Clay City (7 photos)

In the city of Tangshan (Tangshan) Hebei Province (Hebei) recently appeared attraction - Park clay sculptures. Park unique. Unique because it has no analogues in the world, made on a scale of a material, besides the number of sculptures in the thousands.



dimensions fit in the territory of 60 to 300 meters, all the figures, whether humans, horses or structure made of clay in the proportion of 2/3 of the natural size.



The author of this project was a modern, talented sculptor Shipina Qin (Qin Shiping). Inspiration came to him after seeing a series of paintings "Along the River" Song Dynasty artist Zhang Zera (Zhang Zerui). The painting shows the many faces of Chinese life from every possible color.



The idea occurred to Qin in 2005, but implementation of the plan began only in 2008. The opening was planned for the beginning of the Qingming Festival (Qingming Festival), that's what happened. All this time working on sculptures three people (including the author), the financing "construction" was carried out by the author.



Qin expects to earn at the expense of visitors, which is absolutely natural, and in wishing to survey the attraction no rebound. Viewers can move freely in the street, surrounded by clay figures and include the imagination, is transferred to the ancient times of the Song Dynasty.