Chengdu: A City of Art

Chengdu is not only represented for its cuisine. It is the art and culture that makes this city more addictive. The city is a shining metropolis which satisfies the yearning for dreams. Full of romance from artists and creations, you will come across the surprises of life’s beauty, fashion, and art.

Release time : 2016-12-26 14:42:49

source : Lonely Planet

scenery. Drinking tea, watching Lotus and farm tour is the main activity here. The existence of the Blue Roof Art Center doesn’t make people feel irreconcilable. There are several studios here and its attraction for young artists is continuing. It is considered to be the base of the local art and dreams. There are also academic exchanges, preservation, salons, and book prints here.

The Li Xiaofeng Studio is located near the Blue Roof and is a Loft structure. Li is one of the Cenozoic Blue Roof artists who came back China from Netherland and moved his studio far away from Beijing 798 to Blue Roof. He thought that Blue Roof was a brand co-created by elder and Cenozoic artists and developed into a valuable art community which gives Chengdu the art atmosphere. “The art circle in Chengdu is not very big and carries its own distinctive city character. We feel relax here when we making art.”

About 10 kilometers away from Blue Roof there is an art center themed as music drama and photograph called Eastern Suburb Memory. The Eastern Suburb Memory was original a state run red light electronic tube factory full of industries and creation. The workshop was turned into a cinema. The hydrogen tank was transformed into an audition space. The chimney and boiler became a music bar and the old office building became hotel. The nostalgic meet fashion here and turned out to be the lab of musicians and playwright.

The Architecture and Space Design

West Village & iBox creative space

Chengdu is becoming the lab for the architecture and space designers. The world famous architecture web Archdaily has an arch map which marks the contemporary design works of the world architects. No doubt Chengdu will be a highlight.

If you spend half day in the West Village of Chengdu, there are lot of things you can do here. You can drink a cup of coffee in the coffee shop, and then head to play football. After that you can visit the exhibitions there for remaining time.