JiHouse is a centrally located family-run hotel, set in a beautiful traditional Beijing courtyard with a rich history - once was gold and silver jewel market during the yuan dynasty and where the revered poet Shen Congwen used to live.

In the early 19th century Lin Yutang wrote in the activating Beiping ＆ Beiping is so tranquil. This is the city to keep a household; where every building has a courtyard, every courtyard has a small goldfish pond and a pomegranate tree, the fruit and vegetables are fresh. If one prefers pears one grows pears, if dates then date. This is an ideal city, it has open space where every man can breathe fresh air, and though it may not have the silence of a village, the wide roads, the narrow Hutongs and the canal are all perfectly coordinated.

But times have changed, and Beijing is no longer the Beiping of the past. The secluded courtyards of Lin Yutang's time are now a rarity. Ji House, however, with its tranquil courtyard - complete with a goldfish pond and date tree - offers visitors the chance to experience the tranquility of an unspoilt traditional Beijing courtyard (known as a siheyuan).