Spring City Square

{{Short description|Public square in Jinan, Shandong, China}}

{{Short description|Public square in Jinan, Shandong, China}}

[[File:Spring City Square 20260422.jpg|thumb|Quancheng Square]]

The '''Quancheng (City of Springs) Square''' (泉城广场, [[Wade-Giles]]: ''ch'üanch'eng''; [[pinyin]]: ''quánchéng'') is a square in central [[Jinan]], the capital of China's [[Shandong]] Province which is known as the "City of Springs". The square has length of {{Convert|790|m|ft}} and width of {{Convert|280|m|ft}} which occupies about 220,000 square meters. The construction started on July 10, 1998, and finished on September 25, 1999. The square consists of Baotu Spring Square, Shandong Celebrities Memorial Hall, City of Springs Square, Binhe Square, Sofitel Silver Plaza, Lotus Musical Fountain, Four-Season Garden, Culture Gallery, Technology Center, etc.

The '''Quancheng (City of Springs) Square''' (泉城广场, [[Wade-Giles]]: ''ch'üanch'eng''; [[pinyin]]: ''quánchéng'') is a square in central [[Jinan]], the capital of China's [[Shandong]] Province which is known as the "City of Springs". The square has length of {{Convert|790|m|ft}} and width of {{Convert|280|m|ft}} which occupies about 220,000 square meters. The construction started on July 10, 1998, and finished on September 25, 1999. The square consists of Baotu Spring Square, Shandong Celebrities Memorial Hall, City of Springs Square, Binhe Square, Sofitel Silver Plaza, Lotus Musical Fountain, Four-Season Garden, Culture Gallery, Technology Center, etc.

[[File:Spring Sculpture in Jinan 20260422.jpg|thumb|Spring Sculpture in the center of Quancheng Square]]

The famous statue, Spring, with 38.11 meter height and 170 ton weight at the center of square is designed by Tianren Wang from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. The inspiration of this statue comes from the "Spring" (泉) character in [[Seal script|Seal Script (篆)]], which is an ancient style of Chinese calligraphy. It now has become a symbol of Jinan.{{cite web|title=泉城广场简介|url=http://www.quanchenggc.com/gcjj/428.jhtml|website=泉城广场|publisher=Administration Office of Spring City Square|access-date=1 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=泉标广场|url=http://www.quanchenggc.com/jdjs/384.jhtml|website=泉城广场|publisher=Administration Office of Spring City Square|access-date=1 May 2015}}

The famous statue, Spring, with 38.11 meter height and 170 ton weight at the center of square is designed by Tianren Wang from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. The inspiration of this statue comes from the "Spring" (泉) character in [[Seal script|Seal Script (篆)]], which is an ancient style of Chinese calligraphy. It now has become a symbol of Jinan.{{cite web|title=泉城广场简介|url=http://www.quanchenggc.com/gcjj/428.jhtml|website=泉城广场|publisher=Administration Office of Spring City Square|access-date=1 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=泉标广场|url=http://www.quanchenggc.com/jdjs/384.jhtml|website=泉城广场|publisher=Administration Office of Spring City Square|access-date=1 May 2015}}

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