Let’s take a brief look at this scenic spot. Qiansongba National Forest Park is located at the intersection of the Bashang Plateau and the northern Hebei mountains. It is an important part of the “First Grassland in North Beijing”, because there are tens of thousands of primitive spruces growing in the valley and gully. A new type of combined scenic spot featuring natural secondary forest landscapes of spruce and larch, hence the name Qiansongba.

As a national forest park, it has rich vegetation types and high forest coverage, and it also has the reputation of being the most beautiful forest in China. Above the sky, the clouds cover the fog, the windmills sway, the neon lights, the grass and the sky, the majestic and vastness of “one mountain sees three towns, and the sky is within reach”, but also “the sky has four seasons, ten miles of different sky” “The excitement and experience of people walking among them, the peaks are undulating, the white clouds are floating among the mountains, the goshawk hovering on the head, and the green grass under the feet.

The biggest impression of Qiansongba is the scenery here, which is different from the traditional grassland. There are mountains, lakes, sea of ​​flowers and forests. To put it simply, some of the prairie is here, and some of the prairie is not here. It is not too much to say that it is a treasure tourist attraction. Driving on the vast prairie, with blue sky and white clouds on your head, and flocks of cattle and sheep where you can see, you will feel better in an instant.

The endless green ocean, but not just green. Perhaps because of the altitude of Qiansongba, the green here presents different colors, dark green, turquoise, and emerald green with distinct levels, without any aesthetic fatigue. It seems to be a blockbuster film whenever you shoot, and all make people sigh the magic of nature.

The main attractions of Qiansongba National Forest Park are: Five Lakes Wetland, Botanical Garden, Golden Dew Plum Garden, Nanshan Wangyuan, White Birch Family, Spruce Canyon, Dianjiangtai, Spruce Lake, White Birch Lake, Valentine’s Valley, etc., all of which are dazzling white The white birch forest, the gorgeous wetland flowers on the grassland and numerous wild animals, the ancient and mysterious virgin forests and the magnificent plateau roads form a “three rings, two lakes and twelve sceneries” in the world of wonderland, which interprets spruce The beautiful and moving love story of the prince and the princess of the Birch.

Of course, I have to boast about the route design of the entire scenic area. Although the area of ​​Qiansongba Forest Park has reached 100 square kilometers, it has designed a very good self-driving tour route and viewing platform inside, which is divided into two routes, even if you drive a family car It can also easily complete all the routes, the whole journey is about 30 kilometers, and the self-driving tour is really invincible.

The last thing to talk about must be the sunrise and sunset here. If you want to see the sunrise, you will probably set off to the top of the mountain at about 4 o’clock. If the sunset in Liushugou on the first day of Beijing North is invincible, then Qiansongba National Forest Park The sunset is also not to be missed. The beauty is only in an instant, not only the healing scenery, but also the sunset and sunrise that has made countless photographers obsessed with it. The beauty is endless.

Small tips:

Address: East of Erdaohezi Village, Datan Town, Fengning Manchu Autonomous County, Chengde City, Hebei Province

Transportation: Self-driving tour : Depart from Beijing, navigate to “Beijing North First Day Road”, about 4.5 hours by car

bus: Take No. 936 from Beijing Laiguangying Intersection North Station to Fengning Passenger Transport Station (about 3 hours by car). Departure time: 06:40, 08:00, 09:00, 10:20, 11:40, 12 :30, 13:20, 14:25, 15:35, 16:30, then take a taxi to the scenic spot (about 1.5 hours)

Tickets: Qiansongba 80 yuan

Engine problems caused China’s J-20 production to be delayed. Photo: SCMP The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong, China) reported that the country has developed a new coating material for the engine, contributing to solving technical flaws and increasing the thrust of the engine. The new coating material was designed by Yuanke Energy-saving and Environmental Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Hebei Province. This material can withstand temperatures of 1,800 degrees Celsius and helps protect the engine from the risk of corrosion while ensuring higher power. The current widely used military aircraft engine in China is the WS-10, which can withstand a temperature of about 1,470 degrees Celsius and the improvement can make a significant contribution to increasing the engine’s output power. . The propeller has long been considered the “Achilles heel” of China’s military aircraft engine development program. An obvious example is the delay in the development of a new engine that slows down the production of China’s fifth-generation stealth fighter J-20. Chinese scientists have spent years trying to get the WS-15 engine designed for the J-20 to work, but still have problems with the propellers that constantly heat up at high speeds. As a result, the Chinese Air Force is forced to use Russian-made engines or an improved version of the WS-10. Both of these engines are said to reduce the combat and stealth capabilities of the fighter. The new coating material consists of a fullerene, a ball-shaped carbon molecule. The manufacturer says the coating has a “2,000-hour lifespan” and is resistant to corrosion. The special thing is that this material can withstand the heat required for the J-20 to operate at its maximum capacity.

