Xinghai Square, or Xinghai Plaza (Chinese: 星海广场; Pinyin: Xīnghăi Guăngchăng), is a city square in Dalian, China. It is located to the north of Xinghai Bay. Its total area is 1.1 million m². Its name literally means "the Sea of Stars".
Xinghai Square was built in 1994. Its center looks like a star, with one White Marble Cloud Huabiao (华表, 19.97 meters high), and 9 giant dings.
For 10 days in late July-early August, Xinghai Square holds the annual International Beer Festival.
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Famous quotes containing the word square:
“Rationalists, wearing square hats,
Think, in square rooms,
Looking at the floor,
Looking at the ceiling.
They confine themselves
To right-angled triangles.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)