http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaxi_Village
people accuse it of being a potemkin village
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village
they cut the ribbon on this building just this past week
http://i.imgur.com/zT3jL.jpg
inside that building is an ox made out of solid gold
http://i.imgur.com/yRC5y.jpg
more info here:
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/10/8252200-chinese-village-unveils-skyscraper-taller-than-the-chrysler-building
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:19 (fourteen years ago)
recreating monuments and landmarks in miniature scale is nothing new in china, but I think it's neat that this village has their own! I think such monument parks are usually reserved for larger cities.
http://www.chinahush.com/2011/10/11/knockoff-famous-buildings-seen-in-chinas-richest-village/
http://i.imgur.com/YZ9Qs.jpg
the U.S. Capitol!
http://i.imgur.com/upEvm.jpg
sing it from the hillside
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:22 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/v4Ixl.jpg
where the people live!
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:23 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/y7CMnl.jpg
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:25 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yru1C-RE7lc
a youtube tour
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:29 (fourteen years ago)
the village has its own song ffs!
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:31 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/WsY4n.jpg
scary
― conrad, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:33 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/rnjZL.png
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:34 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/PYwAv.jpg
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:38 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/RFxKr.jpg
you can save money by combining the u.s. capitol and the statue of liberty into one building
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:39 (fourteen years ago)
over/under on when ox gets melted down?
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:39 (fourteen years ago)
really lovely to see the beautiful countryside shrouded in smog
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:40 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/XgPjt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/shrOe.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/roQR2.jpg
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:41 (fourteen years ago)
www.stayclassy.cn
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:41 (fourteen years ago)
looks like their house builders don't really bother with the whole 3 models with slightly different facades and paint jobs thing
― circles, Wednesday, 19 October 2011 23:45 (fourteen years ago)
solid gold ox! lol, how biblical. Moses gonna come down on this place.
― Trayce, Thursday, 20 October 2011 00:29 (fourteen years ago)
more pix
http://shanghaiist.com/2011/10/18/photos_huaxis_50th_anniversary_-_gl.php
― dayo, Sunday, 23 October 2011 13:52 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/cLHA3.jpg
///tessellation
― dayo, Sunday, 23 October 2011 13:58 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/Q3Awx.jpg
capitalism with chinese characteristics
― dayo, Sunday, 23 October 2011 14:00 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/dVUDt.jpg
― dayo, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 22:45 (fourteen years ago)
Took me a while but found it, looks mad from above
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 22:57 (fourteen years ago)
crap, that was supposed to be a map link
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 23:02 (fourteen years ago)
first person non-journo account
http://seeingredinchina.com/2011/05/02/the-first-village-of-china-a-trip-to-huaxi/
― D'Brickasquad (fennel cartwright), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 02:00 (fourteen years ago)
haha I know that person
― dayo, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 02:07 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/huaxi-village-tower-china
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Monday, 14 November 2011 12:05 (fourteen years ago)