The best time to visit the Great Hall of the People: Beijing’s spring and autumn are neither hot nor cold, and the climate is moderate, making it an ideal travel season. Especially in autumn, the weather is crisp and the weather is pleasant. It is a golden color praised by Chinese and foreign tourists. Beijing. The best months to travel throughout the year are April, May, September and October.
Beijing is located on the northern edge of the North China Plain, surrounded by mountains and the sea. It has a typical warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. Spring flowers, autumn moon, summer rain, and winter snow each have their own characteristics. The annual average temperature is 11.8℃, the coldest month is January with an average temperature of -4.6℃, and the hottest month is July with a monthly average of 26.1℃. Beijing has shorter spring and autumn and slightly longer winter, with an average annual precipitation of 644 mm and a frost-free period of 180 days. Although Beijing has a long winter, the indoor heating equipment is very good, making it as warm as spring. Due to the large temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, you still need to bring sweaters and cotton coats when traveling to Beijing in winter.
Beijing newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations all have weather forecast columns and commentary, so please pay attention. You can also dial 859, which provides weather forecasts for the current day and the next day in Chinese and English.
However, Beijing’s tourist programs are mostly cultural monuments, scenic spots, and folk customs. These projects are not affected by the climate, so you can travel to Beijing all year round. In winter, travel agencies and hotels in Beijing offer off-season prices, which can save a lot.
The Great Hall of the People is located on the west side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. It is where the National People's Congress meets and where national leaders and the people hold political and diplomatic activities.
The Great Hall of the People was built in 1959 with a construction area of ??171,800 square meters, which is larger than the entire construction area of ??the Forbidden City. The Great Hall is majestic and majestic, with its yellow and green glazed tile eaves, tall and majestic columns, and the surrounding layered buildings, which form a solemn and gorgeous picture of Tiananmen Square as a whole.
The main entrance of the Great Hall of the People faces Tiananmen Square. The top of the main entrance is inlaid with the national emblem. Facing it are twelve 25-meter-high light gray marble door pillars. Entering the door is the elegant and simple central hall. Behind the hall is a 76-meter-wide and 60-meter-deep conference venue for tens of thousands of people. In the north wing of the venue is a grand banquet hall with 5,000 seats; in the south wing is the office building of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. There are also halls with local characteristics named after provinces, cities and autonomous regions across the country.
The Great Hall of the People is located on the west side of Tiananmen Square on West Chang'an Street in Beijing. It is an important place for the party, the country and various people's organizations to hold political, diplomatic and social activities. It is also the location of the National People's Congress and the office of the National People's Congress Standing Committee. The Great Hall of the People is one of the ten major buildings in the capital for the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was completed in September 1959. Sitting west and facing east, it is 336 meters long from north to south, 206 meters wide from east to west, and 46.5 meters high. It covers an area of ??150,000 square meters and a construction area of ??171,800 square meters. The building plan is in the shape of a "mountain", with the two wings slightly lower and the middle slightly higher, with doors opening on all sides. The exterior is made of light yellow granite, with yellow and green glazed tile eaves on the top, a 5-meter-high granite base below, and 134 circular columns surrounding it. The main entrance pillar is 2 meters in diameter and 25 meters high. There are 5-meter-high granite steps in front of the four doors. The Great Hall of the People was designed and constructed by Chinese engineering and technical personnel and was completed within 10 months. The architectural style is solemn and majestic, magnificent and elegant, and rich in national characteristics. The internal facilities are complete, with sound, light, temperature control, automatic fire alarm, fire extinguishing and other modern facilities. The building is mainly composed of three parts: the auditorium in the middle that can accommodate 10,000 people for meetings, the banquet hall with 5,000 seats in the north, and the office building of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in the south.
The Great Hall of Ten Thousand People: The east gate is the main entrance of the Great Hall of the People and the entrance to the Great Hall of Ten Thousand People. A huge national emblem hangs above five large golden bronze doors. There is an open square in front of the gate, which is also the place where ceremonies to welcome state guests and review the honor guard of the three armed forces are held. Enter from the east door and go through the foyer and passing hall to the central hall. The central hall covers an area of ??3,600 square meters. The retaining walls and floors are paved with colored marble, surrounded by 20 white marble columns. There is a 12-meter-wide corridor on the middle floor, and there are 6 main entrances leading to the auditorium of 10,000 people. The 10,000-person auditorium is 76 meters wide, 60 meters long, and 33 meters high; the rostrum is 32 meters wide and 18 meters high; it has three floors and nearly 10,000 soft seats. Each seat on the first floor of the auditorium is equipped with an electronic service unit for conference representatives, which can provide simultaneous interpretation in 12 languages ??and real-time statistics on motion voting. There are large-screen display systems for conference information on both sides of the rostrum.
