Chasing Waves News Reporter: Ma Yan
Correspondent: Li Chen
"Greater Wuhan gave birth to the People's Paradise, and the People's Paradise also influenced Greater Wuhan." The People's Paradise, which carries the memories of generations of Wuhan people, will be officially opened to the public on June 28, and the 2024 new opening season of the People's Paradise will kick off a new prelude to the "Centennial Return, Good Show".
Located in Zhongshan Avenue, Hankou Historical District, People's Paradise was built in 1919 and has been 105 years since then. Since its birth, People's Paradise has been an important cultural and entertainment venue in Wuhan and even Central China, with famous dramatists Mei Lanfang and Zhou Xinfang, world-class dancer Isadora Duncan and many other famous actors performing here.
A real picture of the people's paradise
As one of the key projects of Wuhan's urban renewal, the People's Paradise will be renovated by Wuhan Cultural Tourism Group Urban Style Company in 2021, aiming to reshape and enhance Wuhan's urban culture, create a model of cultural, tourism and business integration, and a leading city-level cultural landmark in China. The project will uphold the spiritual memory and cultural context of Wuhan through the century, embrace diverse cultures, highlight the characteristics of the times, lead business with culture, drive consumption with trends, and help the high-quality development of Hankou Historical District.
People's Paradise Atrium: A real view of the People's Theater
Continuing the century-old gene of "Opera Wharf", People's Paradise takes stage performances as the core, supports the development of local young artists, integrates trendy commerce, digital technology, immersive experience, public art, cultural communities, label operations, and curatorial activities, takes content as the guide, deeply links the industry, and further promotes the construction of "National Cultural Industry Demonstration Base". With nearly 1,000 square meters of atrium space, innovative screen settings and stage design, the People's Theater breaks through the traditional boundaries of offline performances, making the People's Theater an ideal place for various cultural, performance and artistic activities such as music festivals. In addition, People's Paradise will also launch the first immersive performance venue in China, "People's Paradise LIVEHOUSE", and launch the label "People's Paradise 1919", supporting China's original power with a global perspective and reshaping and leading Wuhan's youth culture.
Real view of the Round Fort Tower in the People's Paradise
Through the ingenious dialogue between the old and new architectural spaces, the People's Paradise coexists with ancient architecture, showing the unique charm of time and space. The main entrance, the Round Castle Tower, is renovated as before, exquisitely showing the aesthetics of traces, and the art installation Nebula creates an avant-garde art highland through the combination of art and technology. The exhibition "Moments: 105 Years of Memories of the People's Paradise" will be held in the multi-functional space of the Round Castle Tower, which will lead the public to experience the historical changes of the People's Paradise over the past 100 years with historical images and artistic opera objects.
During the 2024 opening season of the People's Paradise, a number of art performances and outstanding live music activities will be carried out to carry the memories of the citizens, and the new atrium digital images, art installations and other modern technological means will be used to present the light and shadow art scene for the public, opening a century-old time journey, so that the new People's Paradise will once again become the brightest color in Wuhan.