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Don't just see the Great Wall of China, eat it
In preparation for the World Chocolate Wonderland exhibition opening on January 29, 2010, Chinese confectioners have created an entire Great Wall of Chocolate. "You have higher and lower levels and you have to fit each brick into place, one by one, to build it up, it's difficult," said chocolatier Wang Qilu. The wall reportedly includes an entire "crumbling" section, just like the real thing.
The hope of World Chocolate Wonderland general manager, Tina Zheng, as well as many of the participating chocolatiers, is that the approximately 80 ton exhibition (including other wonders like 560 chocolate terracotta warrior replicas) will boost China's chocolate industry.
"Chocolate has not been around in China that long, it doesn't have that several-thousand-year history that it does in the West which has made chocolate as common as milk or fruit," Zheng told Reuters.
The wall stands just 33 feet long, but is doubtlessly far more delicious than the actual, 5,500.3 mile wall.
If you're interested in seeing China's World Chocolate Wonderland, get yourself to the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium on January 29.
[via Reuters]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jennifer Jan 19th 2010 4:13PM
Don't eat the chocolate...it is full of lead.
Bob Jan 20th 2010 2:21PM
"Chocolate has not been around in China that long, it doesn't have that several-thousand-year history that it does in the West." Someone needs to educate this fellow. Chocolate as we know it - in candy form had only been around since 1847. Before that it Chocolate was consumed as a bitter drink - first by the Mayans (since about 250 AD) and then it was brought to Europe in the 1500's by the Spanish and was pretty much reserved for royalty. So much for thousands of years in the West.
Fred Jan 19th 2010 11:09PM
Why does China need a chocolate industry?
Noel Jan 20th 2010 12:21AM
Because chocolate tastes good and nationality has nothing to do with it!
slinky Jan 20th 2010 12:30AM
Who DOESN'T need a chocolate industry?
Donna Brown Apr 8th 2010 3:39AM
That's good Government thinking about enhance about chocolate industry. So Now we enjoy travel to Great Wall of China as well as chocolates.
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