Electricity consumption has always been regarded as the “vane” of economic operation, which can reflect economic trends in various regions to a certain extent. Recently, the State Grid released electricity consumption data for the 2020 GDP top 100 cities. Combined with the previously announced data from various provinces, the country’s latest electricity consumption map is basically clear.

Which province and city uses the most electricity? Who uses electricity to grow the fastest? Who has the highest electricity consumption per unit of GDP? Behind these data are not unrelated to the differences in the industrial structure and production methods of various regions.

Who is the big power user?

Generally speaking, among the provinces of the country,Shandong’s total electricity consumption in 2020 is 694 billion kWh, followed by Guangdong with 692.6 billion kWh, Jiangsu ranked third with 637.4 billion kWh.

This is also the first time that Shandong has surpassed Guangdong and Jiangsu in recent years, jumping two places to the first in the country. Although the sorting has been adjusted,However, Guangdong Sulu, which consumes the most electricity, is still the three largest provinces in the country.

In 2020,Guangdong GDP exceeded 11 trillion yuan for the first time, Ranking first in the country with 110760.94 billion yuan for 32 consecutive years; Jiangsu’s GDP broke the 10 trillion yuan mark for the first time, ranking second with 10.271.9 billion yuan;Shandong’s GDP is 73129 billion yuan,Ranked third.

It can be found,The electricity consumption difference between Guangdong and Shandong is only 1.4 billion kWh, but the GDP difference is more than 3,760 billion yuan, which is almost equivalent to the GDP of Hebei Province..

In addition, the electricity consumption of the whole society in Zhejiang and Henan both exceeded 300 billion kWh, ranking fourth and fifth in the country with 4830 and 339.186 billion kWh respectively.

In the 2020 national city electricity consumption list,Shanghai, Suzhou, Chongqing, and Beijing rank among the top four cities in the top 100 GDP cities with 1575.96, 1523, 1186.5 and 114 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity consumption respectively.

Except for the four cities mentioned above, the electricity consumption of the other top 100 cities in GDP has not exceeded 100 billion kWh.

Among them, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Dongguan, Tangshan, and Ordos followed closely, ranking 5th to 10th in the country. Among them, the economically strong cities along the east coast and the traditional industrial cities in the north each account for half.

From the perspective of electricity consumption growth, a number of central and western provinces and cities have performed outstandingly.

Data show that among the top ten cities in terms of electricity consumption growth, inland cities in the central and western regions occupy 7 seats. Among them, Erdos, Inner Mongolia, grew by 12.4%, ranking first in the country and 4 times the national average (3.1%).

The top ten cities in terms of electricity consumption growth. Source: Power Grid Headlines

In addition, the six cities of Chuzhou in Anhui, Mianyang in Sichuan, Yibin in Sichuan, Handan in Hebei, Yulin in Shaanxi, and Zhoukou in Henan also ranked among the top ten cities in terms of electricity consumption growth.

In terms of provinces, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Gansu, Tibet, Xinjiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and other central and western provinces all achieved an increase in electricity consumption of more than 5% last year.

According to some perspectives, affected by the epidemic last year, inland cities were relatively less affected than the eastern coastal cities with a higher proportion of export-oriented economies, and the growth rate of electricity consumption for economic operation was also greater than that of coastal areas. Big.

Whose power consumption contributes the most to GDP?

Electricity consumption is an important indicator close to the development of the real economy. The ranking and trend of electricity consumption in each city are different,In fact, to some extent, it also reflects the differences in its industrial structure and even production methods..

Generally speaking, the output value of an industry is positively correlated with its electricity consumption. However, the GDP created per unit of electricity consumption in different industries has obvious differences, and different regions have different performance in terms of electricity consumption per unit of GDP due to their different industrial structures.

As can be seen from the above picture,In most cities, the proportion of electricity consumed by the secondary industry is higher than its contribution to GDP, and the tertiary industry is conversely.In other words, the electricity consumption per unit GDP of the secondary industry is greater than that of the tertiary industry.

