in Jiaoao was chosen on the hillside then known as Dashishan (now Signal Mountain). The German Governor is equivalent to the prefect, the highest military attache of the local army in China, so the building is also commonly known as the "prefect building". The building was built in 1905 and officially moved into 1908. It is a German-style building, which combines the typical architectural style, building materials and techniques of young de stijl in the era of William in Germany. Now, houses of this style built in the early 20th century are rare in continental Europe and even in Germany. Designed by German architect Racharowitz, it covers an area of 4,083 square meters. The cost was so huge that it exceeded the original standard that the construction director Straser had to be summoned to the General Audit Office to defend his reasons.
After nearly a hundred years of vicissitudes, this building has changed hands several times. 1914165438+10. In October, Japan and Germany fought, and the German troops stationed in Qingdao were defeated and left, becoming the headquarters of successive Japanese garrison commanders in Qingdao. 1922 12 China regained sovereignty, which was once the official residence of Jiaoao Commercial Port Supervision Office, and later the official residence of successive mayors of Qingdao; After 1932 Shen Honglie became mayor, he no longer lived here, but only used to receive guests. 1934 was officially named as "Guest House"; 1938- 1945 the Japanese army invaded Qingdao for the second time, and this is the "international club"; After the Japanese surrendered, it was changed to "Guest House".
After liberation, as a government-sponsored hotel, the guesthouse has received many national leaders and distinguished guests. From July, 2002 to August, 2004, President Mao Zedong, his wife and daughters Li Na and CoCo Lee lived in Qingdao. When the Governor lived in the same room, he also lived in Jiang Jingguo, Xie Hu, Ho Chi Minh, Prince Sihanouk and former Australian Prime Minister Hill.