The famous House of Music is also to be admired in the Far Eastern city of Yanguan next year: after Hallstatt, another prestigious success for the copying world champions!
The Chinese are known for their wild copies – cars, electronics, watches, all of these are deceptively real-looking, “made in China”. But that’s not the end of the Asians’ enthusiasm for clones – after the embarrassing replica of the Upper Austrian alpine village of Hallstatt in the province of Guangdong, they now want to transfer the Viennese House of Music to the Far East. A copy already exists in Mexico. An official licensing agreement between a Chinese events group and the local people responsible. After a successful pilot project in Puebla, Mexico, the absolute breakthrough on the Asian market is now expected: “Music as a universal language helps to create bridges between people. We are therefore particularly pleased to be able to realize the House of Music in China in cooperation with Wu Promotion,” says Managing Director Simon Posch. Numerous critics, on the other hand, see a sell-out of red-white-red culture. Great rejoicing in politics despite the “Hallstatt misery” Major supporters of the deal are in any case Mayor Michael Ludwig and Wien Holding as the owner. But in times of an exuberant rush of tourists, some citizens lack the necessary understanding for this procedure. After all, the number of overnight stays has recovered even without new flagships in Asia. A second Hallstatt is now feared, where the Far Eastern copy has caused even more interest and visitors. Often at the expense of the locals …
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