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  • In 1959 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, this was one of ten “key” buildings commissioned in “modern” Chinese style.

  • Prime illustration of 1959’s prevailing “size is everything” approach to architecture.

  • 1995 update on 1959-style architecture.

  • Every bit as brutal and ugly as the Great Hall, which it faces across the square.

  • Owes a striking debt to Moscow.

  • The one “tenth anniversary” building of elegance. Its plan forms the Chinese character for “mountain.”

  • Over 300 rooms large, yet built in only 10 months.

  • No Chinese motifs – but suitably monolithic and drab.

  • The largest art gallery in China.

  • Neo-Classical Socialist Chinese – but nice inside.

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