Nature - The best artist, but sometimes it interferes with the idea man,
and because such an alliance appear surprising places. We offer you a
selection of the most unusual parks in the world.
Park Buddhas — Laos
The park was started in 1958 by Luang Pu (Venerable Grandfather) Bunleua
Sulilat. Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat was a priest-shaman who integrated
Hinduism and Buddhism. His unique perspective was influenced by a Hindu
rishi under whom he studied in Vietnam. After the revolution in 1975,
anxious about the repercussions of the rule of Pathet Lao, he fled from
Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in
Nong Khai. Both parks are located right next to the Thai-Lao border
(Mekong river), only a few kilometers apart from each other, and the
tallest structures of the Buddha Park can actually be seen from the Thai
side of Mekong.
The statues are made of reinforced concrete and are ornate, and
sometimes bizarre, in design. The statues appear to be centuries old,
though they are not. There are sculptures of humans, gods, animals, and
demons. There are numerous sculptures of Buddha, characters of Buddhist
beliefs like Avalokitesvara, and characters of Hindu lore, including
Shiva, Vishnu, and Arjuna. These sculptures were presumably cast by
unskilled workers under the supervision of Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat. One
notable sculpture resembles a giant pumpkin. It has three stories
representing three levels - Hell, Earth and Heaven. Visitors can enter
through an opening which is a mouth of a 3-metre-tall demon head (9.8
ft) and climb staircases from hell to heaven. Each story contains
sculptures depicting the level. At the top, there is a vantage point
where the entire park is visible. Another sculpture, an enormous
120-metre-long (390 ft) reclining Buddha, is also a park attraction.
Green Lake — Austria
Grüner See (Green Lake) is a lake in Styria, Austria near the town of
Tragöß. The lake is surrounded by the Hochschwab mountains and forests.
The name "Green Lake" originated because of its emerald-green water. The
clean and clear water comes from the snowmelt from the karst mountains
and has a temperature of 6–7 °C (43–45 °F). During the winter, the lake
is only 1–2 m deep and the surrounding area is used as a county park.
However, during the spring, when the temperature rises and the snow
melts, the basin of land below the mountains fills with water. The lake
reaches its maximum depth of around 12 m from mid-May to June and is
claimed to look the most beautiful at this time. In July, the water
begins to recede.
The lake supports a variety of fauna such as snails, water fleas
(Daphnia pulex), small crabs, fly larvae, and different species of trout
(Salmo). The flora is not abundant because of the rocky bottom of the
lake. Furthermore, the lake’s depth is variable since its inflow comes
from snowmelt.
The lake is popular among divers who can observe the green meadows in
the edge zone of the lake particularly in June when the water is at its
highest. A bridge and a bench can also be found underwater. Text — Via
Park Sinners — Thailand
90 minutes outside of Bangkok sits the Wang Saen Suk Hell Park, one of
several "hell gardens" that can be found throughout Thailand. At this
tourist destination, you can pack a picnic and ramble around the
charming sculpture garden, which depicts sinners being eviscerated
wholesale in the Buddhist underworld.
After all, nothing says "sunny weekend stroll" quite like statues of
demons disemboweling the damned, arsonists transforming into snakes, and
dogs eating a lost soul's giant testicles. Also, if you've ever used
birth control, there's apparently a giant bloody vise waiting in the
afterlife. (I'm not sure if dental dams qualify one for an eternity of
squeezing.) Notes Fortean Times of this charming point of interest:
Around the giant sinners stand a further 21 life-size sinners, whose
heads have been turned into various animals according to their misdeeds.
Thieves are transformed into monkeys; the dishonest into toads; the
corrupt into pigs [...] Although often gruesome, Thailand's hell gardens
are popular weekend destinations for family days out. As well as an
entertaining way of teaching strict morality, they also encourage
donations as a form of merit-making to support the monks and the
monasteries.
One of io9's friends in Thailand further elaborated on the park's
family-friendly angle — "It's fun seeing little Thai kids running around
statues of people being eaten alive, having their guts torn out, etc.
