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The fairy-tale edifice of the culinary businessman 中国蛋糕大亨造梦幻城堡 As the greatest urbanisation drive in history swells Chinas cities with ranks of identikit apartment blocks, one culinary businessman is indulging his architectural appetite with a visual feast of extravagant, outlandish castles. 在中国的发展史中，私人豪华住宅区是城市化发展的一大推动力。如今，有一位烹饪商人正沉迷于一场由奢侈的、异国风情的城堡构成的视觉盛宴。 I dont have any hobbies, except for planting trees and building castles, said Liu Chonghua, standing on a crenellated turret atop the largest of the six he has constructed. “除了种树和修建城堡之外，我没有其他业余爱好。”刘崇华站在他修造的六座城堡中最大一座顶端的锯齿形炮台上，这样说道。 Liu, who made millions from feeding Chinas growing appetite for cakes and bread, now plans to make his home in the grey stone structure, which resembles Britains Windsor Castle and towers above the surrounding rice fields. 刘崇华曾经靠制作迎合国人口味的蛋糕和面包跻身百万富翁之列，而如今他打算在灰色石结构建筑中安居，这座建筑凌驾于周围的稻田之上，看起来就像是英国式的温莎城堡。 His others include a red-brick fairy-tale edifice stacked with soaring spires, which seems to have emerged from Disneys version of Aladdin, and a white confection with candy-coloured towers reminiscent of Neuschwanstein, the hilltop fantasy built by Bavarias 19th century Mad King Ludwig II. 他建造的另外一些城堡还包括：一座迪士尼版本的“阿拉丁古堡”，它有着童话般红色的墙砖、高耸的塔尖；一座有着缤纷糖果色的塔楼的“蛋糕城堡”，它使人们联想到了19世纪巴伐利亚的“疯子国王”路德维希二世建造的奇幻建筑——天鹅堡。 When I was a child I heard stories about princes and castles, said Liu, 59, adding that he grew up with an empty stomach every day in Chinas countryside and was sent to dig ditches during the political upheavals of the 1960s. “我小时候常常听有关王子和城堡的故事。”59岁的刘崇华说道，他在中国农村“每天饿着肚子”长大，而且在六十年代政局动荡之时会被送去挖沟渠。 After making his fortune, he said, I wanted to turn the castles of my dreams into something real. 他说在他发家致富后，“想要把梦里的城堡变成现实”。 Liu is one of several Chinese millionaires channelling their wealth into eccentric projects, but his designs have led to death threats and put him on a collision course with local officials in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing. 刘崇华是中国为数不多的几个将财富用于独特爱好上的富翁。但他的设想曾为他招来了他人的恐吓，并且使他与重庆