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Longxing Temple, Chengdu, China
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Okay, that's seriously cool.
Up until you get the first leak in the roof.
Then suddenly your cool rooftop pond is in the living room. Fish and all.
Bah, that's quitting talk! Cool things are often dangerously electrified, on fire or actively exploding. Possibly all three. That's how you can tell they're cool.
Stop bragging about your sex life... ...call me!
Can I join?
Yes, but you're in charge of fire because I always end up dropping it.
Me fire good. Make big fire!
It looks like the ponds are built around the buildings rather than on top of them
I would think mosquitoes would be a bigger problem than floods. At least on a daily basis.
Not necessarily. Depends on the area, and how the ponds are set up. Mosquitoes require stagnant water to hatch, with the appropriate wildlife and water recirculation you can avoid them.
Above-ground pond?
At first I was like "cool!" but the more I think about it, it's a very simple drama away from flood city.
Heavy rain, strong wind, earthquake, cracks in the supporting walls etc.
A bit hard to tell from this photo, but to me it looks like most of the buildings are actually above the water line
The buildings around the edge are above the water line but the ones in the center are below
The amount of planning & craftsmanship is highly impressive.
Looks amazing ... but after having worked in renovations and construction for several years ... my first thought was in imagining how terrible its going to be when something eventually goes wrong. And when water is involved, eventually something does go wrong.
No surely those retaining walls will never ever leak
I'm assuming they've got some way to drain the whole thing. Because they'll for sure need it at some point.
A little excitement makes life worth living*!
*until the catastrophic collapse, of course
It's all fun and games until you have to be the one figuring out how to excavate, move, reposition and renew the drainage tile and water diversion system.
I redid my weeping tile on my house by myself five years ago ... my back still hurts. If I had to do it again, I'd ask another contractor to just bury me alongside the tile.
This would make for a cool setting for a zombie movie.
Does the round bit rotate like an air lock?
Standard puzzles for the hero to solve, I think
this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2025
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