In terms of a province or city, the higher the proportion of the secondary industry’s GDP, the more electricity consumption per unit GDP; conversely, the higher the proportion of the tertiary industry, the less electricity consumption per unit GDP.

such as,Shandong surpassed Guangdong and Jiangsu in power consumption last year and ranked first, largely because of the different degrees of industrial restructuring in the three provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Shandong..

According to the local statistical bulletin, in 2020, the proportion of Guangdong’s secondary industry will be lowered by 1.3%, the tertiary industry will be raised by 1%, the proportion of Jiangsu’s secondary industry will be lowered by 1.3%, and the tertiary industry will be raised by 1.2%. In contrast, the proportion of Shandong’s secondary industry was lowered by 0.8%, and the proportion of tertiary industry was raised by 0.8%, the smallest adjustment among the three provinces.

Look at the city again. In 2020,The 23 trillion GDP cities use nearly 23% of the country’s electricity and contribute 37.7% of the country’s GDP. In these cities, most of the tertiary industry accounts for more than “half of the GDP”.

Comparing carefully, there are some obvious deviations.

For example, the six cities of Quanzhou, Nantong, Fuzhou, Xi’an, Hefei, and Jinan that have just entered the trillion-dollar club,Quanzhou, with the highest GDP, is 1.01 times the lowest, Fuzhou, but Quanzhou, with the highest electricity consumption, is 1.76 times the lowest, Jinan..

The electricity consumption of Suzhou and Shanghai is almost the same, but the GDP gap between the two is as high as 1.8 trillion yuan-in 2020, Shanghai’s GDP will be 3,870.058 billion yuan, and Suzhou’s GDP will be 2017.05 billion yuan..

This involves the difference in electricity consumption per unit of GDP for each city.

Take two typical representatives of Suzhou and Beijing as examples——The latter’s electricity consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP is less than half of the former.

The data shows that Suzhou’s secondary industry uses 85.56% of the entire industry’s electricity, contributing 46.53% of GDP; Beijing’s tertiary industry uses 64.68% of the entire industry’s electricity, contributing nearly 83.87% of GDP.

Obviously, a city with a higher proportion of the tertiary industry consumes less electricity per unit of GDP. It can also be said that the conversion of electricity consumption into GDP is more efficient.

However, on the whole, thanks to the rapid development of the tertiary industry and the continuous optimization of the manufacturing structure in various regions, the decline in the proportion of high-energy-consuming industries, and the gradual increase in the proportion of high-end manufacturing industries, most cities with trillions of GDP consume per unit GDP. Electricity is showing a downward trend.

Take Suzhou as an example. Since its first entry into the trillion-dollar club in 2011, its electricity consumption per unit of GDP has dropped from 1060.6 kWh/10,000 yuan to 756.8 kWh/10,000 yuan in the past 10 years. In the industrial manufacturing industry, there are six high-energy-consuming industries. The proportion of industrial electricity consumption has dropped from 49% in 2011 to 41% in 2020.

Which industries have seen a rapid increase in electricity consumption?

With the normalization of epidemic prevention and control and the acceleration of 5G commercialization, the online economy ushered in explosive growth last year. This trend is also directly reflected in the industry performance of electricity consumption.

According to the data, in 2020, the industries that ranked first in the growth rate of electricity consumption by 19 provincial-level power companies in the State Grid supply area are “information transmission, software and information technology service industries”, and electricity for base stations and Internet services. And other categories are included.

As an important construction content of “new infrastructure”, the growth rate of electricity consumption in the “charge and swap service industry” is also eye-catching-almost all state grid supply regions, provinces (districts and cities) in this industry are experiencing rapid growth in electricity consumption.

Image source: Photograph

So, which provinces and cities are growing most rapidly?

In terms of provinces, Sichuan’s “information transmission, software and information technology service industries” and “Internet and related industries” both ranked first in power consumption growth, increasing by 75.72% and 125.32% respectively. Among the growth rates of electricity consumption in its manufacturing industry, the growth rate of “computer equipment manufacturing” ranked first, reaching 43.38%.

In fact, as Sichuan’s first trillion-level industry, electronic information has maintained a good momentum in recent years.

According to data from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, in 2020, the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size in Sichuan will achieve operating income of 695.75 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.1%. The total volume ranks fourth in the country, and the growth rate is the first among the top four provinces. .

