Features of Xinghai Square

Overall layout characteristics of Xinghai Square

There are three circular roads in the middle of the upper floor of Xinghai Square, which divides the square into three landscape levels. On the long axis of the square, there are two parallel roads running through the square and two X-shaped roads crossing it, which are divided into six parts. The landscape of Xinghai Square is divided into four parts: Xinghai Square, Fountain Scenic Area, Centennial City Sculpture Square and Central Lawn.

design feature

Xinghai Square adopts arc style, and there is a circle in the oval road network, in which the inner circle diameter is 199.9 m, which means the anniversary of Dalian 1999 100, and the outer circle diameter is 239.9 m, which means that Dalian will celebrate its 500th anniversary in 2399. The central star square is a circular square with three steps on the high ground; The layout of the central part draws on the design concept of the dome of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. It is paved with 999 pieces of Sichuan red marble. The marble is carved with heavenly stems and earthly branches, the 24 solar terms, the Chinese Zodiac and other patterns, and there are nine jars with different shapes. Each pot body has Wei Bei characters, which together with * * * form nine characters of "Long live the great unity of the Chinese nation"; The central periphery of the red marble is decorated with a yellow five-pointed star, which forms a scene of the intersection of Xinghai with the Yellow Sea in the north of Xinghai Square, symbolizing its "Star Bay" and symbolizing Chinese descendants with red and yellow colors.

design parameter

The major axis of Xinghai Square in the north-south direction is10/0m, and the minor axis in the northeast direction is 630m, with a total area of1760,000m2, the diameter of the inner circle is199.9m, and the diameter of the outer circle is 239.9m.. The important lawn covers an area of 850,000 square meters, accounting for 77.3% of the total square area. The century-old city sculpture covers an area of about 75,000 square meters; The paved area is 250,000 square meters, accounting for 22.7% of the total square area, including 45,000 square meters of Central Star Square and 75,000 square meters of Centennial City Sculpture Square.