Guangzhou origin

Guangzhou origin is the coordinate origin of Guangzhou city. It is located in the South Square of people's Park in front of the traditional central axis of Guangzhou municipal government. The main buildings and places of interest in Guangzhou can mark the orientation and distance from the origin. Guangzhou origin was built on October 21, 2010.

Guangzhou City origin landmark

synonym

Guangzhou origin generally refers to the landmark of Guangzhou origin

Guangzhou City origin marker, referred to as Guangzhou origin. The diameter of Guangzhou origin mark is about 2 meters. The material is made of granite and copper. The surrounding area is made of black emery granite. It is connected with the surrounding square ground material naturally. Copper strips are inlaid along the direction of radiation, and introduction text is engraved on the surface of granite. The inner disc is made of brass or bronze, and the surface texture pattern is similar to the jade pattern unearthed from the tomb of Nanyue King. The protruding part is polished, and the concave part is sandblasted.

brief introduction

Like the world-famous origin of Paris in front of Notre Dame, the South Square of people's Park in front of Guangzhou municipal government, which is located in the traditional central axis of Guangzhou City, is the origin of Guangzhou city. Guangzhou's main buildings, places of interest, etc. can be marked according to the location and the distance from the origin.

significance

The origin of a city refers to the "zero kilometer point" marked with the orientation of a city. It is usually located in the center, center of gravity or political and cultural center of a city, or traced back to the birthplace of urban construction. It is an important human landscape in a city. The main buildings, places of interest, etc. of a city can mark the orientation and the distance from the origin. At the same time, it is of great significance to increase the city cultural tourist attractions, further improve the city cultural taste and city popularity

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design scheme

Starting from March 2005, the design scheme of origin logo has gone through five years of repeated screening, and finally determined and completed. It is an important popular project for the comprehensive improvement of Guangzhou's environment for the Asian Games. The inner disc of the origin mark is made of refined copper, with a thickness of 2 cm and a weight of 3 tons. The surface is engraved with dragon and Phoenix jade pendants unearthed from the tomb of the Nanyue King and the design of a feathered man driving a boat, which is very rich in Lingnan culture. The surface is slightly convex, about 15 cm, 3 m in diameter. According to the introduction, visitors are welcome to step on the origin. Different from the general landscape, the origin has specially set up the trample function. As long as you step on it with flat heel shoes or barefoot, the surface will be brighter and brighter.

In the design scheme, the function of "anti-theft and anti prying" is specially added for the origin sign: on the one hand, the origin component itself is made of solid materials; on the other hand, the metal parts of the origin are anchored by concrete base, and the wired anti prying probe is embedded under the metal component by taking advantage of the advantages of the embedded pipe groove in the origin square. At that time, the park duty room or nearby security points will be equipped with relevant alarms, and the origin sign will be protected for 24 hours.

moral

Besides the origin, there is also the distance from the major landmark buildings in Guangzhou, which expresses the unity of Guangzhou city.

Related information

The landmark of Guangzhou City origin is set up at the center of the circle of the South Square of Guangzhou people's Park. While telling the world that Guangzhou has a history of more than 2200 years, it has also established the origin landmark for the urban area of Guangzhou. The total cost of urban origin construction and surrounding supporting planning is about 3 million yuan, which was completed in August 2010. What should the "origin" sign of Guangzhou look like? Members of the public can put forward their opinions online. The reporter learned from the Municipal Planning Bureau yesterday that the South Square of the people's Park on the traditional central axis of Guangzhou (Yuexiu mountain to Haizhu Square) will build an important node sign, the "origin" of the city. At present, two design schemes (Draft for comments) have been completed and published on the official website of the Municipal Planning Bureau, planning online www.upo. Gov.cn, citizens can vote online. It is understood that the people's Park is located on the traditional central axis of Guangzhou City (from Yuexiu mountain to Haizhu Square). It was built in 1918 and has always been the central area of Guangzhou city. It is an important landscape node on the traditional central axis. In 2003, in order to expand the leisure and sightseeing function of the people's Park, the municipal government extended the people's Park southward to Zhongshan Road, forming the present south square. With the development of urban construction, Guangzhou Rail Transit Line 1 and line 2 form an intersection hub here. Therefore, the South Square has become the meeting point of Guangzhou's history, culture, administration, commerce and transportation. It has become the consensus of experts and citizens to set up the "origin" here. After the completion of the South Square, the "origin" position has been reserved.

It is reported that the two plans have the same characteristics: first, they are round and convex in shape. Combined with fine Lingnan cultural patterns, they extract the patterns of "sea boat" and "dragon shaped jade pendant" from the bronze bottle unearthed from the Nanyue King's tomb. After simplification and plane abstraction, they are integrated into the surface and surrounding of the "origin" landmark, reflecting the Chinese and foreign language in Guangzhou's history Second, bronze and granite are used in the material, which highlights the texture and color of the logo, and is durable, wear-resistant, solemn and not easy to damage.

It is understood that the scheme was submitted after modification and improvement by the design unit in accordance with the deliberation opinions of the environment and Art Committee of Guangzhou Municipal Planning Commission in April 2008 and drawing on the design experience of other cities. It is now published by the official website of Guangzhou Municipal Planning Bureau and solicited public opinions. The time for soliciting opinions is two weeks (February 5-19).

Address: South Square of Guangzhou people's Park, No.2 Lianxin Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 113.264299

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