Beijing China: "The EGG"

Day 3 in Beijing: National Grand Theater "The Egg"
(1 of 4 destinations) 

We woke up on our third day, refreshed after the night's massage and a good night's rest.  We already packed our things for check out because we were taking the very early morning flight of the next day.  And so we were going to spend the whole day in the tour, grab some dinner then go directly to the airport at around 930pm.  After saying our goodbyes to our hosts Rachel and Rick and after taking a few more pictures of the courtyard house, we went off to our first destination.  That was 830am.

We arrived at the National Grand Theater before 9am.  "The Egg" is an opera house and cultural center.  This is one of the modern structures in Beijing, built before the Beijing Olympics in 2008.  It was a sight to behold!

The dome reflected on the lake, really does look like an egg, doesn't it?

The Theater was designed by French architect Paul Andreu.  The building is made of titanium and glass and like the old structures in Beijing, it is surrounded by a (man-made) lake.  Gazing from afar, you would not see its entrance because in order to go inside, one would have to go underneath the lake... amazing!

Entrance among the greens, goes underneath the lake..cool!

(I can't count how many times I have used "amazing" or its synonyms in my blogposts but it's just truly amazing!)  The structure is near Tiananmen Square, we were supposed to go to this spot on our first day, after Tiananmen but we have to catch the KungFu show then.

I'm just happy we passed through this site and not totally skip it while in this tour.  Next stop is Cloissone Factory.