The biggest feature is that the iconic sculpture "May Wind" is a spiraling wind. Its shape is fiery red. It reflects the patriotic tone and national strength of the "May Fourth Movement" and has become One of the landmark buildings in Qingdao in the new century. May Fourth Square is located on Donghai West Road, Shinan District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province. May Fourth Square is named after Qingdao was the trigger for the great May Fourth Movement in modern Chinese history. May 4th Square is divided into two parts, the north and the south. Distributed on the central axis are the Municipal People's Government office building, hidden fountain, dot matrix fountain, "Wind of May" sculpture, 100-meter fountain on the sea, etc.
Main attractions:
Binhai Park Crossing Donghai Road, you will come to Binhai Park in the south area of ??Wusi Square. Along the central axis of the square, from north to south, there are a sunken square that can be used for open-air performances, a dry formation fountain and the sculpture "Wind of May". The open-air square consists of a semicircular four-level spectator stand and a circular open-air stage. The basement under the stage is the office and main control room of May Fourth Square. During holidays and major events, various performances will be held on the open-air stage.
Square Fountain
It is a square flat area. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary stone square. In fact, there are nine rows of underground fountains hidden in it, with a total of 81 underground fountains. one.
Looking south from the Fountain Square, a tall and majestic torch-shaped red sculpture stands on the semicircular square at the southern end of May 4th Square. This is the iconic sculpture "Wind of May" in Qingdao. This giant sculpture weighing nearly 700 tons is made of welded steel plates. It is nearly 30 meters high and 27 meters in diameter. The sculpture highlights Qingdao’s historical background as the fuse of the May Fourth Movement, and fully embodies Qingdao’s century-old recollection of history and the rise and fall of national honor and disgrace. The sculpture is surrounded by open green space, with lawns, shrubs and trees forming a forest belt. It can be said that flowers bloom in three seasons and are evergreen all year round. Go west along the coastline for 100 meters to Qingdao Music Square. Go east for 100 meters and pass the "Pigeon" Bridge to reach the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center.
On the sea 160 meters south of the coastal embankment on the central axis of the square, my country's first 100-meter sea fountain is built. The fountain design uses advanced high-pressure water pumps, and the water jets are up to 100 meters high, which is very spectacular.
As night falls, under the light, sprays of water fall from the sky like silver. The endless water vapor turns into a piece of silver gauze and slowly floats in the wind. The entire square is shrouded in clouds and mist, which further shows its endless charm and artistic conception.
At first glance, the Dry Place Fountain looks like an ordinary stone-faced square, but in fact, there are 9 rows of horizontal and vertical fountains, a total of 81 underground fountains, which can be sprayed in different shapes and heights. In front of it is an open square.
The 100-meter Fountain is my country's first 100-meter fountain at sea. The fountain design uses advanced high-pressure water pumps, and the water jets can be as high as 100 meters. Because seawater is extracted directly from the sea, a distance of 160 meters from the shore was chosen during the design, mainly to prevent water mist from the fountain from corroding and salinizing shore facilities and lawns.