Great Hall of the People

Great Hall of the People in Chognqing is a fine, unique and neat oriental structure. In 1987, History of Comparative Architecture, which is a classical works of world's architecture published by Britain, embodied 43 contemporary structures in China. Chongqing People's Hall was placed second.

Chongqing People's Hall was built in June 1951. It was completed in April 1954. It's a building that models ancient buildings. It's also the representative building with special characteristics in Chongqing. The whole building is composed of an auditorium and three accompanying storied buildings-east building, south building, and north building. It covers a total area of 66,000 square meters, with the auditorium covering 18,500 square meters. Chongqing People's Hall is 65 meters high. The auditorium is 55 meters high. The internal diameter of the auditorium is 46.33 meters. The circle auditorium is surrounded by five-storeyed stand which are protruded out. It has a seating capacity of 4200. Chongqing People's Hall is a traditional symmetric building, matching with colonnades and double wings. The whole building is completed in the form of temple. It's in perfect proportion. Chongqing People's Hall looks like an  enlarged Temple of Heaven in Beijing, with big green glazed roof tiles, red colonnades, white balustrades. It is painted with all kinds of pictures. It's glorious and majestic. Building this hall is to pray that the country flourishes and people live in peace forever.