It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Total Cost: <\/strong> Exterior <\/strong> Interior<\/strong> 80-meter Corridor <\/strong> Olive Hall <\/strong> Ticket Selling<\/strong> Management Cost<\/strong> Ticketing selling hours <\/strong> National Centre for the Performing Arts \uff08China\uff09is easily accessible either by bus or subway. Visiting Time:<\/strong> Your visit to the National Grand Theatre can be independent or combined with other attractions like Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City since it is just located one block west of Tiananmen Square. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are short of time, it is still advisable to ge there and take some beautiful photos of the floatng eggshell, which poses sharp contrast to the surrounding buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out Night View of National Centre for the Performing Arts (China)<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exterior of National Grand Theatre looks like an eggshell half cut.<\/p>\n\n\n Ticket office at the north entrance to National Grand Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n The 80-meter corridor leading from the north entrance to Olive Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n From this Olive Hall, visitors take elevator up the first floor to begin their visit.<\/p>\n\n\n The Coffee Shop on the east side on the first floor Enter from the south gate to the National Grand Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n Audio and video shop on the fourth Floor.<\/p>\n\n\n Posed on the top floor in the middle of the National Grand Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n If you are lucky to travel Beijing during China National Day ( Oct 1 -7 ) , Labour Day ( May 1-3) or other important occasions, you will have the opportunity to see the huge dome flooded in dream-like lights, giving you a lot of imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n The timetable for flag raisin and lowering<\/a> If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Beijing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Car Rental in Beijing<\/a> Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a> Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a> Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a> Wangfujing Night Snack Street<\/a> Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), is one of the 4 most important landmarks in Beijing. The other three are China CCTV Tower, Water Cube (Beijing National Aquatics Center) and Bird\u2019s Nest (National Stadium). If you are interested in modern contemporary architecture, the egg-shape theatre is absolutely worth having a glimpse. Tip 1:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,20],"tags":[3780,3781],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-attractions-tips","category-beijing-tour-reviews","tag-how-to-get-to-national-centre-for-the-performing-arts","tag-tips-for-visiting-national-centre-for-the-performing-arts-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31878,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions\/31878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The total cost for its construction is said to be over RMB 3 billion. The theatre has total 5473 seats with each seat costing about half million! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exterior of the theater is a titanium accented glass dome that is completely surrounded by a man-made lake. It just likes like an egg cut half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inside there are 4 major performing halls:
The Opera Hall in the miidle is used for operas, ballet, and dances with seats 2416;
The Music Hall in the east side accommodates 2,017 seats;
The Theater Hall in the west side is functioned for Chinese traditional plays and the Beijing opera with 1040 seats.; Multi functional Hall in the south has 140 seats <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 80-meter long underwater corridor connecting the north entrance to Olive Hall of the main building of National Centre for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visitors come to Olive Hall at the end of the corridor from the entrance. From the Olive Hall, people start to take elevator up to visi the three major halls \u2013 The Opera Hall, The Theatre Hall and The Music Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
70 percent of the tickets would be sold at low price for ordinary citizens, while 10% of the tickets would be sold at relatively expensive prices for separate market segments <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 60% of annual operational cost needed to be subsidized by the government offered by the central government and the Beijing municipal government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The box office of the National Centre for the Performing Arts is located at the north entrance of centre. It is open between 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. every day. Entrance Ticket for Visiting only
Ticket Fee:<\/strong> RMB 30 per person <\/p>\n\n\n\nTip 2 How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Address is: No. 2, West Chang\u2019an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100031
Take subway and get off at (Exit C) on Beijing Subway Line 1
Bus routes 1 , 4 , 10 , 20 , 37 , 52 , 726 , 728 and 802 all stop at Tian\u2019anmen West <\/p>\n\n\n\nTip 03: How to plan your trip to National Grand Theatre<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
TUE \u2013 FRI: 13:30 \u2013 17:00 ( stop selling tickets at 16:30)
SAT, SUN and Public Holidays: 09:30 \u2013 17:00 (stop selling tickets at 16:30)
Monday: No Visiting
Pay RMB 30 to visit one of the most controversial architectures in China. You are suggested to spend 2 hours wandering in the ultra-modern building. <\/p>\n\n\n\nTip 4: Virtual Tour of NCPA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Tip 5: Night View of NCPA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Further Reading about the sites near NCPA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Night View of National Centre for the Performing Arts (China)<\/a>
Qianmen Street<\/a>
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Beijing Winter Tour<\/a>
Great Wall Tour<\/a>
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China City Tours<\/a>
China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nFurther Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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