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No, your eyes are not deceiving you. This is a replica of London's iconic Tower Bridge, and it's definitely not located in the capital of Great Britain. Visitors to the Chinese city of Suzhou had to rub their eyes and may have wondered how the Tower Bridge ended up 5679 miles away from its home city. The only difference is that the Suzhou Tower Bridge has four towers instead of London's two, equipped with elevators and coffee shops. The bridge has become a popular tourist attraction, particularly for Chinese couples seeking a European-looking backdrop for their wedding photos. However, once pictures were released on the Internet earlier this week, the reaction from Chinese social media was mostly mockery. Suzhou's history goes back to over 1000 years, with a heritage of Chinese-style architecture, now diminishing in favor of replicas of Western landmarks. The Tower Bridge isn't the only Western building that has been copied in China. Replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the White House and the Sydney Opera House have all been erected in Chinese cities over the past several years.
The Bavarian village of Dietfurt, which has a population of just over 6,000 people, throws a massive parade with a Chinese themes every year. Residents of this small German village took to the streets to celebrate what they call the ‘Chinese Carnival’ on Thursday. Revellers dressed up in Chinese costumes and staged a parade with a dragon float, marching music bands, and dancers, and it's all because of a local legend which gave this small village a unique nickname - the Bavarian China.
Welcome to the world longest glass-bottomed bridge, which sways as people walk on the glass panels! The bridge is located between two steep cliffs at the Hongyagu scenic area in China's Hebei Province. A max of 600 people can cross the 1,601 feet long bridge at any one time. Standing at 715 feet above the valley, the bridge is about the same height as a 66-story building. Visitors must climb up 2,000 stairs, to reach the bridge, but an elevator is being built to facilitate access.
Visitors to Tianmashan Hill in Shanghai's Songjiang District are able to marvel at the Huzhu Pagoda, a thousand year old tower which leans at an angle of 7.1 degrees. By comparison, the Leaning Tower of Pisa now leans at about 4 degrees following restoration work, but even before the construction, it was only tilted at about 5.5 degrees. Built in 1079 during the Northern Song Dynasty, the 66 foot tall Huzhu Pagoda is said to tilt because it sits on two different surfaces, with one side built on bedrock and the other side built on stone ballast.
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The stunning kinetic facade of the Fosun Foundation cultural and arts centre animates Shanghai's Bund Financial Centre in a unique and memorable way. Lined with three layers of bronze tubes similar in appearance to bamboo, the front of the structure features a facade which moves around the building, continuously altering its shape. The three-storey building, which took four years to build, is the fruit of a joint project by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio.