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China's first silver building, built with 50,000 taels of silver.

Although silver can no longer be used as currency, it is still a precious metal like gold. In China, there is a place known as China's first silver building. It was built with 50,000 taels of silver and is entirely made of silver, which is quite spectacular! You may be curious about where China's first silver building is and what secrets it holds. Today, let's talk about China's first silver building. China's first silver building covers an area of about 26,000 square meters and is located at 256 Yongxing Avenue, Yongxing County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. The silver building in China's first silver building was built with reference to the gold building in Japan's gold capital and covers an area of 140 square meters. The building has two floors. The first floor is a column-style transparent building with a large gilded tortoise in the middle. The second floor is carved with beams and painted with rafters, and has doors, windows, and partitions. The second floor is equipped with a mandarin duck chair. Made of gilded silver, it is very exquisite. It is hard to imagine that the entire silver building is carved with beams and painted with rafters. Except for the roof tiles, all the main components are decorated with silver pieces. Even the hollow carvings on the doors and windows are decorated with silver pieces. The 50,000 taels of silver used are all recycled from waste slag, waste materials, and waste liquid from all over the country.
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