Huaxi Village unveils replica of Palace Museum   

华西村建成中国首家1:1仿故宫元素村级博物馆

江苏华西村新落成的华西艺术博物馆29日迎来首批游客。继建成“长城”、“凯旋门”等景点后，这座1:1效仿中国著名建筑故宫太和殿、乾清宫等式样的博物馆再度让“财大气粗”的天下第一村成为焦点。

Wuxi (CNS) -- An original-scale replica of the Palace Museum located in China's "richest" village welcomed its first batch of tourists on Thursday.

The Huaxi Art Museum consists of several replicas of historic buildings in the Forbidden City, including the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Donghua Gate and the Turret of the Palace Museum.

Thousands of cultural relics including paintings, calligraphies, ancient ceramics and carved jades are also on display.

Located in Jiangsu Province, replicas of Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall and the Confucius Temple can be found in the World Park of Huaxi Village, known as a "model socialist village."

Wu Xie'en, the village chief, said that investments in the past few years have brought substantial profits and more than two million tourists annually.