A gracious look at history

Staying in a hotel can be a rich cultural experience, especially in a historical city like Nanjing. Ma Xue visits a classical mansion where past and present come together in a delightful confluence.

'Pick any one of our suites and flip it upside down, and you'd find exactly 348 amenities and a story behind each one," says ZhuWenbo, general manger of Yihe Mansions, Nanjing.

This is something no general mangerwould say lightly, but there is such a treasure trove of artifacts in Nanjing that Zhu can speak with confidence.