Is this the juiciest ever tourism attraction? Inside the bizarre WATERMELON museum in China (thats even shaped like the fruit)龙腾网 http://www.ltaaa.com
这是有趣的旅游景点吗？中国奇怪的西瓜博物馆内部

●If you are travelling to Beijing any time soon you can now visit the China Watermelon Museum

●The museum is a tribute to love of the fruit, featuring books and comics - sadly without a real melon in sight

●Quench your thirst in the outdoor section which grows a number of real melon varieties for guests to sample

【日期】2015年6月11日

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From a ramen noodles museum in Japan, to a condom exhibition in Thailand, we thought we had seen it all - we were wrong.

If you are travelling to Beijing any time soon you can now enter the juicy realm of the China Watermelon Museum.

Not only is it the worlds only museum dedicated to watermelons, but the entire building is shaped as the succulent fruit.

从日本的面条博物馆到泰国的避孕套展览，我们以为我们已经见识过不少——我们错了。

如果你近期正在北京旅游，现在你可以去中国这间有趣的西瓜博物馆瞧瞧了。

它不仅是世界上唯一的一座西瓜博物馆，形状上也很像这种多汁的水果。

Ex-seed-ingly bizarre: If you were thinking of travelling to Beijing any time soon then youd be a melon to miss out on the China Watermelon Museum

超级古怪：如果你最近正打算去北京观光，最还别错过这个甜瓜形状的西瓜博物馆

Wax watermelons inside the China Watermelon Museum, the worlds only museum dedicated to watermelons, in the Panggezhuang township near Beijing city, China

中国西瓜博物馆里的蜡像西瓜，世界上仅有的一家关于西瓜的博物馆，在中国北京市附近的庞各庄。

Visitors are treated to 4000 square metres of exhibits about the juicy fruit. The futuristic museum is filled with pictures of people eating watermelons, books about watermelons, comics about watermelons but sadly no watermelons

Visitors can enter into 43,056 square feet of exhibits, exploring its delicious origins in southern African, to its ascent into space as part of China’s space programme.

The futuristic museum is a tribute to peoples love of the fruit, featuring books, comics and photos - but sadly without a single real watermelon in sight.

The entirety of the melons in the indoor museum are made out of wax, and represent the shapes and varieties of the fruit found around the worldwide.

Thankfully this ensures guests will not have to worry about the building smelling of rotting fruit, but they can step outside to the outdoor exhibition area to eat a number of real melon varieties which are grown there.

这个 4000多平米的西瓜博物馆，招待游客的是吃西瓜人的图片、关于西瓜的书和连环画，就是没有能吃的西瓜。

游客可以参观到 43056英尺的展品，内容包括这中美味从非洲南部的起源探索，到中国的部分外太空计划将其带出地球。

这个未来主义风格的博物馆向人展示了一种可爱水果、及其书籍、漫画和照片，遗憾的是一个真西瓜都没有。

博物馆里的西瓜都是蜡制品，来自世界各地的品种和外观。

幸运的是这保证了游客不会在这间房里闻着腐烂水果，他们可以慢慢逛到户外展览区去品尝些真正的瓜，那里种植了不少。

All of the watermelons inside the museum are made out of wax. This is because watermelons are fresh produce and rotting exhibits is something most museums want to avoid. However there is an outdoors exhibition area where real watermelon varieties are growing

博物馆里的西瓜都是蜡制品，因为不想让大家都闻到腐烂的水果气味。不过博物馆还有个户外展区，那里种着很多西瓜品种。

Visitors are treated to 43,056 square feet of exhibits, taking them on a journey from the origins of the watermelon from its birthplace in southern Africa to its ascent into space

游客可以看到43056 英尺的展品，里面既有来自发源地南非的品种，也有中国从外太空带回来的改良品种。

Step inside the Chinese museum, which is shaped like an actual watermelon

博物馆内部是阶梯式的，外形真的很像只西瓜。

The museum is a tribute to the love of the succulent fruit with many statues and wax models to gaze at

你能在博物馆里看到很多品种的蜡像西瓜

Sadly all the watermelons are made from wax, to prevent the fruit going off
真遗憾为了防止腐坏，西瓜都是蜡制品啊
Once visitors have sampled the tasty melons on display, they can read about Chinas ancient watermelon culture and old Chinese poems that make reference to melons.

