National Centre for the Performing Arts
The National Centre for the Performing Arts, and colloquially described as The Giant Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in the Xicheng District of Beijing, People's Republic of China.Notable Places in the Area
Forbidden City
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The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century.
Zhengyangmen
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Qianmen is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. Zhengyangmen is situated 1 km southeast of National Centre for the Performing Arts.
Xinhua Gate
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Xinhua Gate is a city gate situated 470 metres northwest of National Centre for the Performing Arts.
Localities in the Area
Xicheng
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Xicheng District is a district in central Beijing. Visitirs come here for the Houhai area to join the bar and restaurant cluster by the lake or to explore the remains of the wealthier part of historical Beijing nearby.
Central Dongcheng
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Dongcheng District is in Beijing. It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city.
National Centre for the Performing Arts
- Type: Theatre
- Description: opera house in Beijing, China
- Categories: opera house, performing arts centre, building, tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.90334° or 39° 54' 12" northLongitude
116.38355° or 116° 23' 1" eastHeight
47 metres (153 feet)Open Location Code
8PFRW93M+8COpenStreetMap ID
way 4974233OpenStreetMap Feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap Feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q860188National Centre for the Performing Arts Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: المركز الوطني للفنون المسرحية
- Belarusian: Нацыянальны цэнтр выканальніцкіх мастацтваў
- Chinese: 中国国家大剧院
- Chinese: 中國國家大劇院
- Chinese: 国家大剧院
- Chinese: 國家大劇院
- Czech: Velké národní divadlo v Pekingu
- Danish: Nationalcenter for udøvende kunst
- Dutch: Nationaal Centrum voor Uitvoerende Kunsten
- Egyptian Arabic: المركز الوطنى للفنون المسرحيه
- English: NCPA
- French: Centre national des arts du spectacle
- French: Grand Théâtre National de Beijing
- French: Grand Théâtre National de Pékin
- French: Grand Théâtre national
- French: Grand Théâtre national de Chine
- French: Nouvel opéra de Beijing
- French: Nouvel opéra de Pékin
- French: centre national des arts du spectacle
- German: Chinesische Nationaloper
- German: Chinesisches Nationaltheater
- German: Guojia da juyuan
- German: National Centre for the Performing Arts
- German: Nationales Zentrum für Darstellende Künste
- Hebrew: המרכז הלאומי לאומנויות הבמה (סין)
- Indonesian: Teater Agung Nasional
- Italian: Centro Nazionale per le Arti dello Spettacolo
- Japanese: 中国国家大劇院
- Japanese: 国家大劇院
- Korean: 국가대극원
- Korean: 중국 국가대극원
- Korean: 중국국가대극원
- Malayalam: നാഷണൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ദ പെർഫോമിങ് ആർട്സ്
- Norwegian: Det nasjonale senter for de utøvende kunster
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det nasjonale senter for de utøvende kunster
- Persian: مرکز ملی هنرهای نمایشی چین
- Polish: Teatr Narodowy w Pekinie
- Portuguese: Grande Teatro Nacional
- Russian: Национальный центр исполнительских искусств
- Slovak: Kuo-ťia ta ťü-jüan
- Slovak: Národné veľké divadlo
- Slovak: Čínske národné divadlo
- Spanish: Gran Teatro Nacional de China
- Swedish: NCPA
- Swedish: National Centre for the Performing Arts
- Swedish: National Grand Theatre
- Swedish: Nationella centret för scenkonst
- Swedish: 国家大剧院
- Telugu: నేషనల్ సెంటర్ ఫర్ ది పెర్ఫార్మింగ్ ఆర్ట్స్ (చైనా)
- Telugu: నేషనల్ సెంటర్ ఫర్ ది పెర్ఫార్మింగ్ ఆర్ట్స్
- Thai: โรงละครแห่งชาติ
- Turkish: Ulusal Gösteri Sanatları Merkezi
- Ukrainian: Національний центр виконавських мистецтв
- Urdu: نیشنل سینٹر فار پرفارمنگ آرٹس (چین)
- Urdu: نیشنل سینٹر فار پرفارمنگ آرٹس
- Vietnamese: Nhà hát lớn quốc gia
- Western Panjabi: نیشنل سینٹر فار پرفارمنگ آرٹس (چین)
- Western Panjabi: نیشنل سینٹر فار پرفارمنگ آرٹس
- Wu Chinese: 國家大劇院
- Yue Chinese: 國家大劇院
Other Places Named National Centre for the Performing Arts
In the Area
Landmarks
- China Numismatic MuseumMuseum, 520 metres southeast
- Beijing Concert HallTheatre, 630 metres west
- 春明楼Historic building, 680 metres northwest
- 随安室Historic building, 710 metres northwest
- 蓬莱阁Historic building, 710 metres northwest
- HuabiaoHistoric site, 710 metres northeast
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