The sphinx in china? no, it's a replica zhu lixin
Updated: 2015-07-04 08:40
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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