A theme park dedicated to Jackie Chan is being built in his honor in China.
The construction of the theme park has begun in Yizhuang, Beijing. The Chinese star said the proposed attraction in Beijing would exhibit “all my stuff,” including his famed collection of sandalwood houses.
The actor was recently criticised on Chinese social media for donating three pieces to a university in Singapore; the remaining seven will now be assured a future in China.
Chan was otherwise unclear on exactly what else visitors to JC World might expect to find inside his proposed park, almost 2.6sqkm in size, in Beijing’s Yizhuang district. He did reveal it would be split into five sections, each offering a different “cultural experience.” Entrance to the park would be free, though certain attractions will carry a charge that Chan intends to use to maintain the sandalwood houses.
“I want to exhibit all my stuff. They may not all be worth a lot of money, but they may have a story behind them,” Chan told reporters.
“I was very poor when I was a child, so when I had money later on, I bought all sorts of things and went around the world collecting them.” The actor is also believed to have amassed impressive collections of jewellery and furniture over the course of his career, which began at the height of kung fu’s popularity in the 1970s.
Theme parks are becoming increasingly common in China. Disney will open an enormous resort in Shanghai in 2015 which has been 15 years in the planning, while the world’s first Angry Birds Park recently opened in Zhejiang province in the country’s Far East. Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks plans a resort titled the “Dream Centre,” featuring cinemas, shops, restaurants and hotels, for 2016, also in Shanghai.
The JC World will contain five major themed areas and various cultural exhibition centers filled with items Chan collected over the years.