My five-year-old cousin loves the amusement park, but is terrified of
Ronald McDonald." So yes, if Faces of Death ever went in cahoots with
Six Flags, the result might just look like this. Text — Via
Park Space Reflection — Scotland
Space View Park is located less than 15 miles directly across from the
launch pads. The Park is the first and only walk in the nation that
honors America's astronauts as well as the men and women behind the
scenes who helped America lead the world in space exploration. Located 5
miles North from HWY 50 off of US1 on Broad Street on HWY 406 (Garden
Street) off of Indian River Avenue. Text — Via
Creation Museum — USA
The Creation Museum is a tourist attraction near Petersburg, Kentucky
which presents a mythical account of the origins of the universe, life,
and humankind, portraying a 'creationist' narrative based upon a
literalist interpretation of the Book of Genesis, rather than scientific
knowledge. The Creation Museum opened its doors to the public on May
28, 2007.
The Creation Museum has been criticized as promoting "fallacy over fact"
and attempting to advance the tenets of a particular religious view
while rejecting, overlooking and misconstruing authentic science. The
museum has received criticism from the scientific community, educators,
Christian groups acquainted with the scientific method, and in the
press.
Its exhibits reject universal common descent and biological evolution,
and assert that the Earth and all of its life forms were created 6,000
years ago over a six-day period. In contrast to the scientific
consensus, exhibits promote creationist claims including the proposition
that humans and dinosaurs once coexisted, and that dinosaurs were on
Noah's Ark. Scientific evidence supports the conclusions that the earth
is approximately 4.5 billion years old, and that the dinosaurs became
extinct 65.5 million years before human beings arose. Text — Via
Keukenhof Gardens — Netherlands
Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is the world's largest
flower garden[citation needed]. It is situated near Lisse, Netherlands.
According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately
7,000,000 (seven million) flower bulbs are planted annually in the park,
which covers an area of 32 hectares.
Keukenhof is located in South Holland in the small town of Lisse, south
of Haarlem and southwest of Amsterdam. It is accessible by bus from the
train stations of Haarlem, Leiden and Schiphol. It is located in an area
called the "Dune and Bulb Region" (Duin- en Bollenstreek).Keukenhof is
open annually from mid-March to mid-May. The best time to view the
tulips is around mid-April, depending on the weather. Text — Via
Francisco Alvarado Park — Costa Rica
The park sits in front of the church at the town center. It is noted for
its topiary garden produced and maintained by Evangelisto Blanco since
the 1960s. Shrubs in the park have been trimmed into the shapes of
various animals, including some that are quite abstract and bizarre.
Iglesia de San Rafael: Zarcero's pink and blue church was constructed in
1895. The interior features very nice paintings of the stations of the
cross. Materials for the construction of the church are not what they
seem. Columns are painted to look like marble, and the exterior is metal
siding, not brick as it appears. Text — Via
Jurong Bird Park — Singapore
Jurong Bird Park, is a tourist attraction in Singapore managed by
Wildlife Reserves Singapore. It is a landscaped park, built on the
western slope of Jurong Hill. It is located within the Boon Lay Planning
Area of the Jurong district and has an area of 202,000 square metres
(50 acres). Text — Via
Kingdom of dwarfs — China
The Kingdom of the Little People is a theme park located near Kunming,
Yunnan that features comic performances by people with dwarfism.
Supporters of the park claim that it provides employment to people who
would otherwise be unable to find work, but it has been criticized for
treating dwarfism as a humorous condition. Text — Via
Chess Park — Japan
The garden was erected to celebrate the sister city relationship between
Sydney and Nagoya in Japan. Some of the interesting features in the
garden include a set of magnificent stone lanterns presented to City of
Sydney by Nagoya. It also incorporates various plants in the garden
which have cultural significance to Japanese people. For example, pine
tree symbolise long life, a plum tree represents gracefulness and bamboo
is a sign of vitality. Text — Via
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