A group of Chinese dwarves who began living together in a village have turned it into the “Kingdom of the Dwarves,” a theme park.
The dwarven community is said to have been founded after socially ostracised midgets from throughout China became tired of bullying and opted to live together in a Kunming mountain commune, appropriately enough.
120 such individuals gathered, with membership barred to anyone over 1.3 metres in height. The village even assembled its own small fire department and police force.
Soon an entrepreneurial minded soul decided to make the village into a theme park (as an attraction in a larger “butterfly garden”) in order to attract paying customers, with the dwarves donning fairy tale inspired costumes and preparing themed “mushroom houses.”
Various performances, including singing and dancing, are undertaken for the benefit of visitors.
The dwarven themed attraction is called the “Kingdom of the Dwarves.” The wider park itself is said to be receiving 500 visitors daily, though how many are visiting for the dwarf village is not recorded.
Critics have decried the attraction as a Barnum-esque freak show, though some point out that it be one of the few avenues of employment open to the much put upon dwarves of China.
Since there is generally a genetic component to the growth disorders which collectively constitute “dwarfism,” creating a community in which intermarriage is between dwarves is encouraged may not be the best possible outcome for the community’s children, although at least it will secure their future revenues…
Via Heaven.
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Don't forget they need to import some Scottish language teachers.
By me gran'ma's hairy beard, ya' can't call ya' self dwarf if ya' don't speak like a' angry ol' Scott.
Live action Smurfs confirmed?
dwarven heaven....
Ahahahoho
That slaps me on the knee
is it just me who thinks that this is the most horrible story ive read here for quite some time, i feel quite sorry for these dwarves that have their homes turned into a freak show that they have to now live in 24 hours a day
Willy Wonka will be happy to see this !
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO!
I'VE GOT A PERFECT PUZZLE FOR YOU !
2 cats
Could become a new race.
Least we know where Willy Wonka found his oopma loompas at.
oh god...
Midget porn........... Eeeeeew!
Imo 2 dwarfs 1 cup would generate more revenue
It's a win on their counter-part really. I'm glad for them that they found their place and can leave happily together, but for god's sake DONT make the childrens please!!
I hate dwarves
Anyone know how to say "We represent the lollipop guild" in Chinese?
Or a shitload of blue bodypaint and white clothes.
These people will end up surviving a global die-off that normnal people wont because shorter = less energy needed to survive
all ancient extinctions, the largest die first. the smallest usually survive.
I may be wrong in my assumption, but I've heard before that usually when both parents suffer from dwarfism, the child ends up being born "normal" (so to speak). If that's the case, then shouldn't they encourage cross breeding? Just a thought...
According to an episode of House MD I just watched (however reliable that is I don't know, lol), there are over 200 known variants of dwarfism. Some of which are transferred genetically, and some of which aren't.
Hope they don't get depressed and start the tantrum spiral.
.....................HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi ho?
if they have their own security...wuts that tall looking guy in the 2nd pic for?
this is the best new i've heard all week.
this is the best news i've heard all week.
I seriously hope this is a joke...
Seriously...
(=^.^=)
Oh, for the Love of....
All they need now is some elves, some rheingold, and an Orchestra playing Wagner.
over 1.3 meters....hmm...
so what happens if they have kids, and somehow the kid manages to not be a dwarf? is that kid then going to be ostracized? o_O.
Idiot, dwarves can't have sex.
I was thinking the same thing. I dont think
dwarf + darf= baby dwarf in all cases..
You've never seen the porn version of Snowwhite have you?
Kusakabe Sakura, were you behind this..?
Pipiru piru piru pipiru pi!
bucket of win tiny people use the force xxD
all those dwarves and no snow white :\
Because she doesn't want to be gangraped.
What will they do with children being born with natural heights ?
they will be the chosen ones destined to fight the dragons!
I lol'd a lot.
Not to mention, they're in China.
Dragons ARE in China.
Eat 'em
Do they have tossing contests?
they will have knee bashing contest!
oompa loompa doompadee doo . . .
lol dwarf fortress
Very nice, nothing like being stereotypical to yourself.
For Khaz Modan!!!
For Khazad-dûm!!!
By Moradin's Hammer!
By Disney Channel!
By 1 take 1
^ dickhead
By Durin's Beard!
By Central Casting!
By Crom's teeth!
By the power of Grayskull!!!
By Grimrir's Axe!
LOL I wonder if there is a dragon living Nearby ;x
Hush, don't say the "D" word. You will attract the furies.
The last thing a bunch of angry little man would tolerate is a big fat white guy in a silly costume...
...
*yells* HEY EVERYONE, THERE IS A DRAGON LIVING IN THE DWARVEN VILLAGE IN CHINA!
