Construction of an "ice theme park" starts at the deserted mine pit. (Photo/cnhubei.com)
A deserted mine pit in central China's Hunan Province is being turned into an "ice theme park" featuring skiing, ice skating and water rides.
More than five decades of mining by a local cement producer left a pit 100 meters deep and measuring 180,000 square meters at the surface in the provincial capital Changsha.
Turning the bowl-shaped industrial wasteland into a tourist destination is challenging. Given the depth of the pit, construction workers have to use a tunnel to get concrete to the bottom.
The theme park is expected to open in 2018, according to the local government.
