The Binhai Library at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin, enjoys the reputation of "the most beautiful library in China". It features floor-to-ceiling terraced bookshelves able to shelve 1.2 million books in total, and a huge, luminous sphere in the center that serves as an auditorium that can seat an audience of 110. (Photos: People's Daily Online)

Photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows the Binhai Library at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin. The library enjoys the reputation of "the most beautiful library in China". It features floor-to-ceiling terraced bookshelves able to shelve 1.2 million books in total, and a huge, luminous sphere in the center that serves as an auditorium that can seat an audience of 110.

Photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows the Binhai Library at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin. The library enjoys the reputation of "the most beautiful library in China". It features floor-to-ceiling terraced bookshelves able to shelve 1.2 million books in total, and a huge, luminous sphere in the center that serves as an auditorium that can seat an audience of 110.

Photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows the Binhai Library at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin. The library enjoys the reputation of "the most beautiful library in China". It features floor-to-ceiling terraced bookshelves able to shelve 1.2 million books in total, and a huge, luminous sphere in the center that serves as an auditorium that can seat an audience of 110.

A reader reads books at the Binhai Library at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin. The library enjoys the reputation of "the most beautiful library in China". It features floor-to-ceiling terraced bookshelves able to shelve 1.2 million books in total, and a huge, luminous sphere in the center that serves as an auditorium that can seat an audience of 110.

Photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows the Binhai Library at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin. The library enjoys the reputation of "the most beautiful library in China". It features floor-to-ceiling terraced bookshelves able to shelve 1.2 million books in total, and a huge, luminous sphere in the center that serves as an auditorium that can seat an audience of 110.

Photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows an exhibition at the gallery at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin.

Visitors tour an exhibition held at the gallery at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin.

Photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows the artwork of the intangible cultural heritage “Clay Figure Zhang" exhibition at the gallery within the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin.

A group of Taiji enthusiasts perform Taiji at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin.

Photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows an exhibition at the gallery at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin.

Photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows the corridor of the Binhai New Area Cultural Center in north China’s Tianjin. Featuring 28 steel umbrellas, the corridor serves as a ribbon that links the five venues found at the Binhai New Area Cultural Center.