From the perspective of cities, among the trillions of GDP cities, 18 cities have achieved double-digit growth in electricity consumption in the “information transmission, software, and information technology service industries”, and 14 cities have achieved the highest growth rate in this industry (excluding Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Quanzhou, Foshan).

Among them, the performance of cities in the Yangtze River Delta is particularly outstanding-Nantong increased by 73.31%, Suzhou by 47.95%, Shanghai by 31.54%, and Wuxi by 30.1%.

When contracting with major economic indicators, there are also some unexpected electricity consumption data.

For example, in the “accommodation and catering industry”, despite the negative growth of electricity consumption in most areas of the country, there are still some provinces that achieved contrarian growth last year.

Data shows that Henan’s “accommodation and catering industry” electricity consumption increased by 5.88%, taking the first place in the “dry meal king” in 2020. Qinghai, Tibet, and Gansu ranked among them with growth rates of 4.59%, 1.63%, and 0.46%, respectively. Rear.

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Which province and city uses the most electricity? Who uses electricity to grow the fastest? Who has the highest electricity consumption per unit of GDP? Behind these data are not unrelated to the differences in the industrial structure and production methods of various regions.

Who is the big power user?

Overall, among the provinces in the country, Shandong will consume 694 billion kWh of electricity in 2020, followed by Guangdong with 692.6 billion kWh, and Jiangsu ranks third with 637.4 billion kWh.

This is also the first time that Shandong has surpassed Guangdong and Jiangsu in recent years, jumping two places to the first in the country. Although the ranking has been adjusted, Guangdong Sulu, which consumes the most electricity, is still the three provinces with the largest economic volume in the country.

In 2020, Guangdong’s GDP exceeded 11 trillion yuan for the first time, ranking first in the country with 11,076,094 billion yuan for 32 consecutive years; Jiangsu’s GDP broke the 10 trillion yuan mark for the first time, ranking second with 10,271.9 billion yuan; Shandong’s GDP was 7,312.9 billion yuan, Ranked third.

It can be found that the difference in electricity consumption between Guangdong and Shandong is only 1.4 billion kWh, but the difference in GDP is more than 3,760 billion yuan, which is almost equivalent to the GDP of Hebei Province.

In addition, the electricity consumption of the whole society in Zhejiang and Henan both exceeded 300 billion kWh, ranking fourth and fifth in the country with 4830 and 339.186 billion kWh respectively.

In the 2020 National Urban Electricity Consumption List, Shanghai, Suzhou, Chongqing, and Beijing ranked the top four GDP top 100 cities with 1575.96, 1523, 1186.5 and 114 billion kilowatt-hour electricity consumption respectively.

Except for the four cities mentioned above, the electricity consumption of the other top 100 cities in GDP has not exceeded 100 billion kWh.

Among them, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Dongguan, Tangshan, and Ordos followed closely, ranking 5th to 10th in the country. Among them, the economically strong cities along the east coast and the traditional industrial cities in the north each account for half.

From the perspective of electricity consumption growth, a number of central and western provinces and cities have performed outstandingly.

Data show that among the top ten cities in terms of electricity consumption growth, inland cities in the central and western regions occupy 7 seats. Among them, Erdos, Inner Mongolia, grew by 12.4%, ranking first in the country and 4 times the national average (3.1%).

The top ten cities in terms of electricity consumption growth. Source: Power Grid Headlines

In addition, the six cities of Chuzhou in Anhui, Mianyang in Sichuan, Yibin in Sichuan, Handan in Hebei, Yulin in Shaanxi, and Zhoukou in Henan also ranked among the top ten cities in terms of electricity consumption growth.

In terms of provinces, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Gansu, Tibet, Xinjiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and other central and western provinces all achieved an increase in electricity consumption of more than 5% last year.

According to some opinions, due to the impact of the epidemic last year, inland cities were relatively less affected than eastern coastal cities with a higher proportion of export-oriented economies, and the growth rate of electricity consumption for economic operation was also greater than that of coastal areas. Big.

Whose power consumption contributes the most to GDP?

Electricity consumption is an important indicator close to the development of the real economy. The different rankings and trends of electricity consumption in each city actually reflect the differences in its industrial structure and even production methods to some extent.

Generally speaking, the output value of an industry is positively correlated with its electricity consumption. However, the GDP created per unit of electricity consumption in different industries has obvious differences, and different regions have different performance in terms of electricity consumption per unit of GDP due to their different industrial structures.

