qintai grand theatre

Wuhan Qintai Grand Theatre

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Qintai Grand Theater generally refers to Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater

Wuhan Qintai Grand Theatre is located on the Bank of Yuehu Lake and Hanjiang River in Hanyang District of Wuhan City, facing guqintai from the south across the lake. Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater is the first Grand Theater designed and built by Chinese people. It is the core part of Yuehu culture and art theme park and the main venue of the 8th China Art Festival in 2007.

The image of Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater is conceived as "singing in high mountains", which is similar to "Guqin" in appearance. It has an outstretched shape like "flying keys and dancing sleeves". It integrates history, culture and modern science and technology. It has a total construction area of 65650 square meters and 1800 seats. It can meet the needs of all kinds of opera, dance drama, musical, large-scale song and dance, drama, drama and other large-scale stage performances Use the requirements.

On September 23, 2008, Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater project won the first prize of science and technology progress of Hubei Province

. On October 12, 2013, Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater was named one of the "top ten theatres in China" at the 10th China Art Festival.

Evolution of construction

In 2002, in order to improve the cultural quality of the city, Wuhan municipal Party committee and government decided to build Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater.

On May 10, 2004, the main project of Wuhan Qintai Culture and Art Center, Qintai Grand Theater, officially broke the ground.

On September 27, 2004, the main structure of Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater was officially constructed.

On November 26, 2005, the main project of Qintai Grand Theater in Wuhan was completed, marked by the "largest one key" of the four key shaped steel members outside Qintai Grand Theater.

In May 2007, the renovation of Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater was completed.

On September 15, 2007, Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater held its opening ceremony and first performance.

architectural composition

overview

Covering an area of 24000 square meters, Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater consists of a 1802 seat Grand Theater, a 400 seat multi-function hall, rehearsal hall, art exhibition hall, parking lot, restaurant and other auxiliary rooms. The building area of the Grand Theater is 65650 square meters, with 6 floors above the ground and 1 floor underground (3 floors in some parts), and the total height of the building is 40 meters. The backstage is divided into 24 dressing rooms and a troupe meeting room, which can accommodate nearly 300 actors to make up at the same time.

 

Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater adopts the traditional "pin" shaped stage, with a construction platform of 18 meters, a height of 12 meters, a total depth of 50 meters and a width of 72 meters. It has a two-part music pool with an area of 92 square meters, which can accommodate a band of 120 people.

 

When Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater was completed in 2007, the stage equipment set a number of firsts in China: the movable lighting across the top of the stage is the first in China; the main lifting platform can carry 25 tons of weight, the bearing capacity is the first in China; the speed of the main lifting platform is 0.5 meters per second, the speed is the first in China; the main lifting platform is equipped with inclined platform, the surface of the stage can tilt to 10 degrees, the first in China; the main lifting platform is equipped with inclined platform Four motors drive the stage down, which can make the stage movement more stable and accurate. The driving technology is the first in China; the motor boom of the set can carry 1000 kg, and the movement speed is 1.8 meters per second, which is the first in China.

 

Grand Theatre

The grand theater can meet the requirements of opera, dance drama, musical, large-scale song and dance, opera, drama and other large-scale stage performances.

The auditorium of the Grand Theater covers an area of 1413 square meters and is divided into three floors, of which the second and third floors are divided into 20 balcony boxes of different sizes. There are 1213 seats on the first floor (including 114 additional seats), 267 seats on the second floor and 322 seats on the third floor, which can accommodate 1802 audiences at the same time.

Chinese red is chosen as the main color in the auditorium of the Grand Theater, implying the warm and surging blood of Chu people. As the representative of Chu culture, the walls of the theater are designed according to the shape of the chime bells. The two sides of the stage are inlaid with gold-plated Chu culture patterns, which is elegant and elegant, representing the long history of Chu culture in Hubei Province.

 

Multifunction Room

The multi-function hall of Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater is 26 meters long, 16 meters wide and 11 meters high. There are 14 lifting tables in it. Through different combinations, the deformable stage with all-round lifting can realize different theater forms, namely: small theater, conference hall, "convex" stage, "t" stage, central stage and plane hall. It can meet the use requirements of all kinds of dance drama, musical drama, drama, drama, fashion show and conference hall.

