Tianfu Square

Tianfu Square, located in the center of Chengdu, is comparable to Tiananmen Square in Beijing for Chengdu people. Standing in the center of the square, you can see the statue of Mao Zedong waving to you, as well as the famous New Chengdu Museum, Sichuan Science and Technology Museum, Jincheng Art Palace, etc. If you light up at night, the night scene will be more beautiful.

Tianfu Square

Tianfu Square, the political and cultural center and comprehensive transportation hub of Sichuan Province and Chengdu City, is located in the first section of Renmin South Road, Jinjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, and in the heart of Chengdu City Center. It is the starting point of Renmin East Road, Renmin West Road, Renmin middle road and Renmin South Road. Its form and status are similar to Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

Tianfu Square covers an area of 88000 square meters. It is rectangular in shape with a length to width ratio of 1.5:1. The ground is paved with light colored granite strips treated by special technology.

Tianfu Square is not only the economic, cultural and commercial center of Chengdu, but also the subway transportation hub of Chengdu. It has always been the symbol of Chengdu and even Sichuan, and also a city card of Chengdu.

To the north of Tianfu Square is the statue of Mao Zedong, the first president of the people's Republic of China. Its height reaches 30 meters. On every grand day, the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee and the Sichuan Provincial People's government will clean the dust from the statue.

Historical evolution

Tianfu Square is near the imperial city of ancient Chengdu.

In 347 BC, equivalent to the Warring States period in the Central Plains, Kaiming King IX of Shu moved his capital to Chengdu and established "beishaocheng" on the Chengdu Plain, which is located in the Wudan mountain area to the north of "Tianfu Square".

In 311 BC, after the Qin Dynasty destroyed Shu, Zhang Yifang, a senior official of the Huiwen School of Qin Dynasty, built Xianyang City in the South and west of the King City of Shu. The "Tianfu Square" in 2018 was just to the west of the "big city" center of Qin Dynasty at that time.

In 876 ad, in the Tang Dynasty, Sichuan Jiedu envoy Gao Pian took "qindacheng" as the center and expanded a circle of new city to "qindacheng" in concentric circles, which was called "tangluocheng". The former inner city "qindacheng" was transformed into "Zicheng".

In 908 A.D., Wang Jian ruled Sichuan as emperor, known as "Dashu" and "Qianshu" in history. The next year, Wang Jian changed "Zicheng" into the imperial city and "shuwangfu" into a palace.

In 1371, Zhu Chun, the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was granted the title of "king of Shu", and the "King's house of Shu" was rebuilt on the old site. The new "shuwangfu" changed the layout of the main axis of Chengdu City in the past dynasties, and established the North-South central axis for the first time. Although it is a palace, it seems to have the majestic style of the Imperial Palace, so people call it the "imperial city". The archway, arch bridge and a large open space in front of it are called "Huangcheng dam". The location of "imperial city" and "imperial city dam" is in the north end of "Tianfu Square" and the exhibition hall in 2018.

In 1644, Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu and used the "shuwangfu" as his palace. Two years later, when he left, he set fire to the city and the "shuwangfu" was destroyed again.

In 1655, the Qing government changed the former site of "shuwangfu" into "Gongyuan", which became the place for examiners in Sichuan Province.

After the 1950s, in the large-scale urban transformation and the vigorous political movement, the "imperial city" and the "imperial city dam" suffered great damage and even died out.

In 1951, the 70 meter wide Renmin South Road was opened to the south of the gate hole of the "imperial city".

In 1997, under the order of expanding the central square, the houses on both sides of the square were quickly demolished.

In 2007, Chengdu Municipal Bureau of culture organized international design bidding for the cultural facilities planned around Tianfu Square.

In 2011, a large-scale renovation was carried out on the square. The oval Tai Chi pattern was transformed into a circle with a diameter of 150 meters. The greening area was adjusted and the air vent was set in the southeast corner. The total construction period is about two months.

infrastructure

The parking lot is located on the second floor underground of Tianfu Square to solve the parking problem of shopping malls and office buildings around the area. The underground third floor below the parking lot is the subway station and a substation; the underground first floor above the parking lot is planned to be built into a commercial and cultural center, including an underground shopping center; in addition to retaining the lawn, Tianfu Square will also plant trees and flowers, set up sculptures, and build a museum in the open space of the west square. The underground parking lot covers an area of about 80000 square meters, which is connected with the surrounding buildings of Tianfu Square. It is the largest underground social parking lot in Chengdu.

