Wave of Sphinx Replicas in China

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hina adds yet another sphinx to its many replica

monuments

#anzhou ho$es %o $u% i%sel on %he 'isi%or ma$ (i%h %he gian% co$ies

A huge replica sphinx has been built in China, the latest in a series of copies of the ancient

Egyptian monument in the Middle Kingdom.

As (ell as %he )noc)o *rea% S$hin+ o *iza, %he #anzhou Sil) -oad Cul%ural -elics .ar) has /uil%

re$licas o %he *ree) .ar%henon and o%her (orld (onders0

#anzhou, in nor%h(es% China, is ho$ing %he amous a)es (ill dra( %ouris%s, as (ell as %he ilm and

gaming indus%ries, reported China Daily0

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I% is 1us% %he la%es% o man co$ies o (orld amous monumen%s, and some%imes entire towns, %o

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S$hin+es o %he corn3

This s$hin+ ma no% /e %he larges% /u%, made $ar%l o corn, i% /lended (ell (i%h i%s na%ural

surroundings a% an e+hi/i%ion in Shouguang, Shandong $ro'ince, in A$ril0

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The head o %his s$hin+ 6 almos% %he size o %he *iza original 6 here se$ara%ed rom i%s /od, on %he

ou%s)ir%s o Shi1iazhuang, He/ei $ro'ince0

I% (as recen%l disman%led / local au%hori%ies a%er 5g$% com$lained %o Unesco %ha% i%s use as a ilm

and TV ilming loca%ion 'iola%ed in%erna%ional con'en%ions, %he Peoples Daily reported0



A %rue (or) o ar%3

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al%hough %his 'ersion has /een li'ened u$ considera/l (i%h some $ain%0



A s$hin+ o ice and sno(

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/uilding ma%erials, as %his gian% rozen scul$%ure a% %he Ice and Sno( :es%i'al in nor%heas% Har/in

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A %ri/u%e %o %he (isdom o The Ancien%s

.erha$s ho$ing %o reca$%ure some o %he ancien% (isdom re$resen%ed / *iza4s iconic s%ruc%ures, ali/rar in Wuhan, cen%ral China, is sha$ed li)e a $ramid, (i%h a some(ha% crea%i'e re$lica o %he *rea%

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S%raddling %(o cul%ures

-e$licas o amous Washing%on /uildings are common in China, /u% %his is surel %he onl one %ha%

com/ines %he Ca$i%ol (i%h a Chinese %em$le design0

The same $ar), in Shi1iazhuang, He/ei $ro'ince, also con%ains re$licas o %he $ramid a% :rance4s

#ou're, some Chinese ancien% /uildings and, o course, *iza4s S$hin+0

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sligh%l more modern %ools %o hand %han did %he crea%ors o %he original S%onehenge in %he UK0

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