The Cantonese Opera Art Museum is located at No. 127, Enning Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou. The total land area of the museum is 17,200 square meters, and the building area is 21,700 square meters. Along the Lizhiwan Creek, it is divided into north and south banks. The south bank is the basic exhibition hall, theme exhibition hall, theater and garden scenic area. The north bank is the supporting area for the inheritance and protection of Cantonese opera art.
The museum building won the honorary award of China’s construction industry engineering quality, the ‘Luban Prize for Construction Engineering of China’ in 2017. Cantonese opera, known as Guangdong grand opera in the early days, is a local opera genre popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macau, and spread to places where Chinese and overseas Chinese live in Southeast Asia, America, Oceania, Europe and other places. The Cantonese Opera Art Museum aims to protect, inherit and promote Cantonese opera art. Through exhibition, stage performance, cultural exchange, education service and other means, it shows the essence and charm of Cantonese opera art to the public. The theme exhibition hall covers an area of 560 square meters and regularly holds various special exhibitions related to Cantonese opera art. The antique stage Guangfutai in the park regularly holds Cantonese opera and Cantonese music performances every week to dynamically display the characteristics of Cantonese opera art. The theater has 237 seats and is equipped with advanced sound, light and electricity systems. It is the most advanced and perfect multi-functional Cantonese opera art performance stage in the museum. Opening hours: Open from Tuesday to Sunday throughout the year from 09:00 to 21:00; Closed all day on Monday throughout the year; Open from 09:00 to 21:00 on New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. Service facilities: Scenic area explanation: During the opening period, free Chinese explanation services are provided at 10:00 am and 3:00 pm every day (the explanation lasts about 40 minutes). Audiences in need please gather at the entrance in advance. Must-see tips: Reservation notice for Cantonese Opera Art Museum. First, time: 9:00-17:30 (entry stops at 17:00); closed on Mondays (except legal holidays). Second, flow-limiting measures: Flow-limiting measures are taken in accordance with relevant regulations. The total daily reception of tourists does not exceed 6,400 people, and no more than 800 people per hour. Third, entry method: 1. Make a real-name reservation for visit in different time periods. The audience must make an advance reservation through the ‘Reservation/Website’ on the main page of the official account of the Cantonese Opera Art Museum; 2. Wear a mask when entering the museum and cooperate with the staff for temperature measurement. Fourth, visiting order: 1. Please keep a distance of more than 1 meter when visiting and follow the guidance of the staff. 2. The audience can obtain roaming guided tour information through the WeChat official account of the Cantonese Opera Art Museum. 3. The following situations are not allowed to enter the museum: body temperature ≥ 37. 3 or there are abnormal phenomena such as cough and shortness of breath; not wearing a mask; abnormal display of ‘Sui Kang Code’ and ‘Yue Kang Code’; those who are sloppily dressed and drunkards.4. Smoking, eating, shouting, climbing, lying, spitting, littering, or any other uncivilized behaviors are strictly prohibited inside the museum. Please take care of the exhibits and other public service facilities consciously. If any damage occurs, you must compensate for it at the price and bear the corresponding legal responsibilities.
5. Please consciously accept security checks. It is strictly forbidden to bring flammable, explosive, controlled weapons, and other dangerous items, as well as pets and items that easily pollute the exhibition environment into the museum.
If you have any questions, you can call our museum visit consultation phone: 020-81820016, and our complaint supervision phone: 020-81820026; foreigners can also call the multilingual service at ‘960169’.