As can be seen from the above figure, the proportion of electricity consumed by the secondary industry in most cities is higher than the proportion of GDP contributed by it, and the tertiary industry is vice versa. In other words, the electricity consumption per unit GDP of the secondary industry is greater than that of the tertiary industry.

In terms of a province or city, the higher the proportion of the secondary industry’s GDP, the more electricity consumption per unit of GDP; conversely, the higher the proportion of the tertiary industry, the less electricity consumption per unit of GDP.

For example, Shandong surpassed Guangdong and Jiangsu in power consumption last year and ranked first, largely because of the difference in the degree of industrial restructuring in the three provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shandong.

According to the local statistical bulletin, in 2020, the proportion of Guangdong’s secondary industry will be lowered by 1.3%, the tertiary industry will be raised by 1%, the proportion of Jiangsu’s secondary industry will be lowered by 1.3%, and the tertiary industry will be raised by 1.2%. In contrast, the proportion of Shandong’s secondary industry was lowered by 0.8%, and the proportion of tertiary industry was raised by 0.8%, the smallest adjustment among the three provinces.

Look at the city again. In 2020, 23 trillion GDP cities will use nearly 23% of the country’s electricity and contribute 37.7% of the country’s GDP. In these cities, most of the tertiary industry accounts for more than “half of the GDP”.

Comparing carefully, there are some obvious deviations.

For example, in the six cities of Quanzhou, Nantong, Fuzhou, Xi’an, Hefei, and Jinan that have just entered the trillion-dollar club, Quanzhou with the highest GDP is 1.01 times the lowest, Fuzhou, but Quanzhou with the highest electricity consumption is 1.76 times the lowest Jinan.

The electricity consumption of Suzhou and Shanghai is almost the same, but the GDP gap between the two is as high as 1.8 trillion yuan-in 2020, Shanghai’s GDP will be 3.870.058 billion yuan, and Suzhou’s GDP will be 2017.05 billion yuan.

This involves the difference in electricity consumption per unit of GDP for each city.

Take two typical representatives of Suzhou and Beijing as examples-the latter’s electricity consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP is less than half of the former.

The data shows that Suzhou’s secondary industry uses 85.56% of the entire industry’s electricity, contributing 46.53% of GDP; Beijing’s tertiary industry uses 64.68% of the entire industry’s electricity, contributing nearly 83.87% of GDP.

Obviously, a city with a higher proportion of the tertiary industry consumes less electricity per unit of GDP. It can also be said that the conversion of electricity consumption into GDP is more efficient.

However, on the whole, thanks to the rapid development of the tertiary industry and the continuous optimization of the manufacturing structure in various regions, the decline in the proportion of high-energy-consuming industries, and the gradual increase in the proportion of high-end manufacturing industries, most cities with trillions of GDP consume per unit GDP. Electricity is showing a downward trend.

Take Suzhou as an example. Since its first entry into the trillion-dollar club in 2011, its electricity consumption per unit of GDP has dropped from 1060.6 kWh/10,000 yuan to 756.8 kWh/10,000 yuan in the past 10 years. In the industrial manufacturing industry, there are six high-energy-consuming industries. The proportion of industrial electricity consumption has dropped from 49% in 2011 to 41% in 2020.

Which industries have seen a rapid increase in electricity consumption?

With the normalization of epidemic prevention and control and the acceleration of 5G commercialization, the online economy ushered in explosive growth last year. This trend is also directly reflected in the industry performance of electricity consumption.

According to the data, in 2020, the industries with the highest growth rate of electricity consumption by 19 provincial power companies in the State Grid supply area are “information transmission, software and information technology service industries”, and electricity consumption for base stations and Internet services And other categories are included.

As an important construction content of “new infrastructure”, the growth rate of electricity consumption in the “charge and swap service industry” is also eye-catching-almost all state grid supply regions, provinces (districts and cities) in this industry are experiencing rapid growth in electricity consumption.

Image source: Photograph

So, which provinces and cities are growing most rapidly?

In terms of provinces, Sichuan’s “information transmission, software and information technology service industries” and “Internet and related industries” both ranked first in power consumption growth, increasing by 75.72% and 125.32% respectively. Among the growth rates of electricity consumption in its manufacturing industry, the growth rate of “computer equipment manufacturing” ranked first, reaching 43.38%.

