The sphinx in china? no, it's a replica
Updated: 2015-07-07 13:40
(China Daily USA)
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When traveling between Beijing and Shanghai on a high-speed train, one will notice on the way a giant structure looking like the Great Sphinx on the West bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. It has been deliberately redesigned to differ from the real one that bears the head of pharaoh Khafra, say authorities of the China Dreamland, a park in Chuzhou of East China's Anhui province, where the "sphinx" stands. The China Dreamland, also known as the Chuzhou Great Wall International Creative Park of Animation, Cartoon and Tourism, covers 200 hectares and includes imitations of famous buildings both in China and around the world. Its construction started in June 2013 and is expected to complete in 2018. The park is built to be an incubator for businesses in the industries of animation and games, film and television, and will also be a tourist attraction. The Great Wall ACG Co Ltd invested 2 billion yuan ($322 million), and is investing an additional 1 billion yuan, says Tang Zuchen, deputy general manager of the park.
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Workers construct a Epang Palace replica, whose prototype is believed to be China’s largest architectural work. |
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Workers repair the path to the Imperial Palace replica. The open space will become a rose flower garden in threemonth. |
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The park is already open to public, despite completing unfinished buildings. This move is also to satisfy the public's curiosity and profit from ticket sales in advance, |
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Workers look at the glass pyramid replica similar to the Louvre pyramid designed by the world famous architect Leoh Ming Pei, while a BeijingShanghai highspeed train passes behind at an average speed of 350 kilometers. |
(China Daily USA 07/07/2015 page10)
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