# Jingzhou builds Statue of Badass **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169 "2016-07-17T23:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/1 "2016-07-17T23:48:19Z")
I know what I like, and I like [this](http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/07/this-statue-for-a-chinese-warrior-is-very-probably-the-most-badarse-statue-ever/) a lot: a 50 meter tall bronze statue of Guan Yu. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/2 "2016-07-18T00:11:28Z")
That is one _ **cool** _ statue. For something so big it’s remarkably fluid looking, like it could start moving at any time. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/3 "2016-07-18T00:14:14Z")
We need to get him together with [The Motherland Calls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Calls). A new race of Titans could result… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/4 "2016-07-18T01:35:32Z")
Damn, those are both cool as hell. I’m thinking we need something like that down where I-15 enters the Las Vegas Valley, so the tourists from California know they’re almost to town (because the lights can be so hard to see at night…). ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/5 "2016-07-18T02:14:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > That is one _ **cool** _ statue. For something so big it’s remarkably fluid looking, like it could start moving at any time. This is so true. He seems to only need to glare at anyone to make them quake in their boots. Badass doesn’t even begin to cover it. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/6 "2016-07-18T04:28:35Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’m thinking we need something like that down where I-15 enters the Las Vegas Valley, so the tourists from California know they’re almost to town (because the lights can be so hard to see at night…). I nominate [this guy](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/62/c9/c5/62c9c5f20a2ceaf198d7dd7a91611625.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/7 "2016-07-18T07:20:31Z")
For large statues coming to life remember Talos, from _Jason and the Argonauts_? ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/8 "2016-07-18T09:29:19Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > We need to get him together with [The Motherland Calls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Calls). A new race of Titans could result… Luckily if all the giant statues in the world come to life the largest one of all is still a Buddha statue, at 128 meters tall, not counting the base, it would dwarf Guan Yu and the Motherland Calls. > **[Spring Temple Buddha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Temple_Buddha)** > > The Spring Temple Buddha (Chinese: 中原大佛 and simplified Chinese: 鲁山大佛; traditional Chinese: 魯山大佛) is a colossal statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China, built between 1997 and 2008. It is located within the Fodushan Scenic Area, close to National Freeway 311. At 128 metres (420 ft), excluding a 25 metres (82 ft) lotus throne, it is the second-tallest statue in the world after the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India, which surpassed it in 2018 ... In fact the top 10 are all various aspects of the Buddha, except for one of the two emperors Yan and Huang. So if they do come to life we probably have to worry more about impressively loud lectures on dharma, than cities being destroyed by rampaging titans 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/9 "2016-07-18T11:14:44Z")
I used to be impressed by [this dude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan_Equestrian_Statue), but he’s now outshone. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/11 "2016-07-18T11:22:03Z")
Spam reported. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/12 "2016-07-18T13:00:55Z")
Looks like the Chinese are learning (from the Europeans) that the Great Classical times are revered for their splendid monuments, and not for any intellectual learning or social advancement or cultural achievement. The more ornate your monuments, the more you will be adored by historians, who will ignore all the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/13 "2016-07-18T13:09:31Z")
hey, I remember that name from the old KOIE title ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’. I seem to recall he was one of Cao Cao’s generals. The game classified him as a braniac, though, not a brawler. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/14 "2016-07-18T21:58:18Z")
Chuck Norris is jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/15 "2016-07-18T23:17:11Z")
I’d rather see a giant John Locke, hunched over a notebook, with a quill pen. It’s a bit of a shame that our history books are all about war and borders, possibly two of the least useful subjects to spend our time looking back on. It is a nice looking statue though. Better quality than that one in Africa. [African Renaissance Monument - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Renaissance_Monument) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/16 "2016-07-19T08:43:35Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > hey, I remember that name from the old KOIE title ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’. I seem to recall he was one of Cao Cao’s generals. The game classified him as a braniac, though, not a brawler. He was one of Liu Beis two brothers. The real Guan Yu was likely illiterate. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingzhou-builds-statue-of-badass/760169/17 "2016-07-21T01:48:03Z")
Somebody channeled Pai Mei into that! [https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;\_ylt=A0LEVv2pJZBX1FUAoU4nnIlQ?p=pai+mei&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&fr2=piv-web&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002#id=298&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimg00.deviantart.net%2F8cf3%2Fi%2F2009%2F235%2F5%2Fe%2Fpai\_mei\_mod\_for\_gen\_by\_calfasilva.jpg&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVv2pJZBX1FUAoU4nnIlQ?p=pai+mei&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&fr2=piv-web&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002#id=298&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimg00.deviantart.net%2F8cf3%2Fi%2F2009%2F235%2F5%2Fe%2Fpai_mei_mod_for_gen_by_calfasilva.jpg&action=click) [https://www.google.com/search?q=pai+mei&biw=1920&bih=940&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWjsbTt4POAhUJmx4KHTmCANwQ\_AUIBigB#imgrc=Thq1B68r2SmMHM%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=pai+mei&biw=1920&bih=940&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWjsbTt4POAhUJmx4KHTmCANwQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=Thq1B68r2SmMHM%3A)