The ceiling of the auditorium is dome-shaped and connected with the rounded walls, reflecting the design idea of ??"water and sky are one color". In the center of the top is a huge ruby-like five-pointed star lamp, surrounded by 70 gold-plated rays of light and 40 sunflower petals, complementing the 500 starry sky lamps on the ceiling.
Banquet Hall: Located on the north wall of the Great Hall of the People. Enter from the north door, pass through the foyer and passing hall to the social hall. The social hall covers an area of ??4,500 square meters and is paved with marble. The surrounding columns and pilasters are inlaid with pink marble. There is a State Guest Conference Hall on the east side and a State Guest Banquet Hall on the west side, where national party and government leaders hold talks and welcome banquets with guests respectively. At the south end, there is an 8-meter-wide, 62-step white marble staircase leading to the second-floor banquet hall. There is a welcome hall at the top of the grand staircase, where party and government leaders welcome distinguished guests and take photos with the guests and hosts before the banquet. The largest traditional Chinese painting in the Great Hall of the People, "So Many Beautiful Lands and Mountains", is placed in the welcome hall. The center of the painting is 5.65 meters high and 9 meters wide. It was painted by famous painters Fu Baoshi and Guan Shanyue based on Mao Zedong's "Qinyuanchun·Snow". "The word means theme creation, and the title of the painting was written by Mao Zedong. Here is the largest carpet in the Great Hall of the People, which is 16 meters wide, 23 meters long and weighs more than 3 tons. The banquet hall is located on the second floor. It is 102 meters long from east to west, 76 meters wide from north to south, 15 meters high, and covers an area of ??more than 7,000 square meters. It can hold a banquet for 5,000 people or a cocktail party for 10,000 people. The hall is surrounded by a spacious second-story lounge in the east, west and north. The cream-yellow walls and huge circular columns are decorated with gold-plated floral decorations. To the south is a rostrum for speeches and theatrical performances. The center of the ceiling of the banquet hall is inlaid with a large ceiling lantern made of crystal glass, surrounded by gold-plated plaster sculptures with Chinese national characteristics and colorful checkerboard-style caissons. The entire hall is magnificent and magnificent, and is the place where grand state banquets and National Day receptions are held.
National Reception Hall: The main part at the south end of the Great Hall of the People is the office building of the National People's Congress Standing Committee. There is a national reception hall in the center of the first floor, where party and state leaders receive distinguished guests and where the president accepts credentials from newly appointed foreign envoys to China. It covers an area of ??550 square meters. The design is rich in traditional national style. The top shape is a chessboard-style caisson with tiles and gold, and four palace lantern-style crystal chandeliers are hung. The surrounding walls are decorated with brocade upholstery. On the main wall is a huge traditional Chinese painting "Up and Down the River: Vast Changchun" that symbolizes China's five thousand years of civilization.
Representative Hall: There are more than 300 conference halls, lounges, and offices in the Great Hall of the People. Among them, each province, autonomous region, municipality and special administration across the country has a representative hall, which is carefully designed and decorated by artists and architects from all over the country. The interiors of the hall are furnished in different styles, and when you step inside, you can appreciate the scenic spots, products and customs, the new look of construction, and appreciate the fine art from all over the motherland. In addition to the 10,000-person auditorium and banquet hall, the representative halls currently open to the public include: Beijing Hall, Hunan Hall, Shanghai Hall, Guangdong Hall, Sichuan Hall, Liaoning Hall, Taiwan Hall, Hong Kong Hall, and Macau Hall.
Beijing Hall: Located at the entrance of the banquet hall on the second floor of the Great Hall of the People, it includes a conference hall, lounge, lobby, workroom, and bathroom. The total area is 548 square meters. There is a circular crystal ceiling lamp with a diameter of 4 meters in the middle of the ceiling of the conference hall, which is composed of a crystal ball with a diameter of 4 meters. An octagonal caisson composed of new-style gold-painted paintings and wood carvings is designed around the lamp. The caisson is surrounded by downlights. The walls are made of blockboard, covered with citron plywood and covered with matte paint, and large-area wood carvings are designed on the walls to be in harmony with the overall architectural style. The main wall on the east side is inlaid with a large woolen embroidered tapestry "Autumn Colors of the Great Wall". The two sides of the west gate are decorated with giant jade hanging screens. One is Beijing’s historical buildings, represented by Tiananmen Square, including the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the White Tower, etc.; the other is Beijing’s modern buildings, represented by the Great Hall of the People, including the International Trade Center, TV Station Towers, Asian Games Village, etc., express the glorious history and culture of Beijing as an ancient capital and the majestic appearance of the capital of New China. The floor is made of camel-colored pure wool carpet with a circular flower pattern, which means "the sky is square and the earth is round". There is a cloisonne floor lamp at the entrance of the door, which adds to the palace atmosphere in the hall. There is a large wooden matte lacquer screen on each entrance on the north and south sides, with red carved lacquer paintings of Beijing's city flowers (chrysanthemums and roses) and city trees (Sophora japonica). There is a semicircular wooden table against the wall of the hall, and there are 1.2 meters of red carved lacquer ivory crafts. The ceiling of the lounge has a square caisson and square lamps. The main wall is made of light-colored citron wood covered with matte paint, and the Chinese painting "Plum Blossom" is hung in the middle. Duobaoge on both sides displays a variety of handicrafts with Beijing characteristics. The walls on both sides are decorated with fabric soft bags, and the calligraphy work "Mao Zedong's Poems" is hung.
Hunan Hall: with a total area of ??495 square meters, the decoration style is solemn and elegant, majestic and grand, with a palace style.
There are eight large pillars standing in the hall, inlaid with wood-grained yellow marble produced in Taoyuan County, Hunan. The furnishings in the hall are mainly Hunan embroidery and porcelain. On the middle wall of the north is a huge velvet embroidery painting "Chairman Mao and the People of All Nationalities Together" which is 8.2 meters wide and 3.5 meters high. On the south side is the bisque sculpture "Former Residence of Mao Zedong". There is a double-sided embroidered screen "Wild Duck in Lotus Pond" on the east side, showing the beauty of Dongting Lake and the nobility of the water hibiscus. The large screen on the south side is decorated with Hunan embroidery, with flowers dancing in the east wind. There are five peacocks on the screen, peonies are like brocade, and green grass is like green grass.
Shanghai Hall: total area is 540 square meters. Renovation was completed in February 1999. The artistic style that integrates Chinese and foreign architecture with the Shanghai region reflects Shanghai's construction achievements since the reform and opening up and the style of the times as an international metropolis. Combine marble, wood, bronze, glass, fabric and other materials to create neutral and warm colors. There are 35 caissons evenly distributed on the ceiling of the hall, and each caisson has a white magnolia flower-shaped lamp. The eight petals of the lantern are made of fiberglass, and the stamens are carved from crystal glass. The mural "Sunrise on both sides of the Pujiang River" on the main wall on the west is 7.9 meters wide and 3.05 meters high. It uses unique pointillism techniques to set 400,000 small panels to inlay a magnificent picture of Pudong New Area. The stone "sand boat" pattern above the small doors on both sides of the picture is an important symbol of the opening of Shanghai. The two screens in the north and south are decorated in the shape of white magnolia, the flower of Shanghai, with 32 patterns, reflecting the policy of rejuvenating the country through science and technology. The niche on the east wall is decorated with "spring, summer, autumn and winter" floral openwork carvings, implying the blooming of a hundred flowers and prosperity. The "Shanghai Night Scene" in the small hall is embroidered with long rolls, 10.5 meters wide and 1.5 meters high. It depicts the colorful Bund buildings at night, echoing the "Pudong Dawn" in the hall.
