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National Centre for the
Performing Arts
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Critics have compared it to an egg, but it looks more like a massive mercury bead,
an ultramodern missile silo, or the futuristic lair of a James Bond villain. Sometimes
known as the National Grand Theatre, and now one of Beijing's key cultural hubs,
the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) rises like some huge reflective
mushroom nosing up from the ground.
Examine the bulbous interior, including the titanic steel ribbing of interior bolsters
(each of the 148 bolsters weighs eight tonnes). Inside, you can tour the three halls,
although individual ones are occasionally shut.
NEED TO KNOW
Guojia Dajuyuan; Click here ; 2 Xichang'an Jie; 2 www.chncpa.org/ens ; ad-
mission ¥40; 9am-5pm Tue-Sun; Tian ' anmen West
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