It is one of those afflictions that affects many men the whole world over; an obsession with breasts. Freud and co. will tell you that this affinity for boobs stems from the day you first get a taste of that precious nectar from your mother.
Others might argue that since baby girls also go through this life-giving treatment, that some men just grow up to be immature little boys.
Either way, we can’t deny that a lot of men just can’t stop themselves when presented with the opportunity to grab a hold of one. Seemingly, this is the case whether they are real fleshy delights or the kind solid kind that belong to statues of famous historical Chinese figures.
Unfortunately for those who dabble with the latter, Chinese authorities see it as disrespectful and have begun cracking down on such behaviour. Several men visiting a complex of hot spring pools at Huaqing Pool, have been spotted taking photographs with their hands on one such statue recently in Xi’an city, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.
The men could potentially face being banned from tourist attractions across the country as it comes at a time when the Chinese government appears to be tightening the reins on what they call “uncivilised behavior”.
The pictures taken of the men fondling the statue went viral and garnered massive amounts of criticism for what many believed to be a lack of respect. Interestingly, there were also many others who put the blame squarely on the government by suggesting that such incidents would be prevented from occurring at all if the government had not made it reachable.
It is said that the Chinese punters who pay their hard-earned cash to gain entry to such places believe that they have every right to pose with the statues as they please.
Despite this, there was a recent incident as part of the crackdown which saw a man banned from tourist attractions for ten whole years after he took photos of himself as he sat atop the head of a Red Army bronze statue in a memorial park.
The statue which appears to have the forementioned men in a spot of bother is that of Yang Guifei, the wife of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). She is considered one of The Four Beauties of Ancient China.
Chinese history tells of how Emperor Xuanzong was forced to put his beloved thirty-seven year old wife to death by his own guards as they fled the capital city of Chang’an to Chengdu.
It is said that the guards demanded this as they blamed Yang’s family for the An Lushan Rebellion which meant they had to flee. The Emperor was forced to reluctantly order an attendant, Gao Lishi, to go and strangle his wife to death.
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