(单词翻译:单击)
This sculpture garden located in Japan was primarily unknown to the world until 2016 when a photographer stumbled upon it.
这个日本雕塑花园直到2016年被摄影师偶然发现后才为世界所知 。
There are around 800 sculptures in this park,
公园里大约有800件雕塑,
depicting a mix of Buddhist deities and what are believed to be replicas of real people.
描绘了佛教里的诸位神佛,还有一些据说是真人雕像 。
All were commissioned by a wealthy Japanese man named Mitsurou Furukawa.
所有这些雕塑都是一位名叫Mitsurou Furukawa的日本富豪发起的 。
He is said to have paid six billion yen, around 60 million U.S. dollars to create this collection in 1989.
据说,他在1989年支付了60亿日元(约六千万美元)创造了这个收藏 。
There is a large statue of Furukawa, which stands overlooking the park.
其中还有一座他本人的巨型雕像俯瞰着公园 。
The people depicted are said to be his friends and family,
据说,雕像刻画的都是他的亲朋好友,
but it is unclear if they had any knowledge of their stony replicas.
但目前尚不清楚他们本人是否知道有这些石像 。
They stand near a Japanese village,
这些雕像位于一个村庄附近,
the name of which translates to the village where you can meet Buddhist statues.
这个村庄的名字翻译过来就是“可以见到佛像的村庄” 。
Although these lifelike statues stare with blank expressions,
虽然这些栩栩如生的雕像只是表情呆滞地看着四周,
visitors say there is an unsettling feeling to this place and a concern that at night these aphogees aren't so still.
游客们还是说,这个地方会让人觉得不安,还会让人担心夜间这些雕像不会像白天那么静止 。