Mini Yellow Crane Tower made of chopsticks, toothpicks  

武汉大学生用3000根筷子1000根牙签搭建成黄鹤楼

“哇！这座黄鹤楼竟然全是用筷子和牙签做的。”昨天，在湖北第二师范学院“寸草园”篮球场上，该校建材系新闻中心制作了一幢一米高的“黄鹤楼”。“黄鹤楼”耗料近3000根粗细不一的一次性筷子和1000多根牙签。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Students at the Hubei University of Education in Wuhan, Hubei province, have built a miniature Yellow Crane Tower with 3,000 chopsticks and 1,000 toothpicks, the Wuhan Evening News said on Tuesday.

The Yellow Crane Tower is a historic structure built in 223 AD. The one-meter tall replica took architecture students two weeks to make.

The pillars are made of thick chopsticks, while the walls, doors, windows, and roofing tiles are made of thinner chopsticks. The eaves are made of toothpicks.

"We cut the chopsticks and toothpicks to appropriate lengths with scissors, then we glued the parts together with adhesive," said Shang Pin, a student who participated in making the model.

The mini tower is an entry for an upcoming architecture model contest hosted by the university's department of architecture.