--FILE--The giant statue of ancient Chinese general Guan Yu is under construction at the Guan Gong Cultural Park in Jingzhou city, central China's Hubei province, 18 May 2016. The enormous statue of ancient Chinese general Guan Yu was unveiled in June at the Guan Gong Cultural Park in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei province. The statue is 58 meters (190ft) tall and weighs over 1, 320 tonnes, and it contains over 4, 000 strips of bronze. It was designed by Han Meilin, who is famous for his designs of the 2008 Beijing Olympics mascots, and the monument is so big that there's even an 8, 000sqm museum inside it. Guan Yu lived during China's turbulent Three Kingdoms period. He carried an axe-like weapon called a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, which has been immortalized with him as part of the statue. The only difference is that the weapon now weighs 136 tonnes.
