Chongqing People's Hall

--The auditorium and Chongqing Three Gorges Museum are facing each other across the people's Square, so these scenic spots can be played together.

--Now it's the theater and Conference Center. You need to buy tickets to visit. But the red chairs and the tall hall are nothing special. You can't go in for a short time.

--The appearance of the auditorium imitates the hall of praying for new year in the temple of heaven in Beijing, which is suitable for taking photos outside.

--The night scene of the auditorium is also very famous. The lighting effect of the building at night is very good. There are also some aunts dancing square dance here.

--There are a lot of people in the square, and the best place to see the panoramic view of the auditorium is in Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum.

Chongqing People's Hall

Chongqing People's hall, located at 173 Renmin Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, was built in June 1951 and completed in April 1954. It is an antique ethnic architectural complex and one of the top ten cultural symbols of Chongqing

It is a masterpiece of the ingenious combination of Chinese traditional palace architectural style and the large-span structure of Western architecture

It is also one of the landmark buildings in Chongqing.

Chongqing People's auditorium is composed of the auditorium and the East, South and North buildings. It covers a total area of 66000 square meters, of which the auditorium covers 18500 square meters. The auditorium is 65 meters high, 55 meters high and 46.33 meters in inner diameter. The circular hall is surrounded by four storey cantilevered buildings, which can accommodate more than 3400 people.

In 1987, 43 projects after the founding of new China were included in the history of World Architecture compiled by the Royal Society of architecture and the University of London for the first time, and Chongqing People's Hall ranked second.

In May 2013, it was listed as "the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units" by the State Council.

In September 2016, Chongqing People's hall was selected into the list of "the first batch of Chinese 20th century architectural heritage".

In February 2020, Chongqing People's auditorium implemented a free visit policy for all medical workers nationwide from the date of resumption of operation to December 31, 2020, in order to pay homage to the medical workers struggling in the front line of anti epidemic.

Historical evolution

In the spring of 1951, Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping and he long, who were then the main leaders of the Southwest Military and political Commission, decided to build an auditorium and an attached guest house that could accommodate thousands of people, and then issued the documents to the design departments in Chongqing. According to the assignment, more than 10 design schemes have been formed, of which 5 have been formally submitted for approval, but they have not been approved.

In early June 1951, zhangjiade formally presented the design scheme of the Great Hall on behalf of the design department of Southwest construction company; in July, the administrative region formally made a decision: the design scheme of zhangjiade engineer was adopted for the Southwest Military and political great hall project, and the Engineering Office of Southwest Military and political Commission was established, and zhangjiade was appointed as the chief engineer to preside over the design and construction of the Great Hall project; in August, zhangjiade officially took office .

In the middle of May 1952, the construction of the foundation of the great hall began. With the reinforced concrete pouring into the ground trough, the construction of the main project officially began. Subsequently, zhangjiade's main energy moved to the construction site.

At the beginning of 1954, the main project of the great hall was completed, and the site was renovated and interior furnishings were arranged. In April, the great hall was renamed as the auditorium, which was officially put into use. Comrade He Long personally titled the auditorium of southwest administrative committee.

In 1956, the southwest administrative committee auditorium was renamed Chongqing People's auditorium.

In 1989, the East building was completed according to the standards of high star hotels, and the building area of the auditorium increased from 18500 square meters in the 1950s to 32200 square meters.

In 1997, Chongqing was directly under the central government. The municipal Party committee and government adopted the public opinion and decided to demolish the wall of the auditorium and build the people's Square, which became the municipal, cultural and leisure square of Chongqing. It integrated with the people's auditorium and became a place for tourism and reception in Chongqing.

In 2006, Chongqing municipal government acquired the assets of the former people's Hotel (the south, North and East buildings of the people's Auditorium) and handed them over to Chongqing People's auditorium Management Office for unified management and operation. In August of the same year, the largest overhaul project of Chongqing People's auditorium started, and Chongqing municipal government listed it as one of the key projects to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the central government.

In May 2007, the main project of Chongqing People's Hall overhaul was basically completed.

Architectural features

structure

Chongqing People's Hall covers a total area of 66000 square meters, including 18500 square meters. The auditorium is 65 meters high, 55 meters high and 46.33 meters in inner diameter. The circular hall is surrounded by four storey cantilevered buildings, which can accommodate more than 3400 people. Chongqing People's auditorium is composed of the central auditorium and the south, North and East buildings, covering an area of 25000 square meters, of which the central auditorium covers an area of 18500 square meters.