Chengdu Metro Line 1 and Chengdu Metro Line 2 meet at Tianfu Square, Tianfu Square has become a new focus, and all the greening projects of Tianfu Square underpass tunnel have been completed. The greening of Tianfu tunnel is mainly by manual replacement. The main method is to place replaceable four season flowers on the 50 cm wide platform and isolation belt steps under the retaining wall, so as to dress it up as Chengdu The most beautiful flower tunnel.

design scheme

Water town square

Constituent elements: among the three schemes, the "Xiang" shaped water landscape has been announced in advance. The whole ground landscape of the square is divided into East and west parts through the central axis. Most of the area on the east side is the sunken square on the first floor underground, and the rest is the ground landscape composed of waterscape and a large number of trees.

Features of the scheme: the biggest feature of the scheme is the integration of Chinese traditional culture and western garden art. The "township" shaped waterscape of the west square winds through the dense green island and tree array; the East Square is the largest sunken square in China in 2018. The glass canopy on the square can not only completely cover the six entrances of the subway station, but also allow people to stand on the square and pass through The glass directly shows the subway passing through the underground.

Taiji square

Constituent elements: This is also a set of "water" based square. Different from the previous scheme, the middle curve of a Taiji cloud diagram (eight diagrams) naturally divides the square into two parts. The East Square is still a sunken square, the west square is a fountain landscape, and the middle part is the sun god bird pattern.

Features of the scheme: both the East and West squares will take the sculpture of Taiji fish eye as the core. In the waterscape of the west square, Taiji fish eye will also take on the function of fountain. As can be seen from the renderings, the blue fish eye is divided into three layers in the center of the blue wave pool, and the white water column is sprayed layer by layer.

Shu Square

Constituent elements: the first two schemes are mainly water, which can be said to be a "dry" square. The west square is designed as a big Hieroglyphic Character "Shu". The East Square is also a sunken square, but its core is changed from Taiji fish eye to sun bird.

Features of the scheme: "Shu" square gives people a strong visual shock, showing the ancient Shu civilization that has lasted for 5000 years. Another unique feature of the scheme is that the subway entrances and exits are cleverly hidden under the landscape.

Design evaluation

Totem sculpture

The common feature of the latter two new schemes is that the sun god bird, as an important symbol of ancient Shu civilization, is fully integrated into the design elements. In addition, the two sets of plans are designed around the square twelve cultural totem pole and twelve cultural theme sculpture group.

Each totem pole is 1.2 meters in diameter and 12 meters in height. The top of the totem pole is a LED laser screen. The dark pattern of the sun god bird is hidden on the surface of the sphere. The main body is made of Square Jade Cong with inner circle and outer circle unearthed from Jinsha site. The top pedestal unearthed from Sanxingdui is the base of the totem pole. The decorative patterns on both sides of the upper and lower parts are the eye pattern of Jinsha and the cloud pattern of Sanxingdui.

Heaven and earth painting

Another unique feature of the two new schemes is that they skillfully connect the left and right opposite entrances and exits with a picture of the heavenly script falling from the sky, and the picture axes at both ends of the heavenly script are changed into awnings for entrances and exits. From a distance, this is not only a painting from the sky, but also a incense table used in ancient times, full of strong scholarly and cultural atmosphere.

Transportation guide

transit

Route 1: zhaojuesi bus station ~ Gaopeng bus station

Route 16: Baliqiao bus station ~ South Railway Station bus station

No.26: the first section of Renmin South Road to Dayuan bus station

Route 43: Houjia bus station ~ Yanshikou station

Route 47: wanjiawan bus station to east square of Chengdu East passenger station

Route 61: Jinxiu Dongfang community to shiyangchang bus station

Route 62: Houjia bus station to Guixi bus station

Road 104: Dongyu street to Haitong community

No.118: the first section of Renmin South Road to Tianfu Software Park Bus Station

Airport Line 2: East Square of North railway station to Shuangliu Airport

Road 45: Jishun street to Jianshe Lane

metro

Chengdu Metro Line 1 operation time: 6:30-22:30. Main stations / Attractions: Shengxian lake, north railway station, Manjusri courtyard, Luoma City, Tianfu Square, Chunxi Road, Yulin living community, South Railway Station; operation time of Chengdu Metro Line 2: 6:10-22:30. Main stops / Attractions: Tianfu Square, Chunxi Road, Jinsha site, Qintai Road, chadianzi bus station, Chengdu east station, people's Park. Some youth hostels have the service of renting tianfutong card, which is more convenient.

taxi

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