Furong Square has always been the center of Changsha city, and the statue of a girl playing the violin on the square stands in the rushing traffic and the changes of time, becoming a romantic symbol in the center of Changsha.
The art bronze statue on Furong Square is one of the iconic sculptures of Changsha City, a young girl is intoxicated by violin music, and her flowing hair resembles the meandering water of the Liuyang River.
In June 1986, the Furong Square of Wuyi Road was photographed from a high altitude, and the street garden at that time was located at the junction of Wuyi Road and Jianxiang Road.
Aerial photograph of the Furong Road overpass in October 1992. At that time, the construction of Furong Square had not yet begun, and the Furong Road south of the overpass was under construction.
In 1996, the construction of Furong Square had already begun, and the Hunan International Trade Center, which was about to be completed, was built north of the square with a height of 150 meters, making it the tallest building in the area.
On April 8, 2018, the 350-meter-high World Trade Plaza was topped out.
On the evening of July 10, 2018, the lights of Furong Square were bright at night, and the bustling atmosphere of the city was fully displayed.
Now the Furong Square is even more colorful.
When it comes to Furong Square, we have to mention the two main roads in Changsha, Wuyi Road and Furong Road, where the bustling traffic meets every day and rushes to all directions of the city, which has always been the core hub of the city.
In 1978, the old railway station in Changsha was still an old-fashioned train whistling by.
In 1978, Wuyi Middle Road was under construction, and only one freight outlink track was retained in Changsha urban area.
In 1978, after the completion of Changsha Wuyi Middle Road, a railway track was briefly left to cross the center of Changsha City.
In October 1978, Wuyi Middle Road was officially opened to traffic, and the vehicles participating in the ceremony passed through Furong Square.
On April 20, 1979, just as the reform and opening up and the spring tide were surging, the "Street Tower" of Wuyi Square was officially announced to be demolished and built into a street garden; On the same day, the intersection of Jianxiang Road and Wuyi Road was also transformed into a roundabout in the center of the street.
At the end of 1990, the urban railway that crossed Wuyi Road and became the boundary between Wuyi Middle Road and Wuyi West Road was officially demolished, and in October 1991, the construction of the central overpass of Furong Square on Wuyi Road was started, and it was officially opened to traffic on August 1, 1992. Subsequently, the largest civil air defense renovation project in Changsha City, Furong Palace (later known as Jintian, Yintian) underground shopping mall was officially opened.
In 1990, the old railway station tracks were demolished, and Furong Road was planned and designed.
With the rapid completion of the construction of Furong Square on Wuyi Road, the Little Swan Hotel on the east side of the overpass has also risen rapidly, when Lin Zixiang and Ye Qianwen performed together in Changsha Helong Stadium and stayed in the Little Swan Hotel, in the second half of 1993, Hunan shopping malls were officially opened to the outside world, and the new Fucheng Building was also officially sold to the outside world, in 1996, Furong Square began to start construction, and the Hunan International Trade Center with a height of 150 meters north of the square was about to be completed, which was the tallest building in Sanxiang at that time......
Opened in 1992, the Jintian Tea Art Garden has attracted many citizens who watch the excitement.
In the past 40 years, the Furong Road overpass on Wuyi Road, which was gorgeously turned from the old railway station, has a civic square full of greenery and is surrounded by high-rise buildings. With this as the center, the "Sanxiang First Road" Furong Road continues to extend, connecting Zhuzhou Xiangtan in the south and Yueyang Xiangyin in the north, with a total length of more than 60 kilometers.
From Shimao Plaza, you can see Furong Middle Road
In 2023, the "beauty" of the underground pedestrian passage of Furong Square will be new, and the romantic elements of the rainbow pedestrian passage, Changsha dialect cultural wall, and "I love Changsha" check-in point will be filled with it. Step by step, it is as if you are in a "time tunnel" that shows the history, culture and urban development of Changsha, and has become a new check-in point for citizens and tourists.
Source: Pocket Changsha
Editor: Zhang Wei