Ersha Island

 

Ersha Island

 

Ersha Island

 

Ersha Island is an island at the center of Pearl River and located between Guangzhou Bridge and Haiyin Bridge.

The island is featured by the most modern conditions in Guangzhou and houses the Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangdong Art of Museum, modern living blocks and sports training foundation with a large piece of green land.

The Ersha Island is a high-grade residential area. Many consulates of foreign countries in Guangzhou are living on it. It is said that more than 80% of the residents are expats and working personnel from foreign invested institutions.

 

The Xinghai Concert Hall

 

The Xinghai Concert Hall

 

Statue of China's famous musician Xian Xinghai

 

The Xinghai Concert Hall is the best concert venue in Guangzhou. It is named after Xian Xinghai, a renowned Chinese composer, who was just born in Guangzhou.  The Hall consists of three parts, a symphony performing Hall with 1500 seats, a Chamber Music Hall and a Music Material Room.

The symphony performing Hall was designed on the basis of natural sound, using reinforced concrete shell of hyperbolic paraboloids to cover the "Mountain valley-Terraced fields" seats so that the surfaces of these two parts directly form a "sound field". The architectural structural space is a acoustics one. The hard interior surface of the reinforced concrete shell and the sidewall of the parquet seat areas serve as the interface of the reflection and diffusion of the music sound. In addition, a spheric diffuser hung above the performing stage improves the mutually heard condition on the performing stage and reinforces the early reflected sound for the front seat areas. (More about the Xinghai Concert Hall)

 

 

Guangdong Museum of Art

  

Guangdong Museum of Art

 

Guangdong Museum of Art is located on the Ersha Island, where the space and atmosphere add to the already brilliant exhibitions. You can take it easy here and enjoy art.

The Guangdong Museum of Art consists of twelve indoor exhibition halls covering an area of 8,000 square meters as well as an outdoor Sculpture Garden that is 5,000 square meters in size. Each year, the museum hosts nearly sixty exhibitions. The museum hosts a variety of exhibitions from smaller intimate looks at the work of contemporary artists to exhibitions larger in scale such as that of sculptor Henry Moore. Recently, the Guangdong Museum of Art has initiated a Triennial Exhibition of contemporary art, both Chinese and international. (More about the Guangdong Museum of Art)

Source: www.lifeofguangzhou.com

Editor: Carrot Chan