Culture is the soul of a city. The theater, on the other hand, is the carrier of culture, which constantly evokes the obsession and desire for art in people's hearts
As an architecture lover, the City Grand Theatre is not to be missed, even if you miss an opera performance, you can not miss the appreciation and reflection of the building itself.
There is heaven on the top and Suzhou and Hangzhou on the bottom. The Grand Theater in Suzhou must be related to water, Kunqu opera, commentary, and Wuyue culture in East Taihu Lake.
If you like Suzhou, you must not miss the Suzhou Bay Grand Theater in Wujiang, and you can't miss the musical fountain on the East Taihu Lake.
Suzhou Bay Grand Theatre is one of the core buildings of the Suzhou Bay Cultural Center in Wujiang Taihu New Town, the largest theater complex in Suzhou and the third largest theater complex in China, designed by international architect Christian de Baozanbach, embodying the beauty of the water sleeves of the millennium Kunqu opera and the subtle poetry of Suzhou gardens.
It was learned that this is an opera hall with a capacity of 1600 people, a 600-seat drama hall and more than ten rehearsal halls, which is the first immersive science and technology performing arts theater in Asia and the world, which can meet the needs of various indoor and outdoor large-scale theatrical performances.
Under the aerial photography, two "streamers" are intertwined, resembling "∞".
From the perspective of the urban axis, these two "streamers" such as the flying bridge in Suzhou and the water sleeve dance in kunqu opera exist in the overall urban landscape in the form of curves and reverse curves, connecting the city, the sky, the lake, and people.
And people from the lake to the air to the ground and free from climbing the steps, and the "8" shaped Lake cloister that protrudes into Taihu Lake, to achieve circular integration between the building and the city, so that the impact of the building on the natural landscape and the water interface is minimized, reflecting the purpose of integrating into nature and enjoying nature.
Whether I'm looking at it on the ground, looking up at it, or using a drone to look down on it, it looks so natural and unobtrusive.
On closer inspection, these two "streamers" seem to reflect the alternating meaning of yin and yang in traditional Chinese philosophy, and their symbolism of "flow" coincides with the roof curves of Suzhou's classical architecture and the theme of music.
Extending from the urban fabric of Jiangnan Quxiang all the way, Suzhou Bay opens its arms to East Taihu Lake. In the face of such a stunning work, it is not only to take aerial photography with the mentality of seeing the city scenery, but also to be curious about its connection with the city and the East Taihu Lake.
As we all know, Suzhou has the reputation of "paradise on earth", and since ancient times, it has attracted countless literati and inkers to wield pen and ink, and their yearning and admiration have overflowed in the poems.
I first came to Suzhou because I was attracted by the bomb. Strolling along Pingjiang Road, listening to the past, Wu Nong's soft language penetrated the thousand-year time. Until one day, I watched a Kun opera and was deeply attracted by the charm of Kunqu opera. Kunqu opera is known as the "orchid" in opera, elegant and beautiful.
The gorgeous and gentle singing voice, the flowing and elegant movements, are like the main structure of the exterior building of the Suzhou Bay Grand Theater, and the two intertwined "streamers" are not the flowing water sleeves?
Especially when the twilight is low and the lights are first lit, the changing colors are like flowing water sleeves, which makes people's thoughts flow with them, making my thinking more active and flexible. And isn't this the inspiration for East Taihu Lake?
It is understood that its designer Bao Zambak regards it as a huge urban terrace, people can reach the lake and the sky at will, he believes that "the time of heaven and man" is where Chinese philosophy and poetry lie.
I agree with that. Whether it is the water sleeve in Kunqu opera or the water of East Taihu Lake, it not only embodies the feminine form in the architecture, but also invisibly embodies the cultural ideas of an ancient city.
As a frontier of urban evolution, Suzhou Bay Grand Theatre will respond to the relationship between humanistic traditions and modern civilization with a new scale, showing an ancient and vibrant urban character. The completion of the Suzhou Bay Grand Theatre is undoubtedly to open a new period of urban history.
Suddenly, I was full of infinite yearning and imagination for Suzhou Bay Grand Theatre. If you watch a Kun opera or listen to a commentary here, the excitement may be higher than the musical fountain of the reading table.
Yuehu Terrace is composed of a platform body of nearly 50,000 square meters and an "8" back view bridge that extends 211 meters.
The whole shape is like a bird with wings outstretched, and it looks like a Taihu lake fish in the upper view, roaming freely in the East Taihu Lake. Under aerial photography, it and the Suzhou Bay Grand Theater form a complete cityscape of East Taihu Lake.
Some people say that the water of East Taihu Lake is the water of the Song Dynasty. I think that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the water of East Taihu Lake had already condensed into the beauty of the city.
Wujiang, which contains Wuyue culture during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period of 2500 years, is a must-visit place in Suzhou.
The distinctive local characteristics and humanistic accumulation have given this land of water and land a spiritual show, and the people here have used Wu song, Kunqu opera, and commentary to tell the gentle and melodious of Wudi for thousands of years, standing proudly in the south of the Jiangsu River and flourishing for a long time.
No wonder, I see that the Suzhou Bay Grand Theater is so soft and poetic, as if the modern steel and cement is the poet's pen, ink and paper, and the musical fountain of the reading lake terrace is the passionate chanting of the literati.