In fact, as Sichuan’s first trillion-level industry, electronic information has maintained a good momentum in recent years.

According to data from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, in 2020, the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size in Sichuan will achieve operating income of 695.75 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.1%. The total volume ranks fourth in the country, and the growth rate is the first among the top four provinces. .

From the perspective of cities, among the trillions of GDP cities, 18 cities have achieved double-digit growth in electricity consumption in the “information transmission, software, and information technology service industries”, and 14 cities have achieved the highest growth rate in this industry (excluding Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Quanzhou, Foshan).

Among them, the performance of cities in the Yangtze River Delta is particularly outstanding-Nantong increased by 73.31%, Suzhou by 47.95%, Shanghai by 31.54%, and Wuxi by 30.1%.

When contracting with major economic indicators, there are also some unexpected electricity consumption data.

For example, in the “accommodation and catering industry”, despite the negative growth of electricity consumption in most areas of the country, there are still some provinces that achieved contrarian growth last year.

According to the data, the electricity consumption of Henan’s “accommodation and catering industry” increased by 5.88%, taking the first place in the “king of dry rice” in 2020. Qinghai, Tibet, and Gansu ranked among them with growth rates of 4.59%, 1.63%, and 0.46%, respectively. Rear.

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Chinese officials can not stand the “monstrous, deformed” architecture.

This announcement caused widespread online discussion of some of China’s most notorious cities with works described as “monstrous”, “deformed”.

“The construction of super-tall buildings over 500 meters high should be strictly restricted and the construction of ‘ugly’ buildings is strictly forbidden,” the announcement dated April 8 said.

With the rapid rate of urbanization in China, skyscrapers, landmarks and tourist attractions have sprung up across the country over the past three decades. Although the announcement did not give a clear definition of what constitutes an “ugly” building, the “no ugly building” hashtag went viral on the Weibo microblogging platform, attracting more than 170 million visitors. view as of Thursday afternoon.

On Chinese social networks, users have shared photos of the bewildering architecture at home. In the comment section under a post on related media, thousands of Weibo users criticized China’s ugliest buildings, many of whom nominated the Tam Ha Thien Tu Hotel in northern Henan province. North. The 10-storey hotel, famously designed with the image of three giant Chinese gods standing side by side, is said to hold the Guinness World Record as the largest “iconic building”.

Another blacklisted structure is the Flying Kiss, a major sightseeing destination in southwestern China. Tourists can pay to go up the “crow’s nest” arranged high above, in the hands of a pair of giant rotating statues placed on a cliff, when two “crow’s nests” meet at the nearest point, du Guests on two crows nests can “kiss”.

Flying kiss in Chongqing.

A teapot-shaped structure in the mountains near Tuan Nghia, Guizhou Province

Tam Ha Thien Tu Hotel in Lang Phuong, Hebei Province

Crab Culture Museum in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province.

Wine cultural landscape in Ha Tri, Choang ethnic autonomous region of Guangxi.

Guangzhou To Na Opera House in Guangdong Province.

One Weibo user wrote: “I realized that aesthetic evaluation is too subjective to have a clear definition of ugly buildings, but these structures are too ridiculous. We don’t even need a benchmark for people to see what’s too ugly. ”

Since 2010, China’s architectural website Archcy.com has held a contest “Top 10 Ugly Ugly Buildings”, with a poll and second round evaluation conducted by experts. The “winning structures” include crab-shaped public venues, teapots and bottles of wine, as well as the Thien Tu Hotel and the Flying Kiss.

“Architecture is an abstract art, but some buildings use this enormous size to simulate animals and people, which is discouraged because of the professionalism and aesthetics,” Dong Di, says associate professor of architecture at Dong Jin University in Shanghai.

The rationale behind such designs, he says, can be complex. Sometimes, developers are looking for what’s most eye-catching; in other cases, they simply have poor taste.

“Architectural designs are usually formed by a very large group,” said Dong. “The final shape can change depending on who drives the project – the designer, the owner of the property, or the government.”

Many cities in China have had their own nicknames for the extreme looks of some quirky buildings. Shanghai’s tallest buildings such as the Shanghai World Financial Center, the Shanghai Tower and the Jin Mao Tower – are collectively known as the “three-course kitchen set” because they resemble an egg beater, one open the bottle cap and a syringe.

The headquarters of China Central Television Station in Beijing (CCTV) is nicknamed da kucha, or “big underwear” because of its angular arch.