Many tourists jokingly call Dai Phan the village of the rich, because every house and every person owns hundreds of world masterpieces of art, but they are all fake.
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Dafen is a small village located in the suburbs of Boji, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. Western tourists visiting this place all express their delight when admiring the world-famous works of art displayed in many shops and alleys in the village. |
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Here, you can easily admire world-famous paintings such as Mona Lisa, The Last Supper... and many works by famous Renaissance, modern and contemporary artists without having to jostle like in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. |
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Of course, the paintings here are all fakes, copied by contemporary artists. The village was formed in the 1990s, when a group of about 20 artists came to live here. Their main job was to copy the masterpieces of Van Gogh, Dalí, Leonardo Da Vinci, Rembarndt or Warhol day and night. |
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The artists’ business quickly took off and they made a lot of money. To meet the growing demand for fake paintings, many artists came here to copy paintings. By 2006, the village was home to 1,000 artists. |
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Today, Dafen has about 5,000 residents who are artists, both professional and amateur, with more than 600 galleries. Every year, it produces and consumes about 5 million fake paintings. |
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Pictured is artist Zhao Xiaoyong. It only took him about 30 minutes to "copy" a famous work. He has also sold about 70,000 of Van Gogh's paintings, with prices ranging from 200 yuan (about 665,000 VND) to 1,500 yuan (nearly 5 million VND). |
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According to ChinaDaily, about 60% of fake paintings sold worldwide originate from Dafen. On the way to the village, visitors can see many artists working hard day and night. |
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However, living conditions here are considered by many to be shabby and shabby. |
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Many tourists have joked that Dai Phan is probably a village full of "rich people", because everywhere you see masterpieces of humanity. Some people even humorously compare the Louvre Museum in Paris to this "Dai Phan Museum". |
According to VNE