Here you can find China's largest public toilet - within faux Romanesque architecture, no less - next to an imitation of San Francisco's Lombard Street. A growling devil stares down at the well-trodden lovers' walk. And there is an honour-vending system selling bottled water and pocket tissues that suffers few cheats.
Welcome to Foreigners' Street, or Yangrenjie, in Chongqing, the largest, and perhaps only, non-theme park in the country.
For many locals, this is an amusement park for cheap thrills. Brides-to-be and wannabes can pose in rented wedding gowns before a smorgasbord of exotic-locale backdrops. For couples, there is a make-believe medieval church in which to exchange vows, and a banquet hall the size of a football pitch in which to host a lavish feast.
'It's up to the visitors to decide what the theme of their visit is. We try to be all things to all people,' says Lu Xiaoqing, director of planning for Mexin Industry, the home-grown conglomerate that designed and built the park. 'Most parks out there are bound by our nation's deep-rooted cultural and mental habits going back thousands of years. We want to break free of them.'
Lu, with his slightly wrinkled grey-blue suit and slick, thinning hair, may seem an unlikely maverick. Yet he takes great pride in every detail of the park, including the unorthodox slogans such as, 'Arson is human nature. Arson can be an enjoyment', which is emblazoned on a fake storefront, down the hill from Lombard Street, advertising 'matchboxes that sell out the little boy'.
'Some visitors find our slogans meaningful,' Lu is quick to add.