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| BBC: China sex museum mobbed |
| 2003-10-29 |
| An exhibition of sex-related art in Beijing has been forced to close because it has proved too popular. The show featured works of art from the past 2,000 years. Porno that is two millenia old would have very limited appeal to me. You would need a crowbar to pry the pages apart. According to the Chinese newspaper Beijing Youth Daily, chaotic scenes ensued after 200 people crowded into a small exhibition room designed to hold half that number. You would think they would want private booths or something. Security personnel had to watch helplessly as one of the glass panes of the exhibits was smashed, the paper said. The organisers then decided to shut the exhibition, although it had been scheduled to last a week. Pack it up boys; on to the next junior high school. Many of the objects on show had taken years to collect by the deputy head of Beijing Sexual Health Research Association, My older brother acquired quite a stash himself over several months until mom found the stash. What happened next was a cultural catastrophe not equalled until the US failed to properly guard a certain museum in Iraq. A sex museum in Shanghai has had a very different reception. China’s Xinhua news agency reported earlier this month that Liu Dalin was being forced to shut his Ancient Chinese Sex Culture Museum because it receives an average of only 30 visitors a day, way below the minimum needed to pay its overheads. People in Shanghai obviously have access to the internet. Local authorities in a city labelled in colonial times as the "Whore of the Orient" are reported to have hindered Mr Dalin’s attempts to publicise his NOW said they would put up with the whole footbinding thing but a porn museum was out of the question. It will move early next year to a Qing Dynasty women’s school in Tongli, a town in neighbouring Jiangsu province. Tongli is a popular cultural tourist spot and Mr Dalin hopes his 3,700 pieces will attract more visitors there. Peewee has booked a ticket I’m sure. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #2 Katze, I believe my mom burned my older brothers copy. On a serious note - what encouraged me to post this article was the contrast between the reactions of the people to the same material in two different areas of China. The article also gave me a chance to make fun of male puberty - a truly pitiful experience all around. The salvos in the direction of Paul Reubens were purely gratuitous. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-29 5:47:24 PM |
| #1 SH, ever read the popular 2000 year old book from India called Kama Sutra? Many book store carry an English translation. If you get a new copy chances are the pages won't be stuck together. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2003-10-29 3:34:06 PM |