I see what you did there.
I didnt O o
I see what you did there.
The Hobbit, nuff said.
Needs moar elves...
What about orcs?
They have them...normally called Chinese women...
3D women, you mean.
ahahahaha nice one, but isnt that the majority of women?
+9000
oh yea oppai elves
as if they need the treehuggers there, they are dwarves goddamn it.
give them a mine and a pickaxe as well as some orc skulls to bash in and they are happy!
"The Fires of Morr~Dorr!"
You forgot the alchohol, it is a known fact that dwarves regularily commit suicide without a constant stream of alchohol.
Suicide is the 4th leading cause of Dwarven death in the past decade, with the first being elephants, second being boatmurdered, and the third being other suicidal, berserking dwarves.
Good sir, you win the Internet. This is what I came looking for.
+ 100
"first being elephants, second being boatmurdered,"
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dwarf fortress is the bomb!
And note that these guys are not REAL DORFS, because REAL DORFS build their fortresses underground next to a magma pipe. Not to mention slaughter all arriving treehugger trade caravans and loot the remains.
Another traveller to the Toady One's realms.
Themed "Mushroom Houses" ?
All they need is a tall blond woman to rule them and a couple of Italian plumbers and they are all set.
I'm going to ignore the rational part of my brain for a second to tell you that this is quite possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen.
I laughed so hard after reading this that I wanted to go to confession.... And I'm an Atheist.
(Back to Rationality) I can't believe conditions for little people in China are so bad that they have to dance and sing for money. Although America HAS had it's share of "small" underpaid entertainers.
Those arent dwarves, their obviously gnomes
You can tell because they dont have big beards but are really smart
This is the greatest idea ever.
Also lots of big green pipes that lead to a network of catacombs.
Don't forget the insane tight ones where you can only access it by eating that tiny blue mushroom
I'll bring the turtle suit
ill bring the tanuki suit
Sounds really fun actually
Looks like world of warcraft
Sounds almost like the extinct species Homo floresiensis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis], recent ancestral cousins of ours, may be making a comeback (explained below)...
"H. floresiensis, which lived from approximately 100,000 to 12,000 before present, has been nicknamed 'hobbit' for its small size, possibly a result of Insular dwarfism [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_dwarfism]."
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I've sometimes wondered if H. floresiensis were really just a "Dwarven Mountain Kingdom" such as this article reports.
In theory they could have begun as Homo sapiens with dwarfism that formed their own tribe (exactly as is the topic of this article), and over generation after generation of crazy dwarf sex evolved away into a unique species.
Huh. That actually makes a lot of sense.
More sense than regular H. sapiens maybe evolving into dwarfs because of maybe iodine deficiency.
Whoa.... little people!! how cool is that.
They look more like hobbits.
Next, with funds, they shall hollow out a mountain, build massive halls inside said mountain, put a beard on every one of themselves, pick up massive axes and hammers, stockpile casks after casks of ale and build lots of forges.
Then it becomes an authentic Dwarfen experience.
So someone else who actually reads norse legends eh. But yeah in the original tales dwarves were craftsman who lived under the earth they were in the same sect of creatures as elves in fact dark elves were considered to be one faction of dwarves. They crafted a fair number of mystical weapons and even did hair replacment for the gods.
If I am not wrong, in Norse Mythology, Dwarfs were a little like dark elves.
Oh, and don't forget to add Runes! Runes on every weapon and armor! And they need Book of Grudges for every Dwarf family! And a Slayer shrine!
They're going to reinforce the great wall with Adamantite, mount it with dwarven cannons that can reach America and plunder the chinese coastline.
If they attacked China they might actually succeed in conquering it.
Captain: General! You have to mobilize the Army, a fleet of dwarves has sacked Beijing! They decapitated Hu Jin Tao with a dwarven war axe!
General: Sure, they've also got elven archers and a dragon.
Dwarf: For Khaz Modan!
It's ironic that my solution for Greenlands economic woes is the same...just with vikings plundering the english coastline.
Seeing how they said they are going to make it into a theme park if they add rides there I would be afraid to go on because of them breaking down do to China quality.
China at least has some awesome things.
Harbin is a nice place as well.
Now if only the Han weren't so dominant.
look out for Gargamel!!!
1. Founding Mountain Kingdom
2.
3. PROFIT
They created the village to avoid bullying and now their selling themselves off as entertainment. I think they've lost their way somewhere down the line. Well at least they're getting money.
It's possible that they didn't have much choice in the matter...
If only the form an Army and take over China and then the World.
to bad the place doesn't have mythril ore veins...
..and they must construct additional pylons..