Scenery of RMB Banknotes VI: Great Hall of the People, Beijing

The largest bill of RMB is 100 Yuan. It's red and different from other bills. Can you guess what the scenery on its back? I can tell you it's a architecture in Beijing. Haha, don't you guess it? In the article, we will talk about it.

Chapter Six

RMB 100 Note: Great Hall of the People, Beijing

Attraction: Great Hall of the People, Beijing
Opening Hours: Dec.-March. 9:00-14:00
                         Apr.-June. 8:15-15:00
                         July.-Aug. 7:30-16:00
                         Sept.-Nov. 8:30-15:00.

The visiting hours greatly depend on the meetings scheduled in the hall. If some important national or international meetings are going on in the hall, visitors are usually asked to wait until the meeting ends.
Best Time to Visit: the four seasons all appropriate

RMB 100 Note

The back pattern of 100 yuan notes is the Great Hall of the People, which is located in the west side of Tiananmen Square, and faces with the National Museum. There are stone pillars on the left side of the notes. The scene is viewed from the National Museum.  

The outside of Great Hall of the People

To the west of Tian’anmen Square lies the Great Hall of the People, one of the truly grand modern structures of Beijing. Its green and yellow glazed-tile roof, magnificent portico and colonnades, and rows of pines and cypresses create a look both solemn and immense.

The Great Hall is the place where national conferences and large international events are held and where Chinese leaders meet foreign leaders. A national emblem of People's Republic of China hangs over the main gate. Twelve 25-meters-high marble pillars set on 5-meters-high marble foundation, making the hall extremely solemn and magnificent.
Constructed in ten months in 1959, this impressive structure is 336 meters long from north to south, 206 meters wide from east to west, and 46.5 meters high at the highest point.

The Inside of Great Hall of the People

It can be divided into three main sections: a 10,000-seat auditorium in the middle, a banquet hall on the north side where 5,000 people can dine at one time (as was done on the occasion of Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972) and the offices of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the south side.

Great Hall of the People

The facilities inside the hall are very sophisticated. Many are fascinated by a series of reception halls named for each of China's province, decorated in local style, simple and restful, pleasingly austere and in perfect taste.

The Great Hall of the People is now open to both domestic and foreign visitors. 

Note: 
No bags are allowed inside the building, but a bag depository is located outside the East Gate of the Great Hall. The East Gate is the only place for visitors' entrance. Guides are available in the hall, but the tour is only in Chinese.