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  • in China, there is a unique award where people bought online to pick China's 10 ugliest buildings.

  • Here are some past winners this hotel built to look like the Chinese guards of happiness, prosperity and longevity.

  • This museum shaped like a giant turtle and this art school that looks like it came straight out off the Harry Potter universe.

  • What did you find?

  • Uh, whenever you see articles in Western media about wacky Chinese buildings, chances are there in her Bay Province.

  • So how did this one part of China become the home of bizarre architecture?

  • Er, yeah.

  • Herb.

  • A province is located in northern China, just outside of the capital, Beijing.

  • With this wheat fields and factories, it is often called the for gotten province.

  • This Chinese blogger has been making travel videos about her bay.

  • He goes by shaven E a.

  • But her bay does have one thing going for it really unique architecture.

  • Er, she even got curious about a Herbie Academy of Fine Arts and decided to go to see it for himself.

  • A lunch usually in the country you can't find one way were interest to, So we decided to check out the place ourselves and meet the mind behind the masterpiece.

  • This is Zhenjiang.

  • He's the president of the art school school, opened in 2000 and two and is now home to 16,000 students learning everything from traditional sculpture and painting to modern disciplines like virtual reality and computer animation.

  • You know, uh, way you do that A good water.

  • Just here you are.

  • You, uh, I should show you that Booth come about the neighbors.

  • Quantum of, uh, found a video.

  • Jen wants his students to be able to appreciate architectural styles from around the world without having to leave China.

  • And their reviews are well mixed.

  • Some love it.

  • Some hate it.

  • Single.

  • Newman said, Go with Grandma Truman.

  • Zhangjiagang, who truly country, uh, may wanna go to the knee function Can can.

  • But how did her baby become the home of outlandish architecture?

  • Er hubby is right next to Beijing.

  • Solan prices tend to be steep.

  • A provincial government started running tourism campaigns in 2010.

  • One of the strategies was building bizarre buildings to attract visitors.

  • And as the province's flat, there's plenty of space to let your creativity run world.

  • Ashley even made more videos chronicling her base architectures.

  • Many of his followers started calling her beta key.

  • But whether you love it or hate it, the era off wacky Chinese architecture ER is coming to an end.

  • In 2016, the Chinese government banned the construction off bizarre and art shaped buildings.

  • A just that's right.

in China, there is a unique award where people bought online to pick China's 10 ugliest buildings.

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