This square, over­looked by an enor­mous Chair­man Mao stat­ue in the cen­ter of the city, has been spruced up. Every evening at dusk, as well as at noon­time, an elab­o­rate water show, syn­chro­nized to music, bursts out from the square’s foun­tains. Below the square is the hub of Cheng­du’s sub­way sys­tem. In the sub­way entrance plaza, a small shop­ping mall has been built, almost lit­er­al­ly under Mao’s nose.