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Julie Delahaye

Great Wall of China gets a new look thanks to quirky street art

The Great Wall of China has been given a quirky new look thanks to brand new street art.

Visitors who visit China's iconic landmark can now find images of pigs and colourful flowers adorning the stone walls.

However, the art wasn't the work of a rogue artist - it was actually commissioned by Wendy Wu Tours at the request of the Chinese Government.

The tour firm found a mystery local artist to create the striking piece of street art at the end of 2018, with a look to finish the piece by 2019 to coincide with the Chinese Year of the Pig .

The entire project took over two months to complete, and covers a 350 metre-long section of the Great Wall.

Now, Wendy Wu Tours has offered a sneak peek of what visitors can expect with an eye-catching photo of the Great Wall's makeover.

The artwork was commissioned by Wendy Wu Tours (Wendy Wu Tours)

 

Wendy Wu, founder of Wendy Wu Tours, said: "It was a great honour to be asked by the Chinese Government to decorate a section of the Wall.

"The difficulty was finding an artist who could do the work to a very tight deadline, April 1 2019, however we prevailed and found the perfect street artist with the vision to actualise exactly what we were looking for."

 

It looks like this could become an annual project too, as the firm has revealed it will be scouting for a new artist in 2020 to carry on the street artwork in 2020, to be themed around the Year of the Rat.

Want to go and see it for yourself? The street art will be open to the public from April 2019.

Holidaymakers who book on Wendy Wu Tours which include a trip to the Great Wall will also get a guided visit to the newly decorated section as part of their itinerary.

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