Built in 1903, Dagongguan 1903 Hotel in northeast China’s Harbin City now stands as a symbol of the city’s long history. Inside the building, there’s an elegantly designed elevator, which is a century old as the architecture itself. /VCG Photo

Installed in the same year as the building in 1903, the elevator has been continuously running for more than a hundred years. /VCG Photo

Unlike the functional lifts today, it travels far more slowly. Riding the elevator from first floor to the top sixth floor can take one minute. /VCG Photo

This elevator is one of the two century-old elevators in China. The other one is in Shanghai and appears in “In the Mood for Love”, a 2000 romantic film directed by Wong Kar-wai, but the elevator is now out of service. /VCG Photo