CCTV's online review of 7.15 million sculptures of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl": How could Lu Shan spend money so recklessly. It can be said that | Lushan
This year's Qixi Festival, a sculpture of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" was unveiled in Lushan County, Henan Province. The sculpture, which cost 7.15 million yuan to build, quickly aroused netizens' heated discussion. Some people complained that the sculpture was "too ugly", while others questioned "where did more than 7 million yuan go to spend". A reporter dialed the office phone of Lushan County Government to inquire about the doubts raised by the sculpture. A staff member replied with 6 "I don't know" and 1 "I'm not sure.". Is such a "one question, six unknowns" attitude arrogance and disdain to respond to these questions, or is there indeed a lack of hidden truth in the sculpture incident for outsiders?
At present, the sculpture of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" in Lushan County has been sorted out by netizens with various doubts. For example, according to public information, the sculpture project issued a bidding announcement on June 14th of this year, opened the bid on July 6th, and announced the winning bid on the same day. But a netizen posted a video on June 23rd stating that the pedestal of the sculpture had already been built. If the situation is true, doesn't it mean that this bidding is just a formality? Some netizens have also discovered that the sculpture of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" in Lushan is too similar to the sculpture of "Xiangjiang Goddess" in Changsha. Did it cost over 7 million to build a plagiarism? In addition, the design company Ruize Company was also accused of having "problems". Ma, the designer of the sculpture "Cowherd and Weaver Girl", is the founder of Ruize Company. His titles include Executive Director of China Urban Sculpture Construction Research Institute and Executive President of China Cultural and Economic Promotion Association. But according to media reports, the China Urban Sculpture Construction Research Institute has no business registration information, and the China Cultural and Economic Promotion Association has not registered with the civil affairs department. How did this pass the preliminary qualification review? As early as September 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development issued a notice on the management of large-scale urban sculpture construction, strictly prohibiting blind construction of large-scale sculptures that are detached from reality and the masses in the name of inheriting culture, developing tourism, and enhancing image. Is this sculpture of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" in Lushan County a deliberate offense?
Lushan County officially withdrew from the poverty alleviation list in 2020, and last year the per capita income of the entire county was lower than the average level in Henan Province. It can be said that there is still a lot of financial investment in Lushan to make up for the shortcomings in people's livelihoods. Nowadays, the county finance department is throwing 7.15 million yuan to build a sculpture, which not only has poor results but also has questionable procedures and suspected violations. Shouldn't we make it clear? The "past life and present life" of this sculpture has been dug up by netizens all over, how can the locals still use "one question, six unknowns" to evade it?! At present, the only way is to face the problem directly, take action quickly, investigate the truth, and give people an explanation.