A mountain and a temple homestay

Yishan Yisi homestay in Yichang's Yuquan Temple scenic area is set in tea fields east of the thousand-year-old Yuquan Temple, one of the ancestral temples of the Tiantai Buddhist sect. The project comprises 10 buildings including lobby, tea room, multi-function hall, restaurant and guest rooms. The lobby entry is a three-part landscape installation representing the three Zen states, using abstract, rustic forms. The reception desk is designed as a natural stone bar rather than a conventional front desk, with bamboo blinds framing green bamboo beyond. The basement multi-function hall simplifies traditional columns into modern decorative forms. The all-day restaurant uses two colors of long brick in rhythmic sequence, with distant rock and nearby stream visible from tables. Two private tea rooms open onto the Xianzhang tea fields. A glass tea room elevated above a clear pool is the project highlight, with floor-to-ceiling glass on four sides and local wood frames plus washi on selected panels. Eight guest room types draw on the Twelve Gentlemen of tea whisking described by the Southern Song Tea-Loving Elder, translating colors, materials and aesthetics into room palettes. Natural materials including granite, travertine, wood flooring and straw-paint combine with earth-tone colors to create open, airy spaces. Each room has a corresponding external view, whether a small scene or water nearby.