A Chinese theme park has built what it claims is the world’s largest penis. The 30ft totem stands at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city.

The 30ft erection, named Sky Pillar, has been built at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city.

Builders wrapped more than 6500ft of straw around the steel structure which stands on an altar atop 1250ft high Qinlong Hill.

“It is a totem of Shamanistic culture, which originated in this city,” says the president of the park, Cheng Weiguang.

He was referring to a Shaman hero named Ewenki, who vanquished a cruel female ruler and gave her a penis totem, telling her to respect males and not kill them at will.

Foot binding was a custom practiced on young females for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the early 20th century.

In Chinese foot binding, young girls’ feet, usually at age 6 but often earlier, were wrapped in tight bandages so that they could not grow and develop normally; they would, instead, break and become highly deformed, not growing past 4-6 inches. As the girl reached adulthood, her feet would remain small and dysfunctional, prone to infection, paralysis, and muscular atrophy.

When I read about it in books, it sounds strange and unkind... when I see it in person, I am shocked and appalled!

Known around the world for his installations, Spencer Tunick wants people to know that global climate change is not an abstract issue, but a hazardous threat which affects us all.

"I want my images to go more than skin-deep. I want the viewers to feel the vulnerability of their existence and how it relates closely to the sensitivity of the world's glaciers", he said.

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