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Can You Guess the New Chinese Names for These British Icons?
Ever wanted to visit the Star Plucking Tower or the White Gold Splendid Palace?
Well, now you can…
A $2.5 million tourism campaign to bring more Chinese to the United Kingdom has produced some funny new monikers for 101 landmarks, and events.
British tourism agency VisitBritain ran a 10-week-long social media contest on WeChat and Weibo, and received 13,000 suggestions from the Chinese public.
By giving these famous attractions a Mandarin name, the aim is to double the number of Chinese visitors to the UK by 2020. Nearly 200,000 already Chinese travel to the UK each year, spending around $770 million.
Here are some of the highlights:
Stone Henge or Ju Shi Zhen (Huge Stone Clusters)
Stone Henge or Huge stone clusters. (Image: Rob Young/Wikimedia Commons)
Big Ben or Da Ben Zhong (Big Dumb Clock)
Big Ben or Big Dumb Clock. (Image: Robert Swinney/Wikimedia Commons)
The Gherkin or Xiao Huang Gua (Pickled Little Cucumber)
The Gherkin or Little Pickled Cucumber. (Andy Wright/Wikimedia Commons)
Buckingham Palace or Bai Jin Han Gong (White Gold Splendid Palace)
Buckingham Palace or White Gold Splendid Palace. (Rept0n1x/Wikimedia Commons)
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Jian Feu Cun (Healthy Lung Village)
The station at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in Wales or Healthy Lung Village. (Chris McKenna/Wikimedia Commons)
The Shard or Zhai Xing Ta (Star Plucking Tower)
The Shard or Star Plucking Tower. (Francisco Garcia del Val/Wikimedia Commons)
The Highland Games or Qun Ying Hui (Strongman Skirt Party)
Tossing the caber at the Highland Games or Strongman Skirt Party. (Martyn Gorman/Wikimedia Commons)
And here are a couple of extra ones for your amusement—these British icons already had Chinese names before the contest!
Benedict Cumberbatch or Curly Fu
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch played Sherlock Holmes or Curly Fu in the TV series ‘Sherlock.’ (DalWang92/Wikimedia Commons)
Mr Bean or Han Dou (Funny Beans)
Comedian Rowan Atkinson plays Mr Bean or Funny Beans. (Image: 163.com)
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