The city square is a distinctly themed, fully functional urban parlor.
As a city square, it must have five major functions, such as assembly function, publicity function, transportation function, commercial function, and sightseeing function. Each square has its own distinct themes, such as political role, cultural role, entertainment and leisure role, etc., which not only carry history, but also show the future, which is both a memory and a yearning.
The city square of each city can not only show the history and culture of the city, but also reflect the characteristics and appearance of the city, which is a good place for local citizens to gather and relax, and it is also a window for outsiders to understand a city.
There are five typical city squares in Shijiazhuang: People's Heart Square, People's Square, Cultural Square, Liberation Square, and Torch Square.
Minxin Square: Located in the middle of Yuhua Road, Gongnong Road, Weiming Street, and Teacher's Street. Adjacent to the Hebei Provincial Party Committee in the north and the Minxin River in the west, it is a leisure square dominated by politics. The square covers an area of 90,418 square meters, built in 2010, along the central axis from north to south, namely The National Flag Square, the Ground Sculpture Square, and the Fountain Square. The square is flanked by shaded greenery and the southern part is a garden landscape, and the whole square is airy, stable and majestic, which is very suitable for holding large-scale political events.
People's Square: It is rebuilt from the original Yigong Square, covering an area of 12.22 hectares, east of Qingyuan Street, south of Zhongshan Road, north of Chang'an Park, west of Jianshe Avenue, south of Zhongshan Road and the majestic municipal government, and the north of Chang'an Park is naturally integrated. In 2001, the reconstruction was completed and reopened, with the running spring stacked water as the central axis, the south is Mao Zedong Statue Square, the middle is fountain square, the north is the Cultural Palace Square, the whole square and the garden are integrated, the terrain is undulating, the path is winding, the garden is in the garden, the garden is in the field, it is a garden-style leisure square, which is very suitable for sightseeing.
Cultural Square: It is rebuilt from the original Museum Square, Museum Square was built in 1968, renamed as Cultural Square in 1996, covering an area of 2.66 hectares, surrounded by West Avenue, East Avenue, Zhongshan Road, and Fanxi Road. The Broad Cultural Square also includes Library Square and TechNobull Square in the south, up to Yuhua Road at the southern end. This is a very cultural square, the square pigeon is a major feature, and many exhibitions are held here every year.
Tahrir Square: Evolved from the old railway station square, and now combined with the construction of the central business district is still constantly improving the planning, The Liberation Square is north to Xinhua Road, south to Yuhua Road, east to Jiefang Avenue, west to Kilometer Street, and Zhanqian Street. Divided into three major areas, the northern area is the historical memory square composed of the big stone bridge, Gao Keqian's tomb, the liberation monument, etc., the middle is a square suitable for exhibition and assembly, and the south is a square suitable for leisure, the whole square is open and thick, the sense of history is very strong, the large layout is changeable, the small layout is square, waiting for the gorgeous turn of the liberation square.
Torch Square: Formerly known as Star Square, is the starting point of the Olympic torch relay, later named Torch Square, located in the high-tech zone south of Changjiang Avenue, north of Xiangjiang Road, west of Emei Street, east of Huashan Street. Covering an area of 135 acres, the square and the garden are integrated, the central theme sculpture "Galaxy" and the auxiliary sculptures on both sides symbolize the development theme of life, science and technology, and the upward high-tech zone, which is a dynamic and modern city square.
