Brief introduction of Xinhua Square in Hohhot

Xinhua Square is the central square of the capital city of the autonomous region, and it is the window and symbol of the beautiful city. The renovation project of Xinhua Plaza in 2004 is the key project of urban construction in our city, which is highly valued and concerned by the municipal party committee, municipal government and the general public. After nearly three months of intense construction, it was put into use on the eve of Zhaojun Cultural Festival in early August. After the renovation of Xinhua Plaza, the overall appearance has changed greatly, with a total area of 60,000 square meters. It presents a broad, majestic, beautiful and perfect combination of different regions and the whole. The functional facilities are more perfect, and it has become a comprehensive place integrating ceremonial activities, raising the national flag, entertainment performances, leisure and fitness, and ornamental flowers and trees in fountains. , improve the taste of citizens' leisure and entertainment. Xinhua Square, located in the city center, is the main place where governments at all levels, enterprises, institutions and social organizations hold meetings and activities. The rebuilt Xinhua Square has played a positive role in promoting and demonstrating the construction of urban environment, landscape environment, humanistic environment and ecological environment.

The green area of the square reaches 22,000 square meters, accounting for 37% of the whole square area. There are green landscape belts with a width of more than 50 meters on both sides of the northern part of the square. According to the combination of grass and shrubs, green landscapes with different scenery are formed. At the same time, in different areas of the square, lawns with different shapes are laid in an orderly way, with graded and natural gentle slopes, and some tall and precious trees, such as ginkgo trees, locust trees, lilac trees, and various ornamental flowers and trees that people like, are planted. There are trees everywhere in the square, and thousands of pots of ornamental flowers and trees are in full bloom with different shapes, forming a picturesque and beautiful landscape. The newly-built musical dry land fountain in the north of the square covers an area of 2,603 square meters, with first-class scale and effect. The water column sprayed by 768 nozzles forms a spectacular fountain matrix. The spouted water column is unpredictable and colorful, and can form more than a thousand shapes, giving people great visual enjoyment. Under the beautiful music background, large fountains bring people surprises and joy. On the south side of the square is a sinking square of more than 8,000 square meters. Its main function is to watch performances and assembly activities, which can accommodate 1 10,000 people. The wide performance stage allows more than 100 people to perform on the same stage. There are eighteen huge decorative columns on the semicircular walls on both sides of the stage, which decorate the viewing area in a unique way. Street lamps and lawn lamps of different shapes stand on both sides of sidewalks and squares, and lamp poles as high as 25 meters stand in every corner of the square. The top of the thick white light pole carries a huge disc-shaped structure and is equipped with 30 spotlights. Whenever night falls, the night view of Xinhua Square presents a colorful and charming scenery as bright as day, and the fire tree and silver flowers dotted with the night view of the square become the new highlights of the capital city. The hardened floor of Xinhua Square is paved with stone slabs, decorated with black stripes, and locally inlaid with patterned copper belts with national characteristics, which makes the leisure venue of the square look high-grade and luxurious. 10 large sculptures with different characteristics and shapes are distributed in the landscape areas on both sides of the square, showing the profound and rich grassland national culture and customs. Strolling in Xinhua Square gives people the enjoyment of beauty and the edification of national culture everywhere. For the convenience of tourists, blind roads for the disabled have been built, and new classified garbage bins have been placed in various areas of the square.

As the central square of the capital city of the autonomous region, Xinhua Square is like a bright pearl, which constitutes a beautiful scenery in the modern city of Hohhot, making the city more colorful and full of vitality.