Although the theme may seem unusual for a museum, the reason behind the watermelon-shaped tribute is due to the fact it is located just to the south of Beijing city, which is one of the largest watermelon producing regions in the world.

等游客品尝完展区的西瓜，他们就能更好的体会到中国古代文化和是个对西瓜的描绘了。

虽然这个博物馆有点不走寻常路，但解读其对西瓜如此崇尚的缘由也就很容易理解了。北京市区南部有一个世界最大的西瓜产区。

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3. Dog Collar Museum in Leeds Castle, Kent

4. Museum of Witchcraft in Cornwall

5. Torture Museum in Amsterdam

6. Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, Rome

7. Paris Sewers Museum in Paris

8. Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia

9. International UFO Museum and Research Centre in Roswell, New Mexico

10. Condom Museum in Nonthaburi, Thailand

11. Mini Bottle Gallery in Oslo, Norway

12. Gelato Museum in Emilia Bologna, Italy

13. Sulabh International Toilet Museum in New Delhi, India

从巫术到下水道：世界各地奇特博物馆

1、东京杯面博物馆

2、东京寄生虫博物馆

3、肯特郡利兹城堡狗项圈博物馆

4、沃尔康巫术博物馆

5、阿姆斯特丹酷刑博物馆

6、罗马的圣灵在地狱博物馆

7、巴黎下水道博物馆

8、克罗地亚萨格勒布失恋博物馆

9、墨西哥罗斯维尔国际UFO 博物馆及研究中心

10、泰国暖武里避孕套博物馆

11、挪威奥斯陆迷你瓶画廊

12、意大利冰激凌博物馆

13、印度新德里厕所博物馆

An old picture of a Chinese melon farmer. The area just to the south of Beijing city, where the museum is located, is one of the largest watermelon producing regions in the world

中国西瓜老农照片。该区域位于北京市南，是世界最大西瓜产地之一

The museum is a modern shrine to China’s favourite summer fruit. The museum is filled with facts about cultivation, breeding technology, and distribution

博物馆龛中是现在中国人最喜欢的夏季水果。整个馆内装满了相关的栽培繁殖知识

Although the museum is not necessarily geared towards tourists, as most of the exhibits do not have English translations, visitors can still be entertained by the pictures and models

虽然博物馆不是面对所有游客，因为没有配英文翻译，但是大家还是可以通过图片和模型来了解。

The novelty museum takes around two hours to explore, and guests can enjoy eating their own melon outside

转完这个奇特的博物馆要两个来小时，之后大家就可到去外面品尝西瓜啦

Outside, in the grounds of the museum there are a variety of sculptures of people eating watermelons dotted about in a grassy area grandly called a ‘Sculpture Park’

博物馆外有各种各样吃西瓜的雕塑，美其名曰雕塑公园

During one of the first of China’s space programmes, watermelon seeds had been taken into space to see if weightlessness would enhance or hinder germination

在中国的一项太空计划里，西瓜种子被带到外太空，大家想看看在失重状况下会啥变化

Located within the Watermelon Research Institute the museum exhibits 170 different types of watermelons and teaches you all about the history of this summer fruit in China

博物馆里里展示了170 多个不同品种的西瓜，他能教你了解很多这种中国夏季水果知识

In the museum are displays about Chinas ancient watermelon culture and old Chinese poems that make reference to melons

博物馆还有中国古代西瓜文化和关于西瓜的诗歌

Pictures of people with melons hung in the China Watermelon Museum

馆内人们抱西瓜的照片

The reason for this juicy museum is that the area just to the south of Beijing city, where the museum is located, is one of the largest watermelon producing regions in the world

之所以有这样一个好玩的博物馆是因为在北京市南部，有一个种西瓜的地区，他是世界最大西瓜种植区之一

译者：糯米团子