Xinghai Square
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Chinese character
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: 星海广场; Pinyin
Pinyin
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: Xīnghăi Guăngchăng), is a city square in Dalian
Dalian
Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It faces Shandong to the south, the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Dalian is the southernmost city of Northeast China and China's...
, China
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. It is located to the north of Xinghai Bay. Its total area is 45,000 m²
1 E5 m²
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. Its name literally means "the Sea of Stars".
Xinghai Square was built in 1994. Its center looks like a star
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
, with two White Marble Cloud Pillars (华表), and 9 giant dings
Ding (vessel)
A ding is an ancient Chinese cauldron with legs, a lid and two handles opposite each other. They were made in two shapes with round vessels having three legs and rectangular ones four....
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For 10 days in late July-early August, Xinghai Square holds the annual International Beer Festival.
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