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A look at China's answer to Moai statues in Guizhou
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Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC
Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC
Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC
Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC
Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC
Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Sculptures featuring exaggerated human faces in the Yelang Valley in southwest China's Guizhou Province are shown in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

With massive sculptures featuring mythical human faces standing on the two sides of a river, the Yelang Valley, located in Guizhou Province, has been dubbed a Chinese version of the famous Easter Island. The human-shaped stone statues here are made of old pottery, tiles, stones, and other waste materials by a local artist. The exaggerated expressions of these faces are inspired by the masks of Guizhou Nuo Opera.

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