![]() ![]() It didn't pass fire control inspections either before its operation started, reports said. ![]() The whole statue, however, didn't gain approval from the relevant authorities, except for its base, a two-story building called the Guan Gong cultural exhibition center. The whole project was built to boost tourism based on the image of Guan Yu and the ancient cultural background of Jinzhou, a city that was listed in the first batch of 24 famous historical and cultural cities in China in 1982 which includes Beijing, Xi'an of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province and Lhasa of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The statue stands in a Guan Yu-themed park which began construction in 2014 and operation in 2016. Qin Jun, deputy director of Jingzhou's natural resources and planning bureau, admitted that the statue is still "too big and tall," although he noted that there is no explicit height limitations on sculptures in the city's planning rules. Jingzhou has organized experts from planning, architecture, sculpture, and cultural protection areas to formulate a relocation plan for the statue, the Jingzhou government announced on Tuesday, after state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) revealed on Monday that local authorities have been turning a deaf ear to conversations about the two-year-long construction of the statute which actually didn't acquire any official approval.Ĭovering an area of 228 mu (15.2 hectares) and weighing more than 1,200 tons, the illegally-built statue measures 57.3 meters in height, surpassing almost double the 24-meter height limit on buildings where the statue is located, CCTV reported. The giant bronze statue of Guan Gong (or Guan Yu), the renown ancient Chinese general from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), in a park in Jingzhou, Central China's Hubei Province, may have to find another place to stay, after drawing criticism from China's authorities and public who said that its obtrusive size and incompatible appearance have damaged the style and historical context of the ancient city. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.The giant bronze statue of Guan Gong in Jingzhou, Central China's Hubei Province Photo: IC The Jingzhou Ministry of Housing ruled in December last year that the statue had to go. They argue the 1,200-ton statue is ugly and a vanity project that ruins the appearance of the ancient city. The statue of Guan Yu - a general who lived during the Han dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) and was later revered as a war god - was built in 2016 above a museum, but its existence has been plagued by complaints from locals and some government officials. So far, only the statue’s head has been removed. The statue, which cost $26 million to build, is being dismantled by workers in the city of Jingzhou, the South China Morning Post reports. If Xi Jinping’s Hong Kong goons don’t ease up and free Jimmy Lai, China’s economy faces even rougher watersĬhinese officials are shelling out a staggering $24 million to move a 190-foot-tall bronze statue of ancient war god Guan Yu following complaints from residents that it was an eyesore. TikTok parent ByteDance’s torrid revenue growth has slowed sharply: report Senators probing TikTok’s hiring of top execs from China-based parent ByteDance Elite NYC private schools are owned by Chinese Communist Party boss
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