Guangdong Hall: Located on the north side of the second floor of the 10,000-person auditorium, covering an area of ??495 square meters. The walls and eight columns around the hall are inlaid with microcrystalline glass. The dado is pearl marble. The middle part of the ceiling is a suspended ceiling, and the upper parts of the three large crystal chandeliers are decorated with gold-plated paintings. They are surrounded by square algae wells and built-in reflective troughs. The south wall of the hall is inlaid with a forged copper relief mural "Dragon Boat Race". The dragon boat race is a folk custom of the ancient Yue people in Guangdong. It commemorates Qu Yuan, the great poet who threw himself into the river with a stone in his arms during the Warring States Period. The image of the dragon boat not only highlights the relationship between Guangdong's regional cultural traditions and modern life, but also emphasizes the pioneering and enterprising spirit of the Guangdong people to unite and strive for the top. The central part of the lantern decoration uses flowers and trees as the main image, and the surrounding wavy patterns reveal the characteristics of Guangdong's coastal location. The chandelier shade is shaped like kapok. The carpet patterns are composed of kapok and ocean wave ripples.
Sichuan Hall: with a total area of ??495 square meters, the furnishings are mainly bambooware, supplemented by Shu embroidery, lacquerware and silver products. On the east side of the hall is a double-sided embroidered screen "Hibiscus and Carp", and on the west side there are two large bamboo screens, which are carved from osmanthus wood with "Bamboo Newspaper for Peace" and "Magpie Climbing Plum Blossoms". The four round hanging plates on the north wall are made of silver, and below there are two treasure cabinets displaying handicrafts made of silver and bamboo silk. In the middle of the south wall is a huge Shu embroidery work "Flying to Capture the Luding Bridge", which depicts the scene of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army flying to capture the Dadu River Iron Chain Bridge during the Long March in 1935. The large Chinese paintings on both sides are "Mount Emei's Golden Summit and Sea of ??Clouds" and "The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River". The large embroidery hanging on the west wall is the national treasure panda and golden monkey. The appearance of the eight large pillars in the hall is made of five precious woods: mahogany, white birch, yellow pear, ebony and green bark.
Liaoning Hall: total area is 495 square meters. Through the eight large gold and stone pillars with strong and sophisticated shapes, the simple beige marble wall, and the tall and straight door area, it shows a grand momentum. The mural "Prosperity Picture" on the east wall reflects the scenery and people of Songliao. The lower part of the picture is the waves, and the semicircle shape in the middle summarizes the prosperity of Liaoning today. The flying golden phoenix in the upper part symbolizes the return of Liaoning's old industrial base to its glory. On the front of the screen on the west side, there is a lacquer plate and copper inlay painting "Ode to Shengjing", which shows the style of the main hall of the Shenyang Forbidden City. The patterns on the left and right show the geographical features of Liaoning with mountains to the west and the Bohai Sea to the east. On the back of the screen is a cast copper relief "Tiger Roaring in Majestic Wind", which means that Liaoning will regain its glory. The antique artworks "Goddess Statue", "Pig Head Jade Dragon", "Human Face Bronze Ornament" and "Fish and Dragon Celadon Water Bowl" displayed in the hall represent the civilization of different historical periods in Liaoning. There are also modern artworks "Preface to Eternity", "Horizon", "Life", etc.
Taiwan Hall: Total area is 548 square meters. It integrates the local architectural characteristics of southern Fujian with modern architectural art, showing the historical origins of the Fujian and Taiwan families. The color is based on blue, symbolizing the treasure island embedded in the blue sea.
The ceiling of the hall is a caisson composed of the images of "sun" and "moon". There are colorful hanging hanging columns under the surrounding light troughs, which means "the sun and the moon shine together". On the main wall on the west side is a large lacquer painting "Twin Pools Reflecting the Moon", 8.7 meters wide and 3.7 meters high, depicting the beautiful night of Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan. The circular lacquer paintings "Snail Girl" and "Butterfly Princess" on the east wall artistically reproduce myths and stories widely circulated in Fujian and Taiwan. There are two lacquer paintings hanging on the south and north walls respectively, namely "Love with Mazu", "Mountain Style", "Silver Wrapped Jade Mountain" and "Misty Clear Spring". A large butterfly-shaped lacquer screen is placed at the entrance to the south and north sides of the hall, indicating that Taiwan is the world-famous "Butterfly Kingdom".
