China is taking the date of December 21 - the day the world is due to end - seriously, with panic buying of candles sweeping through counties. Malcolm Moore reports.
Lu Zhenghai began building the
65ft ship in 2010 and spent his life savings of £100,000 to build the ark for 20
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China's most famous book of prophecies, the 7th century Tui Bei Tu, makes no
direct mention of the end of the world.
But in Sichuan province, panic buying of candles has swept through two
counties in the fear that an ancient Mayan prediction that the world will end on
December 21 proves to be true.
"Candles are selling by the hundreds, with buyers constantly coming to the
market. Many stores have run out," said Huang Zhaoli, a shopper at the Neijing
Wholesale Market, to the West China City Daily newspaper.
Mr Li, the owner of the Guangfa grocery store in Chengdu, added: "Lots of
people have been buying candles recently. At first, we had no idea why. But then
we heard someone muttering about the continuous darkness".
The source of the panic was traced to a post on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter,
predicting that there will be three days of darkness when the apocalypse
arrives.
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