There are 25 sets of electric suspenders, 18 sets of single point cranes, 2 sets of mobile lighting crossover, 12 sets of cranes in crossover, 14 sets of lifting platforms with different specifications, 12 sets of seat trolleys with different specifications, 10 sets of movable seats, 1 set of stage mechanical and electrical system, and 1 set of stage equipment control system. The stage of multi-function hall is mainly composed of off stage stage and on stage stage stage. The stage installation elevation is from + 0.9m to + 18.330m, the total weight of installation equipment is more than 150 tons, and 71 sets of transmission equipment are installed.

 

Dressing Room

The backstage of Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater is divided into 24 dressing rooms and a troupe meeting room, which can accommodate nearly 300 actors to make up at the same time. There are 11 ordinary dressing rooms, 5 VIP dressing rooms, 1 double dressing room and 2 waiting areas on the first floor, which can accommodate 152 people. On the ground floor of the Grand Theatre, there are seven ordinary dressing rooms and band lounge, which can accommodate 89 people. Each dressing room is equipped with a stage monitoring system, and the actors can master the dynamic of the stage through the LCD screen to prepare for the waiting in time. The VIP dressing room area is completely separated from the ordinary dressing room, and each entrance is equipped with access control, which provides a quiet environment for the VIP and ensures safety and free from external interference. Each VIP dressing room has its own rest room, reception hall, dressing table and piano. The design of the waiting area takes into account the particularity of the costumes of Beijing opera or other operas. The height of the waiting area is 3.8 meters, which is convenient for the actors to wait.

 

VIP Hall

Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater has two VIP halls with different styles, one is business VIP Hall, the other is government VIP Hall. It is a place to provide rest and meeting services for VIP before performance. It has independent VIP entrance, special parking space, VIP passage and elevator, which can directly reach the VIP audience and VIP box in the theater.

The mural in the government VIP Hall, named chufeng, is 3.11 meters high and 4.8 meters wide.

 

Piano room

The piano room is located in the backstage area on the first floor of Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater, with an area of 57 square meters. The piano room has one world-class brand "besendorff" and one "Steinway" piano. The indoor constant temperature and humidity machine can automatically control the operation according to the temperature difference, keeping the indoor temperature at 18 ℃ - 24 ℃ and the humidity at 40% - 60%.

 

Rehearsal Room

The rehearsal hall of song and dance drama is located in the north of the fourth floor of Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater, which is divided into rehearsal hall, spare room and passageway, with a total area of 488 square meters.

Chorus rehearsal hall is located on the south side of the fourth floor, which is divided into rehearsal hall and passageway, with a total area of 483 square meters.

The symphony rehearsal hall is located on the west side of the fifth floor, which is divided into rehearsal hall, sound gate room and sound control room, with recording and production functions, covering a total area of 683 square meters.

Ballet Rehearsal Hall is located on the south side of the fourth floor, which is divided into rehearsal hall, front room and spare room, with a total area of 311 square meters.

 

Architectural features

The Chinese garden technique of "step by step and different scenery" gives Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater unique design inspiration and makes people's experience of architecture a dynamic process.

 

The design of Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater does not directly borrow the shape of guqin, but takes its charm, abstracts its basic line and elements, and reshapes its unique architectural language according to the principle of rationality. The outstretched structure is like the reed struck by a piano, like "running keys" and "dancing sleeves". The maximum ribbon span is 106 meters, which is the "first span" of Chinese public buildings ”。 The exterior facade is mainly made of fair faced concrete, which is flat, delicate, smooth, gray, simple and elegant, combined with steel, glass, bronze and other materials to form a strong texture contrast. Such a bold and open style fully shows the romantic artistic characteristics of Chu people, making the whole building full of mythological color and music and dance melody, with a sense of sculpture and masculinity.

 

Compared with the publicity and Modernity of modeling, the interior decoration of Qintai Grand Theater in Wuhan is warm and steady, with strong Jingchu culture, masculinity of Chu culture and unique colors of Chu people red and black. The musicians playing various musical instruments in the corridor of the building are of different shapes and vivid. The unique square column Guqin string in the hall shows the original romantic temperament of unrestrained, jumping, flowing and flowing.

 

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