Nanjing Great Hall of the People 南京人民大会堂Nánjīng Rénmín Dàhuìtáng

About Nanjing Great Hall of the People

Built in 1935–36 as the National Assembly Hall, where the Republic of China's National Assembly met in 1946 and 1948, this four-storey hall on Changjiang Road pairs a modern symmetrical façade with simplified Chinese ornament and seats more than 3,400; it now hosts Nanjing's annual congress sessions and stage performances. Sharing its wall to the east is the former National Art Gallery, finished in 1936 to the same competition-winning design by Xi Fuquan as China's first national art museum. The gallery is now the old building of the Jiangsu Art Museum and reopened for exhibitions in 2017 after renovation.

How to get to Nanjing Great Hall of the People

At 264–266 Changjiang Road in Xuanwu District, about 400 m west of the Presidential Palace and a short walk from Daxinggong station (Metro Lines 2 and 3).

Nearby

• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Presidential Palace, Nanjing 南京总统府 (under 10 km), Liji Lane Comfort Station Exhibition Hall 利济巷慰安所旧址陈列馆 (under 10 km), Meiyuan Xincun Memorial Hall 梅园新村纪念馆 (under 10 km), Jinling Scriptural Press 金陵刻经处 (under 10 km), John Rabe House 拉贝故居 (under 10 km), Former National Central University 中央大学旧址 (under 10 km).

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