I'm not seeing the discrepancy, Glatt.

The figures look like they are part of the log.

But the tower posts look like they don't follow the grain at all. The growth rings curve around at the bottom of the picture like you would expect them to, but the tower posts are vertical grain. And tower A grain is uphill grain facing you, tower B is downhill grain facing you, and C is also uphill facing you.

The only way that could be part of the log is if there happened to be a limb growing there.
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Ming the Merciless?

Viral nova implies that this is the tree.

Apparently they stole the content from Daily Mail

It looks to me like most of the work was done in place but some of the crazier things like rigging and other intricacies were placed on structures carved in place. I need to see it live.

... back to the kind of tree

The leaves look like oak on my monitor, but maybe the original pic shows more detail.

Mr. Wolf: Were your Uncle Conrad and Aunt Ginny millionaires?
Jimmie: No.
Mr. Wolf: Well, your Uncle Marsellus is. And I'm positive if Uncle Conrad and Aunt Ginny were millionaires, they would've furnished you with a whole bedroom set, which your Uncle Marsellus is more than happy to do.
I like oak myself, that's what's in my bedroom. How 'bout you Jimmie, you an oak man?
Jimmie: Oak's nice.

I don't even know what trees grow in China, no less how big. :confused: