Guangzhou Arts & Culture

The Xinghai Concert Hall is the best concert venue in Guangzhou. It is named after Xian Xinghai, a renowned Chinese composer, who was just born in Guangzhou.The Hall consists of three parts, a symphony performing Hall with 1500 seats, a Chamber Music Hall and a Music Material Room.

The hyperbolic paraboloids shell forms the unique shape of the concert hall. The pyramid-shaped glass wall on the facade shows the brilliantly sacred and enthusiastic artistic flavor of symphonies. The spacious platform and the slope surrounding a pool make the construction harmonious with the Linjiang Arts Center Square.

The symphony performing Hall was designed on the basis of natural sound, using reinforced concrete shell of hyperbolic paraboloids to cover the "Mountain Valley-Terraced Fields" seats so that the surfaces of these two parts directly form a sound field. The architectural structural space is an acoustics one. The hard interior surface of the reinforced concrete shell and the sidewall of the parquet seat areas serve as the interface of the reflection and diffusion of the music sound. In addition, a spherical diffuser hung above the performing stage improves the mutually heard condition on the performing stage and reinforces the early reflected sound for the front seat areas.

Address:No. 33 Qingbo Road, Ersha Island, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8735-2222

Yueju Opera (Cantonese Opera)

Yueju Opera (Cantonese Opera) is an opera style popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau and wherever overseas Chinese are found in Southeast Asia. It originated in the city of Shaoxing in the neighboring Zhejiang Province in the mid-19th century during the late-Qing Dynasty (1644 -1911). Shaoxing Opera is particularly popular south of the Yangtze River and combines classical singing, dancing and acting. It is sung and read in Guangzhou dialect. The vocals rise and fall in ever changing cadences, and the melodies are harmonious and graceful. You can have a listen when you are in Guangzhou.

Guang Ming Theatre
Guang Ming theatre is a good place to catch live Cantonese opera.
Address:No. 293 Nanhua Zhong Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8449-9721

 Guangzhou Opera House

The Guangzhou Opera House, one of the biggest cultural projects in Guangzhou. The opera house, which will cover an area of 46,000 square meters, is expected to go into operation at the end of 2007. With an estimated investment of RMB 1 billion (US$120 million), the project is expected to become the biggest performing centre in South China and to be one of the three biggest theatres in the nation. The Guangzhou opera house will have 1,800 seats and a multifunctional digital hall with an area of 2,500 square meters. The opera house will meet the needs of various performances after its completion, including large-scale operas, enabling residents in the city to enjoy fine arts.

Visitors looking for an experience into the art of Guangdong style bartering can explore the Night Market in Guangzhou. Here visitors can take full advantage of the open-air markets for its low price and the fun of bargaining night markets scatter at Xihu Road, Jiaoyu Road, as well as Huanghuagang, Xiaogang, Shahe, Shayuan, Shangxiajiu Commercial Pedestrian Streets and Beijing Road Commercial Pedestrian Street. All night markets open from dusk to midnight, selling daily articles, fashionable clothes and foods, etc. The night markets are not only quite convenient but also add color to Guangzhou culture and night life.

China Plaza Theater
The China Plaza Theater is the first five-star cinema in Guangzhou and it ranks as one of the Top Ten box office cinemas in China.
Address:Floor 8, Zhonghua Square, No. 33 Zhongshan Third Road, Guangzhou

Hai Zhu Theater
Address:No. 292 Changti Dama Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8188-3774

Jiang Nan Theater
Address:No. 130 Changgang Zhong Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8436-4524

Children's Cinema
Address:No. 249 Haizhu Zhong Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8130-3037

Dong Hua Cinema
Address:No. 288 Dong Hua West Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8382-6543

Dong Shan Yong Han Cinema
Address:Junqu Yingshi Building, Da Dao Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8777-8570

Fang Cun Cinema
Address:No. 19 Luju Road, Fangcun, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8156-3706

Galaxy Cinema
Address:Zhong Shan Da Dao Zhong, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8757-6733

Guang Ming Cinema
Address:No. 293 Nan Hua Zhong Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8449-9721

Guangzhou Cinema
Address:No. 65 Yan Jiang West Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8188-8205

Jin Sheng Cinema
Address:No. 265 Enning Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8181-4358

Nan Fang Cinema
Address: No. 265 Jiao Yu Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8335-2871

Sha He Cinema
Address: No. 37 Shahe Hengma Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8773-8713

Shi Er Gong
Address:No. 640 Tongfu East Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8441-7377
Shi Yi Gong
Address:No. 65 Wen Ming Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8337-2923

Yang Cheng Cinema
Address: No. 248 Chang Dida Ma Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8333-7729

Yonghan Cinema
It is easy to find in the commercial center of Beijing Road.
Address:No. 186 Beijing Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Guangdong Museum of Art

The Guangzhou Museum of Art is a very modern art museum, which holds the largest collection of contemporary Chinese art in China. It was opened in the year 2000 and has an extensive collection of works, from classical Chinese painters to more modern pieces.

Special exhibitions often present experimental work that reflects the changing political and social environment of China. The museum presents a large number of exhibitions of work by well-known artists from other Asian and Western countries.

Address:No. 38 Yanyu Road, Er Sha Island, Guangzhou
Opening Hours:9 am ¨C 5 pm, Tuesday - Sunday
Transportation:Buses No. 248, 89 get off at Ersha Island

Nanyue King Tomb Museum

The two thousand year old tomb, Western Han Dynasty Nanyue King Mausoleum Museum, located on Jiefang Bei Road, is the oldest and largest Han tomb with the most funerary objects in Lingnan (South of the Nanling Mountain) Area. The owner of the tomb is the second king, Zhao Mei of Nanyue State of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD). As one of the 80 most famous museums in the world, the museum covers 14,000 square meters (150, 699.6 square feet) with 10 exhibition halls. There are foreign articles in the mausoleum too.

Address:No. 38 Yan Yu Road, Er Sha Island, Guangzhou
Opening Hours:9 am ¨C 5:30 pm
Transportation:Buses No. 7, 24, 58, 87, 244, 273, 182, 519, 528, 552

Guangzhou Museum

The Guangzhou Museum is located in Yuexiu Park within the 14th century Tower Controlling the Sea (Zhenhailou). Each of the five stories of the 28 meter (92 feet) tower has exhibitions relating to the history of Guangzhou from prehistoric times to the present. The 3rd and 4th floors have some interesting exhibits relating to Guangzhou's role as a trading center both before and after the Opium Wars (1839 -1862). The top floor of the tower has a caf¨¦ and a selection of shops selling traditional gifts and souvenirs.

Address: Yuexiu Park, Guangzhou

Guangzhou Art Museum

The Guangzhou Museum of Art is on the bank of Luhu Lake. It's a very modern art museum, which opened in the year 2000 and has an extensive collection of works from classical Chinese painters to more modern pieces. It contains more than 10,000 items of calligraphy, painting, sculpture and tablet inscriptions, and is the largest art museum on the Chinese Mainland. The provincial museum also contains exhibits of better quality than most other Chinese museums. In the museum, there exists a lush tropical garden area for visitors to relax.

Address: Bank of Luhu Lake, Guangzhou

NOTE: Although this information is correct at the time of our web publication, it is still advised that you call the phone number and confirm the address before going to the venue because some venues may have changed their telephone numbers or address locations.

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