Leisure seats, lighting facilities, Chuting, granite "Fire Phoenix" and five large relief paving, more than 500 tall trees formed a green belt around the square. This square is the largest city square in Central South China and one of the top ten city squares in China. The middle part is paved with natural stone, and the huge fire phoenix with an area of 152 1 square meter is ready to go; The north and south sides of the central part are inlaid with two giant reliefs made of silk, calligraphy, painting, bronze and lacquerware, which tell the long history of Chu culture with "Dancing between Heaven and Man" and "Sheyang Legend". The bluestone reliefs on both sides of the central part are three landmark buildings, namely the Yellow Crane Tower, Qingchuan Pavilion and Jianghan Pass, which blend in with the wild brushwork of ancient and modern celebrities and symbolize the historical changes and development footprints of the three towns in Wuhan. The gorgeous flower beds on the upper part and the jumping and stacking springs make people feel relaxed and bright in the thick.
Two groups of reliefs, three murals and a "fire phoenix" totem condense the charm of the square-the spirit of Chu culture.
The Legend of Shooting the Sun takes the image of Houyi shooting the sun in Chu paintings as the theme, supplemented by hunting and feasting scenes where people and gods are mixed, which reflects the heroic style of Chu people.
In the two groups of reliefs, "Dancing between Man and Nature" is centered on the Phoenix totem, accompanied by the travel map of horses and chariots, the beating and encouraging map and the beating map of Zhong Qin, which shows the mysterious world of "the mixed man and the god are strange and strange" in Chu art.
The three murals, White Cloud Yellow Crane, Qingchuan Vivid, Jianghan Bell, are based on the flood control monument in Hankou Riverside Park, the beautiful scenery of Qingchuan Pavilion in Hanyang and the majestic posture of Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang, and comprehensively reflect the three towns in Wuhan with three landmark buildings of the same era, different styles and different dynasties.
"Fire Phoenix": On the central ground of sunken plaza, 4,458 pieces of granite inlaid the totem of the ancient country of Chu into a huge pattern, covering an area of 2,500 square meters, making it the largest square granite pavement in China, leaving a vivid imprint of Chu culture on Jingchu. The musical fountain is the main scene, with four beautiful evergreen leisure lawns on both sides. At night, gorgeous lights, moving music, changing water features and the artistic conception of the performance complement each other. Nine water cannons flew out like nine hoses, and the night in the square was charming.
Music Fountain Leisure Square is the perfect combination of water column, music, light and shadow. Five water mist petals and five arc petal water columns of plum blossom fountain form plum blossom petals, which can also produce patterns with different shapes; Waves of fountains are like surging waves; The water curtain fountain with a length of 2 1 meter and a height of 6 meters is spectacular; The waltz fountain dances gracefully with the dance music; Nine water cannons shot nine water columns of different colors into the center of the pool, and the roar came and went.
With its fresh natural flavor, rich cultural flavor, lively flavor of the times and different needs of different people at different levels, the square not only fully demonstrates the profound cultural heritage of Jingchu, but also blends with the surrounding environment art, reflecting the contemporary garden style. It is a large-scale city square integrating science park, sports park central square, cultural corridor, information corridor and viewing corridor.
Hongshan Square attracts a large number of citizens for entertainment almost every day, but according to the notice of the municipal government, Hongshan Square will be demolished and rebuilt at the end of 2008 to make way for the construction of Metro Lines 2 and 4. This is bad news for Wuhan citizens, because the construction of the subway will undoubtedly make the sunken cultural square, one of the essences of Hongshan Square, become history, and the Dong Memorial Square and the Music Fountain Leisure Square above it will also be destroyed. This decision was opposed by citizens and related people. On February 8, 2008, Hongshan Square officially started construction. Last night 10, the Hongshan Square subway station with the largest investment, the most difficult construction and the most complicated structure in Wuhan began to encircle and officially started construction. The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Landscape Architecture and Metro Group announced that Hongshan Square, which is deeply concerned by the public, will no longer accept morning exercises from the public, and will be reborn after three years and basically restore its existing appearance.
Hongshan Square subway station is the interchange station for the first phase of Metro Line 2 and the first phase of Metro Line 4. It is located below the southwest side of Hongshan Square, and passengers can transfer between Line 2 and Line 4 conveniently and quickly. The pedestrian passage leading to Fruit Lake will be excavated in the East Square. The investment of the station is nearly 700 million yuan and the construction period is 27 months.
Hongshan Square Station is surrounded by Hongshan Gymnasium, Provincial Science and Education Building, Telecom Building and other large public service facilities. This is a hotel-intensive area and a provincial office area with a large passenger flow. Considering the shortage of parking spaces around, the station will be built into a huge "underground city" to effectively meet the needs of surrounding businesses, passenger parking and residents' travel.
