Chongqing was once surrounded by 17 great gates which were built during the Song and Ming dynasties, however due to various reasons all but 2 of the ancient gate still exist.
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To rectify this great injustice to 700 years of history Chongqing city government have teamed up with some budding designers from Tsinghua University the result is a plan to rebuild the 17 gates digitally using 500 million Yuan worth of LED lights!
The first 3 LED light gates which will represent the historic gates; Dongshui, Taiping and Hongya Gates are set to be completed and unveiled by July 1st this year.
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