The central auditorium of Chongqing People's auditorium, facing the central axis, is a circular main building. The three-story dome of the central auditorium is supported by red pillars and green glazed tiles. The golden "roof" in the center of the central auditorium refers to the design of the "Hall of praying for new year" in the temple of heaven in Beijing. The semi-circular spherical shell top frame in the middle is a double-layer steel frame structure, which integrates Chinese classical architectural style with modern western architectural design. The stage is 14.36 meters high and 23.2 meters wide, with ethnic paintings painted on the top of the stage. In the middle of the auditorium, there are three rows of seats and four floors, with a total of 3388 seats. The top floor is the air outlet of the air conditioner.

The archway of Chongqing People's hall is mainly orange and red, covered with green glazed tiles and inlaid with gold patterns inside and outside. It has a typical architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. At the beginning of the construction period, the memorial archway was a wooden structure. Because of two fires, it adopted the wooden building form of reinforced concrete structure.

characteristic

The design of Chongqing People's auditorium imitates the palace form of Ming and Qing Dynasties, adopts the traditional method of axial symmetry, with symmetrical structure, strong contrast, rigorous layout and elegant and lively. The main part of the dome is the golden roof, which was born in the hall of praying for new year in the temple of heaven in Beijing. It is composed of the auditorium and the East, South and North buildings. There is also a row of exquisite gatehouses in front of the main round building, which looks like the Tiananmen Gate Tower in Beijing, so it is called "little Tiananmen Gate".

The people's Hall of Chongqing imitates the temple of heaven to pray for "the peace of the country and the peace of the people". The central tower is the epitome of Tiananmen Square in Beijing; the north and South wings are inlaid with towers similar to the four corners of the Forbidden City in Beijing; in the vast courtyard, the front steps are wide and flat, with six echelons.

Cultural relics

Memorial Gateway

The memorial archway of Chongqing People's hall stands in the middle of the people's Square. When the people's hall was first built, there was a ring of wall around it. On both sides of the memorial archway, there were red walls. The memorial archway was the entrance and exit. Soldiers stood guard all the year round, and people could not enter the wall without permission. When Chongqing directly under the central government built the square, the enclosure was removed, and the scope of the square was expanded from the original enclosure to the outside. The inscription on the archway was written by Mr. Li Banli, a Chinese calligrapher and former general manager of Sichuan Daily.

ground

The corridor inside Chongqing People's auditorium is paved with colored terrazzo floor when the auditorium was built. The surface of terrazzo floor is rough when it was first built, and the floor is smooth after long-term polishing (such as walking and mopping).

Photo

On the ring corridor of Chongqing People's auditorium, there are pictures of leaders who were building the auditorium and examining the design scheme. From left to right, they are Liu Wenhui, Long Yun, Xiong Kewu, Liu Bocheng, he long, Wang Weizhou and Deng Xiaoping. In addition, the design effect picture of the auditorium, which was finally selected by the leaders, is a 1.63-meter-high, 3.91-meter-long work hand drawn by the designer zhangjiade, named "the painted picture of the Southwest Military and political great hall". This picture is a remake, and the original one has been donated to Chongqing collection by zhangjiade's children.

Value significance

Chongqing People's auditorium is the center for holding large-scale gatherings and performances in Chongqing. Important meetings and international conferences such as the Party Congress, the people's Congress, the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, and the unveiling ceremony of the central government are held here. Famous performers and groups from home and abroad performed in the auditorium, which enriched the cultural life of Chongqing people.

Chongqing People's auditorium is full of profound and distant Chinese civilization. It embodies the grand spirit of Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng and he long. It represents Chongqing People's firm determination to build a better future. It is a symbol of Chongqing People's hard struggle and plays an important role in Chongqing's politics, economy and culture.

Chongqing People's auditorium is a masterpiece of the ingenious combination of Chinese traditional palace architectural style and the large-span structure of Western architecture.

Honors

Chongqing People's auditorium, as a landmark building in Chongqing and one of the most magnificent auditorium buildings in China, has great influence at home and abroad, and has been rated as "the top ten classic buildings in Asia in the 20th century". Mr. Liang Sicheng of Chinese architectural circles evaluated Chongqing People's hall as "the most typical landmark work of Chinese classical architecture in the 1950s".

In 1987, 43 projects after the founding of new China were included in the history of World Architecture compiled by the Royal Society of architecture and the University of London for the first time, and Chongqing People's Hall ranked second.

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