After the completion of the subway station, the first phase of Line 2 can be directly connected from Hongshan Square Station to the north, passing through Jianghan Road Station and Hankou Railway Station. , you can go to Da Changqing Garden and go south to Guanggu Square through the street crossing; Through the first phase of Line 4, it goes to Wuhan Railway Station in the east, Wuchang Railway Station in the west, and crosses the Yangtze River to Hanyang in the long term. The functions of Hongshan Square, such as transportation hub and citizens' leisure business center, will be more prominent.
The construction basically does not affect the traffic.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Metro Group, during the construction of Hongshan Square Station, most of the construction workers worked in the square, and the tunnel underpass was basically unaffected, while the ring road of the square was slightly "deformed" according to the construction needs.
The traffic relief plan of Hongshan Square Station will be implemented in four phases:
In the first stage, the whole square will be enclosed by a fully enclosed fence, which is mainly used for the relocation of garden trees and facilities in the square. The traffic of motor vehicles will not be affected, and the circular sidewalk in the original square will be cancelled. Pedestrians will take the existing sidewalk outside the ring road.
The second enclosure occupies the square ring road in front of Hongshan Gymnasium in the northwest corner, and a temporary road with the same width as the square ring road is opened in the northwest corner of the square to connect the north and south square rings. Other parts of the square are still in a closed state, mainly for the station entrance and exit and the station main body construction.
The third-phase enclosure is fully enclosed, mainly for the main construction of the underground three-story station.
The fourth-phase enclosure mainly occupies the ring road of the south square on the north side for entrance and exit construction. The temporary diversion of the ring road in the square occupied part of the site on the north and south sides of the square. After the entrance and exit are completed, restore the ring road of the square and restore it according to the original appearance of the square.
According to the geographical location, geological conditions, characteristics of foundation pit and route direction of the station, the construction method of semi-bright and semi-dark is adopted from the aspects of engineering economy, construction safety and reducing the influence of construction on the surrounding environment. The comprehensive utilization of underground space in Hongshan Square Station and East Square and the ground landscape restoration project are implemented according to the requirements of one-time design, phased implementation, synchronous completion and square landscape restoration.
Trees will be transplanted in large numbers.
Wuhan Metro Group said that after the completion of the subway station, Hongshan Square will add more humanized, environmentally friendly and energy-saving elements, such as the use of efficient energy-saving lamps, on the basis of restoring the original landscape. Before the demolition, the existing decorative materials and equipment in the square will be numbered and preserved, and the trees will be transplanted and protected in different places to basically restore the original appearance of the square landscape.
Metro Group promised to the public yesterday through this newspaper that during the construction of Hongshan Square subway station, it will be scientifically organized and operated in a civilized manner to minimize the impact on residents' travel and life. Please understand the inconvenience caused by this.
Yesterday, more than 3,000 citizens went to Hongshan Square for a "farewell tour" before the square closed last night. The scene is touching.
165438+ At 0: 00 in the morning, the reporter saw in Hongshan Square that under the warm sun in winter, citizens chatted, played cards, fed pigeons, read newspapers and took photos in the square. Li Biao, who lives in Yangyuan Community, and his wife take their two-year-old granddaughter to feed pigeons. Li Biao said that when he heard that Hongshan Square was going to be demolished, he specially took his wife and granddaughter to play.
Grandma Lu who goes to the square for morning exercise every day stayed in the square for a long time yesterday. She said: "There is no place for morning exercise nearby. These three years have been very hard."
White-haired Zhou's mother-in-law also visited Hongshan Square with the help of her family. The 75-year-old Zhou family lives on Hong Kong Road in Hankou. She heard that Hongshan Square was going to be demolished. She has never been to play and insists that her family accompany her to visit. Our granddaughter took photos of her, and she said that the square was demolished to make it better. We understand this, but we just hope that Wuhan will consider it more comprehensively when making urban planning to avoid waste.
According to the introduction of the Plaza Management Office, in 199 1 year, in order to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Dong's birthday 105, the provincial and municipal governments planned to build Hongshan Plaza and transform the original Miaojialing nursery into a plaza. 1998 and 200 1 year, the square was rebuilt on a large scale and became the largest city square in our city. Hundreds of open-air movies have been shown here; Held more than 400 large-scale activities such as welcoming the National Day, celebrating the Spring Festival and the Olympic photo exhibition; In the past eight years, its music fountain has been opened 50,000 times.
Why should a good square be demolished and rebuilt? According to experts, the mud below Hongshan Square is deep and the groundwater level is high. The method of digging holes in the ground is very dangerous and the cost is much higher.
The subway station is mainly built under the West Square. Why should the square be completely demolished? According to reports, the construction of the subway station must take into account the underground passage in the direction of Fruit Lake and Bayi Road. When the two tunnels are dug down, the East Square is basically hollowed out, which is not much different from the cost of hollowing out the East Square to build an "underground city", but the economic benefits and urban functions are far from each other.