A 16m-high glass church in the shape of a high-heeled shoe has been built in Taiwan, apparently in a bid to attract more women.
臺(tái)灣建了一座高16米的水晶高跟鞋教堂，以吸引女性游客。

A huge glass... what?
巨型水晶…啥？

Yes, you read that right: a glass church, shaped just like a vast high-heeled shoe as if lost by a titan Cinderella while racing through Chaiyi.
是的，你沒(méi)看錯(cuò)：一座玻璃教堂，外觀就像一只巨大的高跟鞋，仿佛有一位灰姑娘巨人跑過(guò)（臺(tái)灣）嘉義，不小心把鞋落在了這里。

Made out of over 320 tinted glass panels, the shiny blue building measures more than 10m wide and cost about T$23m.
這座閃耀著藍(lán)色光輝的建筑由320多塊有色玻璃構(gòu)建而成，其寬度超過(guò)10米，造價(jià)高達(dá)2300萬(wàn)臺(tái)幣（約合450萬(wàn)元人民幣）。

Aerial footage taken in the area also showed the size and scale of the waterfront church, including an open blue stage with spotlights.
空中航拍畫(huà)面不僅可以清楚地展現(xiàn)這座濱海教堂的形狀和規(guī)模，還能看到一個(gè)配備著聚光燈的露天藍(lán)色舞臺(tái)。

It's set to open its doors to the public on 8 February, just in time for Chinese New Year.
教堂定于2月8日（春節(jié)）當(dāng)天面向公眾開(kāi)放。

Who was the shoe-maker?
教堂是誰(shuí)主張建的？

It is the creation of local officials in the Southwest Coast Scenic Area, a prominent tourist area in Taiwan, which decided to build it last June.
去年6月，臺(tái)灣著名的云嘉南濱海風(fēng)景區(qū)決定建造這樣一座教堂。

But Pan Tsuei-ping, its recreation section manager, told the BBC that the church will not be used for regular services, but pre-wedding photo shoots and wedding ceremonies.
但負(fù)責(zé)休閑區(qū)的經(jīng)理潘翠平對(duì)BBC表示，教堂不會(huì)用于每周做禮拜，而是專門(mén)用來(lái)拍婚紗照和舉辦婚禮。

"In our planning, we want to make it a blissful, romantic avenue… Every girl imagines how they will look like when they become the bride," Ms Pan told the BBC.
“我們計(jì)劃把教堂打造成一個(gè)幸福浪漫的場(chǎng)所……每個(gè)女孩都曾夢(mèng)想過(guò)自己成為新娘時(shí)的情景，”潘女士告訴BBC。

The shoe was inspired by a local story. According to officials in the 1960s, a 24-year-old girl surnamed Wang from the impoverished region suffered from Blackfoot disease. Both of her legs had to be amputated, leading to the cancellation of her wedding. She remained unmarried and spent the rest of her life at a church.
鞋子的設(shè)計(jì)靈感來(lái)源于當(dāng)?shù)匾粋€(gè)故事。據(jù)官方記載，上世紀(jì)60年代，貧困區(qū)有一位24歲的王姓女孩不幸患上了黑腳病，不得不截掉雙腿，她的婚禮也因此取消。最后她終生未婚，在一座教堂里度過(guò)了余生。

The high heel is intended to honour her memory.
這只高跟鞋就是為了紀(jì)念她而設(shè)計(jì)的。

To attract women?
為了吸引女性游覽？

This does appear to be the reason behind the design.
這正是設(shè)計(jì)這只鞋的真正原因。

"There will be 100 female-oriented features in the church like maple leaves, chairs for lovers, biscuits and cakes," a spokesman Zheng Rongfeng is quoted as saying in local media.
“教堂為女性設(shè)置了100個(gè)特色場(chǎng)景，有楓葉、情人椅、小甜餅和蛋糕，”發(fā)言人鄭榮峯告訴當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w。

"It will be tailored to women, especially female tourists visiting the area."
“這些全都是為女性量身打造的，尤其是來(lái)參觀的女性游客。”

What women want (and actually think)
來(lái)看看女性們的真實(shí)看法

It has not been an unqualified success, at least on social media. One Taiwan netizen wrote, "Besides copying, what kind of standard does this church have?"
至少?gòu)纳缃幻襟w上的評(píng)論來(lái)看，它沒(méi)有完全得到肯定。一位臺(tái)灣網(wǎng)友寫(xiě)道：“除了模仿已有的設(shè)計(jì)，這座教堂還有什么可取之處嗎？”

Women apparently don't all want glass slippers. From another user: "Why don't people say that it's objectifying women this time…"
顯然，并不是所有女性都想要水晶鞋。另一位網(wǎng)友就問(wèn)道：“大家不覺(jué)得這種設(shè)計(jì)物化了女性嗎……”

Comments streamed in from the Chinese mainland too: "What were the authorities thinking when they commission such a hideous-looking building in the area? " said one user on popular Chinese microblogging site Weibo.
評(píng)論中也不乏來(lái)自中國(guó)大陸的聲音：“不知道當(dāng)局是怎么想的，居然建了這么一座怪丑的建筑。”一位網(wǎng)友在新浪微博上說(shuō)道。

Another user Jessie Chou said, perhaps with some disdain: "I wear flip flops anyway".
還有一位名叫杰西·周的網(wǎng)友略帶鄙夷地說(shuō)：“反正我只穿人字拖。”

But some female users leapt to its defence: "If the shoe fits, why not wear it? I like it, it looks better than most modern churches anyway," said Lao Fu Qing.
但也有一些女網(wǎng)友支持該教堂的設(shè)計(jì)，其中一位名為“老福慶”的網(wǎng)友稱：“如果鞋子合腳，為什么不穿呢？我就挺喜歡的，它看起來(lái)怎么樣也比一些現(xiàn)代教堂要好。”

Another user from Shandong said: "Most girls love fairytales, it's great that officials want to focus on women for once."
另一位來(lái)自山東的網(wǎng)友說(shuō)：“大部分女孩都喜歡童話故事。至少這一次官方考慮到了女性的需求，我覺(jué)得挺好的。”

英文來(lái)源：BBC
譯者：蒙牛歡歡乳
審校&編輯：杜娟