Ling Shang Yi Hao Tea House promotes the Integration of “Commerce + Tourism + Culture” in Chongqing TESTBED 2

Chinese-Western style hall [Photo by Tan Jungang]

Ling Shang Yi Hao derived a variety of formats, like homestay [Photo by Tan Jungang]

More and more enterprises enter TESTBED 2 [Photo by Zhang Yinyin]

In recent years, TESTBED 2 in Yuzhong District of Chongqing has attracted more and more foreign tourists. There is a tea house named Ling Shang Yi Hao on a slope of TESTBED 2.

In the hall of Ling Shang Yi Hao, there are not only 18th-century English pianos, European antique lighting and floor-to-ceiling clocks, but also carved doors and windows from Qing Dynasty and Taoist terracotta tiles from Shanxi, which reveals the European classical style and is full of Chinese elements. The completely different Chinese and Western styles collide here, while integrate with each other harmoniously.

The predecessor of TESTBED 2 is the Chongqing Printing Second Factory, and the location of Ling Shang Yi Hao is the original printing workshop. In 2012, Chongqing Printing Second Factory was relocated, and Yuzhong District decided to build the old factory into Cultural and Creative Park. In 2015, businessman Zheng Jun inadvertently came to TESTBED 2, and was deeply attracted by the industrial style and cultural atmosphere. Based on his own preferences, he decided to set up a tea house here.

Today, Ling Shang Yi Hao gradually derived a variety of formats such as restaurants, homestays, entertainment, and cultural and creative products. TESTBED 2 has also developed a number of boutique design hotels, theme creative restaurants, art experiment exhibitions and other urban businesses featuring creativity, culture, art, design and experience because of the gathering of businessman like Zheng Jun. The new format has gradually started the "business + tourism + culture" sign to promote TESTBED 2 into one of the most famous cultural and creative parks in Chongqing.