Hong Kong Hall: with a total area of ??1,728 square meters, it is the largest hall named after the region in the Great Hall of the People. It is divided into two parts: the main conference hall and the multi-functional hall, with a small lounge, kitchen, Bathrooms, outdoor gardens and other supporting facilities. On the basis of coordinating with the overall architecture of the Great Hall of the People, it reflects the cultural diversity and integration of Chinese and Western characteristics of Hong Kong. The main conference hall covers an area of ??more than 700 square meters. The entrance is a large screen made of rosewood and stone, 7 meters long and 3.4 meters high. In the center of the front of the screen is Jiang Zemin's inscription "Implement the policy of one country, two systems and maintain Hong Kong's prosperity and stability." The inscription is carefully made using traditional Chinese wood carving and gold foil techniques, and is flanked by a wooden relief "Ode to China" that symbolizes China's splendid civilization. The large-scale color and ink painting on the back of the screen, "The Fragrance of the Lotus Pond" reflects the peaceful scene of family reunions, and also implies that the descendants of Yan and Huang are connected by the same roots and have a long history. The walls and floors of the main conference hall are inlaid with Spanish light beige marble. A large chandelier and a circular light assembled from Austrian crystal stones hang from the top. In the center of the wall is a huge velvet embroidery mural "Victoria Harbor Night View", 8.6 meters wide and 3.6 meters high. It is made of more than 1,000 pure plush threads of a single color split and put together according to different colors, and 9 workers fly the needle. It is hand-embroidered with 2.16 million threads. On the south wall are three niches carved with white marble. The multi-purpose hall covers an area of ??674 square meters. On the screen wall in the north of the hall is a forged copper relief mural, recording the vicissitudes of Hong Kong's history of more than 150 years. The abstract mural on the south wall expresses the wish that Hong Kong and the mainland work together to create a better tomorrow. The ceiling lamp in the center of the roof uses multiple combinations of light spots, halos and light to create a magical effect like the universe.
Macau Hall: Located on the north side of the small auditorium on the 3rd floor of the Great Hall of the People. It is divided into two parts: the main conference hall and the Four Seasons Hall, with a total area of ??1,300 square meters. The architectural style of two halls, one west and one middle school reflects the characteristics of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures in Macao. The main conference hall has a construction area of ??about 500 square meters and consists of a front hall, a lobby and a meeting room. It absorbs Western classical architectural art techniques. The layout of the hall is undulating and rich and changeable. The main wall of the conference hall is inlaid with a huge velvet embroidery mural "Scenery of Haojiang" that is 7 meters wide and 2.7 meters high. It depicts the scenery of Macau Island between blue sky, white clouds and tranquil sea water. The buildings in the painting are scattered and scattered, and the cross-sea bridge Relax your arms lightly. The east wall is inlaid with an abstract mural composed of red and ivory wood carvings, reflecting the image of the sun's rays shining on all things and expressing people's pursuit of light and warmth. The Four Seasons Hall covers an area of ??800 square meters and adopts traditional Chinese architectural style. The hall has lotus ponds, jade steps, pavilions and pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, and green bamboo trees. It has the shape of the high eaves and small walls of the courtyard in the south, as well as the colorful paintings of Hexi and the brocade characters in the northern palace. Decorative patterns. On the dark red granite of the south wall is engraved the poem "Ode to Macao Hall" by Mr. Ma Wanqi, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
The Great Hall of the People: Since September 1958, after 7 rounds of screening and review from 84 planes and 189 facades, three plans were selected and submitted to the Party Central Committee and the State Council for approval. Construction started in November 1958. Total area of ??more than 170,000 square meters. Including the auditorium with tens of thousands of people. It consists of three parts: a banquet hall for 5,000 people and the office building of the National People's Congress Standing Committee. There are more than 100 large and small halls. The cage-type lightning protection net puts a huge cover on the General Assembly Hall. To protect it from lightning strikes, this design is 18 years ahead of the theoretical research of foreign counterparts. Premier Zhou Enlai spoke highly of this construction on the tenth anniversary of the National Day: "It only took more than ten months to build a building as big as the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Its exquisiteness not only far exceeds that of our country's original It is the first-class building of its kind in the world. When it comes to the Great Hall of the People, we should not forget the national architectural design master, Mr. Zhang, who was the chief architect of the Great Hall of the People.