809 Arsenal Site Renovation - Clifftop Tea Bar

The 809 Factory sits in Xialaoxi Gorge outside Yichang, Hubei, about thirty minutes from the city; once a Third Front military factory, it stopped production in the 1990s. The three-hectare, 13,000-square-meter project adapts the abandoned factory into a resort and entertainment complex, preserving original character while adding new functions. The campus is divided into a hotel section with lobby, art gallery, four guest-house buildings and western restaurant, and an entertainment section with reception center, Chinese restaurant, book bar, time hall, family activity center and the cliff-top tea bar. The newly built tea bar, with its special location and light temperament, is the most eye-catching building on campus. It sits on the southwest slope: one side connects gently to the hotel complex, while the other falls away into a steep karst cliff eroded by the river. The natural setting is superb; standing at the cliff edge looking west up the Xialaoxi stream offers spectacular views, making the tea bar a destination within the heritage park.