A hotel with its own museum

From 1916 to 1960, Mr. Mei Lanfang often sojourned at the Astor Hotel and impressed the staff with his friendlineses. Mr. Mei wrote his autobiographical book Forty Years on Stage at the Astor Hotel. At the beginning of the 1950s, Mr. Mei narrated and asked Xu Jichuan to record when he had free time in room 332. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]