A Chinese man has created a
spectacular model of his sprawling hometown by painstakingly stacking up 50,000
coins - without using glue.
He
Peiqi spent a month piling up both ancient and modern coins from 11 different
currencies to make a model of Southwest China's Chongqing City, the largest
city of the country with a population of over 30 million.
The artist, from the Yongchuan District of the
city, worked for at least two hours a day, kneeling down to create skyscrapers,
roads and bridges, the People's Daily Online reports.
He told the newspaper: 'The red agate represents
the Yangtze River and the green agate is Jialing River.
'I have
paid particular attention to the main landmarks including the East Water and
Chaotian Gates as well as Nanbing Petronas Towers ie Sheraton Hotel also.
'Ancient Chinese coins, current day Chinese coins
and foreign coins have all been used. In total there are 11 types with over
50,000 coins used in total.'
He, who
was born in the 1980s, explained that he was able to get plenty of materials
for his masterpiece because he is in the coin trading industry.
He was
able to source different types by purchasing them from other coin collectors
and waited until he had enough before starting the ambitious art work. More
than half of the model is devoted to the Yuzhong peninsula.
When reporters visited his home to view
'Chongqing, how are you!', he told them, “Be careful not to touch it!' though
fear of the model collapsing.
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