悉尼將斥巨資建中國主題公園 造紫禁城門大綱

Australia's iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge are set to be joined by a new landmark after a council approved a £330 million, 15-hectare Chinese-themed park including a full-sized replica of the gates to Beijing's Forbidden City.

The sprawling park, to be built in Wyong Shire, about 50 miles north of Sydney, will also feature a nine-story temple housing a giant Buddha and a mini-city modelled on Chinese water towns.

The local mayor, Doug Eaton, said the park, to be finished by 2020, is set to become one of the country's main tourist attractions.

"Outside the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, this has the potential to be among the biggest tourist attractions in the state," he said.

"What this proposal will do is turn the Wyong shire into a tourist mecca and bring millions of dollars worth of tourism into the area, which will have a flow-on effect to the entire region's economy."

The council has agreed to sell the land to the Australian Chinese Theme Park Pty Ltd, the private company behind the project. Construction will begin with the building of the Forbidden City gates in 2015.

The park will also include a section in the architectural style of the Tang and Song dynasties and another in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

It will feature a 1000-seat theatre, restaurants and function halls, a royal villa, and a children's section devoted to pandas (which will not have any pandas).

"It is going to be a unique $500 million tourist attraction, employing more than a thousand people and bringing economic prosperity to Wyong Shire," said Bruce Zhong, chairman of the ACTP.

The project is designed to help tap into the lucrative Chinese tourist market. More than 400,000 Chinese tourists visit the state of New South Wales each year.繼悉尼歌劇院和海港大橋之後，澳大利亞即將增添一個新的標誌性建築。當地委員會審批通過了一個耗資3.3億英鎊、佔地15公頃的中國主題公園，其中包括一個仿紫禁城門建造的1比1大小的大門。

這座佔地面積龐大的公園將在悉尼以北50英里處的懷昂郡興建，公園內還會有一座九層樓高的供有大佛的廟宇和仿照中國水鄉建造的迷你小城。

當地郡長道格•伊頓說，這座定於2020年前落成的公園將會成爲澳大利亞的主要旅遊景點之一。

他說：“除了悉尼歌劇院和海港大橋之外，這座主題公園有潛力成爲澳大利亞最大的旅遊勝地。”

“這一提案將把懷昂郡變成旅遊勝地，爲該地區帶來數百萬美元的旅遊收入，這會使整個區域的經濟產生流動效應。”

委員會已經同意把土地賣給負責該項目的私人公司——澳大利亞中國主題公園私人有限公司。該項目將於2015年動工，最先興建的是紫禁城大門。

這座公園還將包括唐宋時期的建築區，以及明清風格的建築區。

公園內還會有一個1000個座位的劇院、幾個飯館、幾個多功能廳、一所皇家別墅，和一個以熊貓爲主題的兒童區（不過裏面一隻熊貓也不會有）。

澳大利亞中國主題公園私人有限公司的董事長布魯斯•鍾說：“這一耗資5億美元的主題公園將會是一個獨一無二的旅遊勝地，公園將僱用1000多個工作人員，爲懷昂郡帶來經濟繁榮。”

該項目旨在進一步挖掘有利可圖的中國旅遊市場。每年到新南威爾士州的中國遊客超過40萬人次。