Four Seasons Hotel Beijing Celebrates Chinese New Year

Winters in Beijing may be chilly but the city heats up during Chinese New Year. A traditional ten-day celebration that marks the new year according to the lunar calendar, also known as Spring Festival, or “chunjie”, Chinese New Year is a time for family members to come together, share good food and celebrate with fireworks.



Cai Yi Xuan

Dramatic and exciting Cai Yi Xuan, meaning ‘the art of dining', presents authentic regional Chinese cuisine at its best. With both a large formal dining room and eight private rooms, including two VIP rooms with one offering an exclusive chef's table, this is the perfect venue for intimate family gatherings and traditional celebrations.

The Chinese New Year celebration at Cai Yi Xuan begins with 'Yee Sang' salad with salmon and continues with a procession of beautifully crafted Chinese delicacies, including Northern and Shanghainese appetizer platters, traditional assorted seafood casserole, sautéed scallops with asparagus and wild mushroom, and braised abalone in oyster sauce with foie gras mousse-filled morel mushrooms.

Following the tradition of eating fish on Chinese New Year to symbolize abundance and prosperity, steamed red-spotted grouper in soy sauce is next, followed by crispy chicken, poached garden greens with bamboo pith in rice broth, and boiled pork dumplings in lobster soup.

The celebration is completed with delicious traditional Chinese New Year desserts, including cashew nut cream, peanut crust glutinous dumplings, and black sesame rice cake.

The Chinese New Year Celebration Banquet menu is priced at RMB 888+15% service charge per person (or can be complemented with a special tea selection pairing at RMB 1,088+15% service charge per person) for a minimum of 8 persons.



Chinese New Year Hampers

Beginning January 10th, Four Seasons Hotel Beijing will be offering two special Chinese New Year Hampers. Priced at RMB 2,188, the Prosperity Hamper is replete with traditional Chinese delicacies, including Fresh Sea Cucumber, "Shangshuijing" Aged Chinese Vinegar, Chinese Sausage, Cured Meat, Smoked Duck, Lotus Seeds, Homemade X.O. Sauce, Steamed Rice Cake, Red Dates, Abalone, and Unfermented Pu Er Tea. In addition, this festive package also includes a bottle of Louis Roederer Brut Premier Champagne imported from France. Priced at RMB 3188, the Luxury Four Seasons Hamper includes all of the above, plus Olive Oil, Balsamic Vinegar, Dried Pasta, and Chinese liquor.



Hong Bao Celebration Package

From Feb 1st to 15th Four Seasons Hotel Beijing will offer a special Chinese New Year promotion to guests staying at the hotel. For RMB 1,888+15% service charge per room per night including breakfast, guests will receive a red package (hongbao) containing RMB 500 in credit for use at Four Seasons Hotel Beijing restaurants and SPA. The hotel concierge will also create a holiday agenda suited to individual guests' unique tastes and interests. With professional, friendly staff and a wealth of knowledge of the city, Four Seasons Hotel Beijing will show guests a side of the capital that very few visitors get to see.

More information: www.fourseasons.com/beijing