When is the best time to visit Tianyi Square?
Best time for Tianyi Square: All year round
Ningbo Tianyi Square starts from Chejiao Street in the east, Kaiming Street in the west, Zhongshan East Road in the north, and medicine store in the south Street, with a total area of 19.6 hectares, is a first-class large-scale urban commercial plaza in China that integrates leisure, commerce, tourism, catering and shopping. The square integrates shopping, leisure, entertainment, culture and tourism. It is known as Ningbo's commercial aircraft carrier and is another bright business card of Ningbo city. The transparent square building, a pool of clear water, and a 3.6-hectare urban green space make Tianyi Square full of modern commercial atmosphere and provide citizens with an elegant leisure and entertainment center.
Tianyi Plaza, with a total investment of 1.4 billion yuan, is located on the south side of Zhongshan East Road, a bustling commercial street in the center of Ningbo. It covers an area of 200,000 square meters and a total construction area of 220,000 square meters. The main building consists of 22 European-style buildings. It consists of a complex of modern buildings. The entire area was jointly designed by the American Mormoda Design Office and Ningbo Architectural Design Institute. Tianyi Square includes ten large commercial areas and a central square. The central square covers an area of 35,000 square meters, with a landscaped water area of 6,000 square meters. It is also equipped with Asia's first musical fountain with a total length of more than 200 meters and a highest water spray of 40 meters, and a large screen that is 20 meters high and 60 meters wide. Water curtain movie.
Tianyi Plaza was designed by the American Mormoda Design Office and Ningbo Architectural Design Institute, introducing urban design concepts and focusing on the coordination of the overall effect and the surrounding environment. The main buildings around the square are composed of 22 distinctive low-rise buildings with different styles, making the 35,000-square-meter central square wider and more imposing, and also highlighting the high-rise buildings around the square. All the buildings in the square are arranged in a circular shape along the central square, and are symmetrically distributed with the Zhongshan intersection as the axis from north to south. The southwest oblique axis runs directly from the intersection of Kaiming Street to Sanjiangkou, forming a strong modern atmosphere.
At the main entrance of Gate 1, Zhongshan Road, there are six Canadian date palm trees from Australia, about 100 years old, with graceful branches and vivid images. They are the welcome trees of the square. Tianyi Plaza has three themes: water-friendly, green and modern. The greening rate of the square is 32%. It is like a green island in the city. The green theme of Tianyi Plaza is extraordinarily enchanting.
After entering from the main entrance, there is a 35,000-square-meter leisure and performance central square. The square is wide and magnificent, and the towering roof of the Gothic church can be seen to the south. This church is based on the Yaoxing Street Catholic Church built in Lingqiao Gate by the French missionary Guo Zhongchuan in 1702. The expansion was completed in 1997 and completed in 2000. The hall ridge is 31 meters high and the bell tower is 66 meters high. It adopts top shapes and colored window glass. It is a typical Gothic building.
After entering the square and crossing two parallel small bridges, you will find Asia's largest musical fountain and a super large water screen movie. The waterscape system with a total investment of 40 million yuan is L-shaped, with a total length of 200 meters, and the main fountain is 95 meters long, echoing the center stage of the square. The core of the main fountain is the fountain known as Optimus Prime between the two bridges. A large-diameter nozzle shoots a water column with a diameter of 38 mm, and the spray height can reach 40 meters, forming a pillar that can reach the sky; the entire musical fountain has 2,000 nozzles and more than 400 water pumps, all controlled by computers and using the current international The most advanced high-pressure air pump laser music fountain technology in the world. With the cooperation of laser and music, the fountain can eject crystal clear water columns and water sprays at high speed, and can combine dazzling high altitude styles, waltz styles, Hundreds of fountain styles such as butterfly spreading wings form a breathtaking water world; at the same time, the water lanterns that complement the fountain also shine. As the music changes, a red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple water light stage is transparent. Bright, like a fairyland, it is dizzying and admirable.
On both sides of the square, the jet water walls form a fan-shaped water curtain 20 meters high and 60 meters wide. A beam and laser from the opposite building are projected on the crystal clear water curtain. , water droplets are like sleet, and the colorful light beams and the water curtain complement each other, forming a group of vivid and lively pictures. This is the large-screen water curtain movie of Tianyi Square. The landscape portraits in the huge water curtain movie are clear and perceptible, and they are blurry. It's like a dream, but also as if it's within reach, it's amazing.
On both sides of the central square, there are 4 iconic metal landscape lamp posts, which can emit strong lasers and spray smoke of various colors at night; the lasers are changeable and the smoke is exquisite; at night, there are also There are hundreds of floor lanterns. It is not too much to compare the square to the night sky and the dots of floor lanterns to the stars. People feel like walking in the stars. The night is colorful and colorful, like a dream, and it is wonderful.
The central square, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, is a place for citizens and tourists to watch performances and relax. The central stage on the front is divided into three platforms, with a total area of 1,500 square meters. There are fan-shaped steps on both sides, and The center stage is in the shape of a T, with steps all around to go up and down. This stage is the largest and best outdoor performing arts stage in Ningbo and has become a happy place for citizens.
Between the food area and the Tesco supermarket on the east side of the square, there is a 180-meter-long Crystal Street. This is an ingenious design by the designer. The unique building and crystal corridor are unique in the country. , sparkling, gurgling water, trickling fountains, leisurely lights, and wooden footbridges connecting both sides of Crystal Street, adding an exotic and leisurely interest, making people feel like they are on the banks of the beautiful Seine River, fully It shows a beautiful picture of the harmony between man and nature.
In the garment area on the northwest side of the square, there is an ancient building, the Yaohuang Hall, which was built in the 47th year of Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1708). The palace is dedicated to the Yaohuang Emperor Shennong. The Yaohuang Hall plays an important role in the history of medicine in Ningbo. Not only does it enshrine Shennong, but it has also become an important place for medicinal materials and famous doctors from the north and south of Ningbo to gather and hold meetings in modern times. The main hall of the main building that still exists now covers an area of about 1,600 square meters. During the construction of Tianyi Square, the building was repaired and preserved many exquisite wood carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings and other patterns in the hall. The statue of the Medicine Emperor Shennong was also reshaped. Now Yaohuangdian has become the pharmacy of Ningbo Dahongying Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and is also an exhibition hall of Ningbo’s pharmaceutical history.
Next to the Yaohuang Hall, there is a pair of stone sculptures from the Song and Yuan Dynasties that were unearthed during the construction of Tianyi Square to protect these two giants. A stele pavilion imitating the Song Dynasty style was specially built here for proper protection and for tourists to visit. At that time, 18 ancient silver ingots with research value were also unearthed on this Feng Shui treasure land. They were engraved with the words Huayin, Jinhuayin, etc., indicating that this was a place where merchants gathered in ancient times. Tianyi Square retains these relics in order to allow tourists to experience modern civilization while also feeling the profound accumulation of history.
Tianyi Plaza is currently the largest one-stop shopping commercial plaza in China. It has 10 commercial areas, namely supermarket area, department store area, boutique area, clothing area, children's area, digital area, and hotel area. , entertainment area, food area and comprehensive area, with more than 300 large, medium and small stores concentrated. Among them, the boutique area brings together a number of world-famous brands. Tianyi Plaza has basic tourism elements such as food, transportation, entertainment, shopping, and travel. It is the most dynamic and fashionable commercial plaza and the latest commercial form in the center of Ningbo. It is a paradise for customers to shop and a good place for tourists to travel and relax. place.