Overview

Hype:

The National Centre for the Performing Arts, and colloquially described as The Giant Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the NCPA is the largest theatre complex in Asia. The NCPA is semi-spherical in appearance, with a long axis length of 212.20 meters in the east-west direction, a short axis length of 143.64 meters in the north-south direction, a height of 46.285 meters, an area of 119,900 square meters, and a total construction area of approximately 165,000 square meters. There are Opera hall, Music hall, theater and art exhibition halls, restaurants, audio shops, and other supporting facilities.

Time:

Fees: Admission

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Features:
  • Architecture
  • Performance

Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Centre_for_the_Performing_Arts_(China)

Location

Closest City or Region: Beijing, China

Coordinates: 39.903380, 116.383544

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May 22, 2010 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, BYU Study Abroad Group,

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