Yangzhong Puffer Fish

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The Yangzhong Puffer Fish, or the "Puffer Fish Tower" is a notable 295-foot long bronze statue in the shape of the puffer fish. Weighing 2,300 tons and reportedly costing $11 million, this statue sits on the banks of the Yangtze River in the Jiangsu Province of China. Work on this project was completed in 2013.[1][2][3]

The Yangzhong Puffer Fish sculpture is the largest steel-framework sculpture in China, and perhaps the entire world.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2013/09-27/250054.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/world/asia/as-china-vows-austerity-giant-brass-fish-devours-11-million.html?hp&_r=0
  3. ↑ http://dz.xdkb.net/html/2013-09/27/content_296963.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/27/puffer-fish-statue-state-china-decadence
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