I believe that many people have played with their families in the square, right, aunties square dance, the company of the family, is a very memorable time. But you know what the world's largest square is? Let me introduce it to you
The world's largest square: Xinghai Square
Starfish Square
Starfish Square is the world's largest urban plaza (before 1976 it was Tiananmen Square before 1976, then surpassed by Indonesia's Independence Square[1] and now the world's 7th largest city square), located in Dalian, Liaoning, China, and is one of the city symbols of Dalian.
Location of the square
Xinghai Square is located in the southern part of Shahekou District, Dalian, with Zhongshan Road in the west, Exhibition Road in the north, Lotus Hill in the east and Xinghai Bay in the south. Standing on the shore of Xinghai Bay, you can see the Dalian Xinghai Bay Cross-sea Bridge.
Significance of the Square
Star Ocean Plaza is located in the south of Dalian seaside scenic area, was originally an abandoned landfill in Xinghai Bay. Xinghai Bay renovation project started on July 16, 1993, the municipal government to use construction waste reclamation of 114 hectares, 62 hectares of land development, the formation of a total area of 1.76 million square meters of the world's largest urban public square, the outer ring circumference of 2.5 kilometers, is the area of Beijing's Tiananmen Square, four times the size of the square. The project was completed on June 30, 1997. Plaza with the country's largest central alabaster Huabiao (demolished), 19.97 meters high, 1.997 meters in diameter, to commemorate the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, Huabiao base and column **** decorated with nine dragons, implying that the children of the nine states of China are the descendants of the dragon.
Plaza Layout
Covering a total area of 1,760,000 square meters, the center of the square is paved with 999 pieces of Sichuan red marble, red marble is surrounded by a large yellow five-pointed star, red and yellow symbolizes the yellow and yellow children. The square is also equipped with five 12.34-meter-high large-scale palace lanterns, supported by alabaster pillars, brilliant light, and the Huabiao mirror. Around the square, the carving of a different shape of the nine tripods, each tripod on the Weibei style with a large calligraphy, *** with the composition of "Long Live the Unity of the Chinese Nation", symbolizing the unity of the Chinese nation and prosperity. From the center of the square southbound, is the "hundred years of city sculpture". Hundred years of city sculpture at the end of the open book-shaped square, facing the boundless sea, meaning that after a century of Dalian has turned a new page. Northbound from the central square is the Convention and Exhibition Center, which is a modern building with international first-class level integrating exhibition, conference, trade, finance and entertainment. The central promenade running through the north and south of the square is built with a fountain and water view avenue. The whole square is covered with green grass, and every 20 meters of the beacon lamps are lined up straight to the sea, which is elegant and solemn, and peaceful and far-reaching. The central square area of 45,000 square meters, which is a project to commemorate the return of Hong Kong.
Transportation
Subway and Bus
Subway Line 1 has a station on the west side of Xinghai Square. Public transportation can take No. 18, 22, 23, 37, 202, 406, 531, 16 to ? Xinghai Plaza? Station that is; the annual tourist season in May to the eleventh golden week period to take the city tour bus can also be to the Star Ocean Plaza.
Attractions
Convention and Exhibition Center
From the center of the square central avenue to the north 500 meters is the Convention and Exhibition Center; to the south is the hundred years of the City Sculpture Square, 500 meters away from the blue sea. The central avenue is paved with red bricks, green grass on both sides, and every 20 meters there is a stone pillar light in the shape of a beacon light, symbolizing China's front to the sea and to the world.
Shell Museum
Lien Shell Museum is located in the southeast corner of Xinghai Square, is the most exhibits of shell museum in Asia (now moved to the south of the square). The museum has a building area of 2500 square meters, with a total investment of 80 million RMB, *** there are more than 5000 kinds of marine rare shells from all over the world will be exhibited here, which is the shell museum with the largest number of exhibits in the world. In these 5000 kinds of shells, there are from New Zealand, Argentina, Spain, Morocco, Malaysia, Fiji, the Philippines and other four oceans of more than 30 countries of the individual collection and buyers of the hand, but also from Japan, Taiwan and the United States, shellfish scientists, shellfish societies and shell collectors of gifts or exchanges. Shells as heavy as hundreds of kilograms, known as man-eating shells of giant clams; light only millimeters of sand shells, need to be appreciated with a magnifying glass.