Zhongshan Square () is a

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in the Zhongshan District of

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, China named for

Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...

(popularly known as Sun Zhongshan); originally designed and built by the

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in the 19th century. Several classical buildings are located on the square, which were built during the first half of the 20th century by the

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ese.

History

The square was originally built in 1898 as Nikolayevskaya Square (, '

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's plaza'), when the

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controlled Dalian (the then Port Arthur).Zhongshan Square and other attractions in Dalian, China
/ref> When Manchuria came under Japanese rule, it was renamed by the Japanese to 'Ōhiroba' (), 'the large plaza')—with the Friendship Square (), then known as Nishihiroba (, 'west square'), being the 'small plaza'. In 1945, after the Japanese withdrawal, it was finally renamed Zhongshan Square in honor of Sun Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen), the first president of the

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. In 1995, 36 sets of audio systems were installed at Zhongshan Square making it the first 'musical square' in China.

Design

Zhongshan Square is in diameter. Inside the five-lane roundabout there is a green zone and a paved area where people gather to dance on summer evenings, participate in foreign language corners, or do other activities. There are pedestrian underpasses leading to the inside of the square from both the Zhongshan and Renmin roads. The ten roads that radiate from the square in clockwise order are: * Shanghai Road () - north * Minsheng Street () * Qiyi Street () * Renmin Road () - east * Luxun Road () * Jiefang Street () * Yan'an Road () - south * Yuguang Street () * Zhongshan Road () - west * Minkang Street () The Renmin and Zhangshan roads make up the main east-west artery of the downtown Dalian area. East of the square is the Renmin road, passing through the hotel area toward Gangwan Square, near the

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. West of the square is Zhongshan Road, passing through Friendship Square,

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, and the City Hall, toward Lüshun.

Business center

Located at the center of Dalian's Zhongshan District, Zhongshan Square and the adjacent Zhongshan and Renmin roads are a part of Dalian's

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History

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Business center

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