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盘点中国最怪异建筑

盘点中国最怪异建筑

盘点中国最怪异建筑

　　Some love it. Some hate it. Most do both or fall in between. The modern building that looks like an ancient Chinese coin in Liaoning province's capital Shenyang rises as a symbol of the scope of sentiments about the phenomenon it epitomizes－the proliferation of China's odd architecture。有人爱，有人恨，但大多数人是又爱又恨，或者说是既不爱也不恨。在辽宁省会沈阳市，有一栋形似中国古代钱币的大楼，是中国奇怪建筑泛滥现象的“典范”。

　　CNN ranked it among the world's "ugliest buildings". The structure－also known as the Square and Circle Mansion－was envisioned by its Taiwan designer C.Y. Lee & Partners to convey the city's financial aspirations。美国有线电视新闻网将这栋楼列为世界“最丑建筑”之一。这栋楼也被称为“方圆大厦”，由台湾李祖原联合建筑师事务所设计，按照设想，这栋楼代表着这个城市在金融方面的展望。

　　As click-bait slideshows of China's "weird" buildings trend globally, those living in these structures' shadows see more local, closer-up and intimate vantages. Yet their views are also scattered along the adore-to-abhor gamut, although often for different reasons than for outsiders。一条盘点中国怪异建筑的图片新闻赚取了极高的点击率，在全世界疯传。那些生活在建筑物周边的当地人则是最有话语权的群体。当然，他们的观点也是褒贬不一的，不过原因和外地人有所不同。

　　Some consider these constructions time capsules－monuments to moments in China's development. The mammoth mobile phone clasped by a humungous hand in Yunnan province's capital Kunming has been a landmark not only since but also to the 1990s。有人认为这些建筑如同时间胶囊，记录着中国发展的每时每刻。这座手机大楼从上世纪90年代起就是云南省会昆明市的一个地标性建筑。

　　Xingyao Cellphone City's facade is pre-touchscreen－it harks to the brick-phone era. Its 15 "buttons" are windows and the "screen" is a colossal display advertising gizmos。星耀手机城的正面还没有进入触屏时代——它代表的是直板手机时代。上面的15个“按键”是窗户，“显示屏”是一个巨大的广告展板。

　　The sought-after title of the biggest teapot building in China goes to the Meitan Tea Museum in southern Guizhou province, which towers 74m as a proud symbol of the “hometown of Chinese green tea”. Coming complete with a neighbouring tea-cup building。那个被人们争来争去的“中国最大茶壶楼”头衔被贵州南部的湄潭茶叶博物馆摘得。这栋“茶壶楼”高74米，是“中国绿茶之乡”引以为豪的标志，“茶壶楼”的旁边是一栋配套的“茶杯楼”。

　　It trounces the previous Guinness World Record for the Largest Teapot Monument (yes, there is such a category)， which was set by the Chester Teapot, built in West Virginia in 1938 – which stands just four metres high。这栋楼打破了最大茶壶纪念碑的吉尼斯世界纪录(是的，确实有这样一个分类)，该项记录的前持有者是西弗吉尼亚的“柴郡茶壶”，位于西弗吉尼亚，只有四米高。

（沪江英语）