Retiree makes Eiffel Tower out of bamboo sticks   

浙江嘉兴六旬老人竹签拼出埃菲尔铁塔(图)

埃菲尔铁塔是世界建筑界的杰作，也有不少人热衷制作它的模型。24日，记者了解到浙江嘉兴南湖区新兴街道明月社区68岁姚顺祥，就花了近4个月的时间，用6种不同粗细长短的竹签精心制作了一座1米高的埃菲尔铁塔。[查看全文]

(ECNS) - A man from Zhejiang province has made an Eiffel Tower model out of bamboo sticks.

Yao Shunxiang, 68, spent nearly four months building the one-meter-high tower using bamboo sticks of various lengths.

The retired accountant had never attempted the handicraft before, and sought guidance from a website and online audio to learn how to chop, peel and glue the pieces together.

After repeated practice, Yao designed and built a complete model of the main body of the Eiffel Tower, including the tower bottom, tower top and observation deck.

Yao got the idea for the model after his wife sent him a small bamboo house as a present.

Yao said he enjoys a creative challenge, and that his next task is to create a bamboo building for his wife.