PICTURE

'The Peach Blossom Spring' created as the biggest willow root sculpture

2017-11-16 21:57 GMT+8
 
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1 / 4   A huge root carving named “The Peach Blossom Spring” is one of the most attractive artworks displayed at Taoyuan Craft and Art Museum in Changde City, central China’s Hunan Province. /Chinanews Photo

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2 / 4   Measuring 15.88 meters long, 6.3 meters wide and 3 meters high, the artwork was declared as the biggest willow root sculpture by Guinness World Records in September 2017. /Chinanews Photo

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3 / 4   The highlight of the sculpture is not about the size or wonderful craft it presented, but the ancient story it recounts. /Chinanews Photo

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4 / 4   Based on the famous Chinese tale “The Peach Blossom Spring” written by Tao Yuanming in 421, the artwork panoramically describes the process of a fisherman’s chance discovering an ethereal utopia where people lead an ideal existence in harmony with nature and unaware of the outside world for centuries. /Chinanews Photo

 
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