Forbidden City Concert Hall
Forbidden City Concert Hall is a 1,419-seat multi-purpose venue in Beijing. The name of the venue came from the fact that it is located within the grounds of the Beijing Zhongshan Park, a vast former imperial altar Shejitan and now a public park located to the southwest of the Forbidden City and in the Imperial City.Photo: Yongxinge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: 如沐西风, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forbidden City and Altar of Earth and Harvests.
Forbidden City
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.
Altar of Earth and Harvests
Place of worship
Soil and grain was a common Chinese political term in the Sinosphere for the state. During the Chinese Warring States period, ministers defied their rulers by claiming a greater loyalty to the "soil and grain".
Meridian Gate
City gate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Meridian Gate or Wumen is the southern and largest gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. Unlike the other gates of the Forbidden City, the Meridian Gate has two protruding arms on either side, derived from ancient que towers traditionally used to decorate the main entrances of palaces, temples and tombs. Meridian Gate is situated 340 metres northeast of Forbidden City Concert Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donghuamen and Xichang’anjie.
Donghuamen
Suburb
Photo: Ekaterina Kvelidze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Donghuamen Subdistrict is a subdistrict at the center of Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. Tiananmen Square is located within this subdistrict. As of 2020, it has a total population of 38,090.
Xichang’anjie
Suburb
Photo: 高晶, Public domain.
Xichang'anjie Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the eastern part of Xicheng District, Beijing. The subdistrict got its name from the Chang'an Avenue. As of 2020, it had 11 residential communities under its administration, containing a total population of 36,645…
Dashilan
Suburb
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dashilan Subdistrict is a subdistrict on eastern side of Xicheng District, in Beijing, China. Dashilan is also a famous business street outside Qianmen.
Forbidden City Concert Hall
- Type: Theater building
- Description: building in Forbidden City Concert Hall, China
- Categories: opera house, concert hall, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.90934° or 39° 54′ 34″ northLongitude
116.38942° or 116° 23′ 22″ eastBrand
保利剧院Operator
保利剧院Open location code
8PFRW95Q+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 149216919OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5467326
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Forbidden City Concert Hall” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Zhōngshān Gōngyuán Yīnyuètáng”
- Chinese: “中山公园音乐堂”
- Chinese: “中山音乐堂”
- Korean: “중산공원음악당”
- Russian: “концертный зал парка Чжуншань”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà hát Công viên Trung Sơn”
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