National Center for the Performing Arts, located at the west of Tiananmen Square, is the high standard and important base for Chinese performance arts, the biggest platform of Sino-foreign cultural exchanges. It has facilities like Opera Hall, Music Hall, Theater Hall, art exhibition and communication center as well as video stores.

It was designed by Paul Andreu, a French architect, and covered 11,890 acres. Exterior buildings look a big egg floating in the water. All entrances and paths were set in the underneath so that passengers need to enter the hall though 80-meter-long waterway. When you walk underneath the moat and see the sky through the translucent waters, it looks very stunning and spectacular. And it will be lit up in the evening which seems like a great blue ocean.

The inner hall is very elegant and equipped with the biggest pipe organ in China and other high-standard modern instruments and decorated with gorgeous stage background and different sound materials. It becomes one of the popular city landmarks and a must see for people who interested in architecture and art.

Note: It closes on Mondays.