Latest wonder on a rooftop is a temple
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The latest rooftop architectural wonder in China is a temple that brings worshippers closer to the heavens by being on top of a 21-story apartment block.
Surrounded by foliage, the temple has glazed golden tiles and traditional upturned eaves with carvings of dragons and phoenixes, but defies convention by standing on top of the tower in the southern city of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, the Yangcheng Evening News reported.
The publicity surrounding the structure comes after a rooftop rock villa in Beijing sparked an outcry over the abuse of privilege and contempt for public safety by the country’s rich, and authorities ruled houses on top of a shopping mall in Hunan could not be sold.
Tight security prevented public access to the rooftop temple, according to the newspaper, with a fingerprint lock and cameras installed and dogs barking inside.
“The ashes from offerings often drop down,” the paper quoted an unnamed neighbor as saying.
“It’s privately built and has been there for years.”
A property agent near the compound said the top flat in the tower was worth 15 million yuan (US$2.5 million) and all the building’s residents were “either high-ranking officials or very rich people,” the paper reported.
“The owner must have some good relationships,” it quoted the agent as saying.
Authorities have failed to identify the facility’s proprietor as investigators sent to the building had been unable to speak to its owners, the report added.
“Such a rooftop construction is very unlikely to get approval,” Liu Minxing, a local official, told the paper. “We can almost be sure that it is illegal.”
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