珠海渔女

About 珠海渔女

Zhuhai Fisher Girl is a statue and landmark in the Xianglu Bay area of Zhuhai in Guangdong, China. Commissioned ahead of the establishment of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, the statue was designed by Pan He based on a local legend about a heavenly celestial being who descended to the region to live as a simple fisherwoman. Though its monetary cost was controversial, the statue was completed in 1982 and became part of the region's growing tourism industry. The statue was designated a cultural relic in 2014, and the following year the sculptor completed a companion piece with his son that depicts the fisher girl as a mother. A proposal has been made to expand the area around the statue into a mixed-purpose recreational area.

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