An installation marking the third anniversary of the Nantong Grand Theater is set up. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

May 18 marks the third anniversary of the Nantong Grand Theater in Jiangsu province, with special performances and discounted tickets offered to celebrate the day.

The theater has become an indispensable part of the artistic and cultural lives of residents and those from surrounding cities.

A concert is staged at the Nantong Grand Theater to mark its anniversary. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Since it opened in 2021, the Nantong Grand Theater has received 90 art troupes from home and abroad, hosted nearly 300 activities, and entertained an audience of about 420,000 people.

The Nantong Grand Theater lights up at night. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

The theater has also hosted 152 artistic performances involving singing, music, dancing, operas, and dramas. It has also provided free art lectures and set up a children's chorus, children's dance troupe, and youth symphony orchestra.

Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the theater resembles five shining flower petals shimmering on Zilang Lake. As a new Nantong landmark, the theater also won the China Installation Engineering Quality Award in 2023.