Some love it. Some hate it. Most do both or fall in between. The modern building that looks like an ancient Chinese coin in Liaoning province's capital Shenyang rises as a symbol of the scope of sentiments about the phenomenon it epitomizes-the proliferation of China's odd architecture.

有人爱，有人恨，但大多数人是又爱又恨，或者说是既不爱也不恨。在辽宁省会沈阳市，有一栋形似中国古代钱币的大楼，是中国奇怪建筑泛滥现象的“典范”。

CNN ranked it among the world's "ugliest buildings". The structure-also known as the Square and Circle Mansion-was envisioned by its Taiwan designer C.Y. Lee & Partners to convey the city's financial aspirations¹.

美国有线电视新闻网将这栋楼列为世界“最丑建筑”之一。这栋楼也被称为“方圆大厦”，由台湾李祖原联合建筑师事务所设计，按照设想，这栋楼代表着这个城市在金融方面的展望。

As click-bait slideshows of China's "weird²" buildings trend globally, those living in these structures' shadows see more local, closer-up and intimate vantages. Yet their views are also scattered³ along the adore-to-abhor gamut⁴, although often for different reasons than for outsiders.

一条盘点中国怪异建筑的图片新闻赚取了极高的点击率，在全世界疯传。那些生活在建筑物周边的当地人则是最有话语权的群体。当然，他们的观点也是褒贬不一的，不过原因和外地人有所不同。

Some consider these constructions time capsules-monuments to moments in China's development. The mammoth⁵ mobile phone clasped by a humungous hand in Yunnan province's capital Kunming has been a landmark⁶ not only since but also to the 1990s.

有人认为这些建筑如同时间胶囊，记录着中国发展的每时每刻。这座手机大楼从上世纪90年代起就是云南省会昆明市的一个地标性建筑。

Xingyao Cellphone City's facade⁷ is pre-touchscreen-it harks to the brick-phone era. Its 15 "buttons" are windows and the "screen" is a colossal⁸ display advertising⁹ gizmos.

星耀手机城的正面还没有进入触屏时代——它代表的是直板手机时代。上面的15个“按键”是窗户，“显示屏”是一个巨大的广告展板。

The sought-after title of the biggest teapot building in China goes to the Meitan Tea Museum in southern Guizhou province, which towers 74m as a proud symbol of the “hometown of Chinese green tea”. Coming complete with a neighbouring tea-cup building.

那个被人们争来争去的“中国最大茶壶楼”头衔被贵州南部的湄潭茶叶博物馆摘得。这栋“茶壶楼”高74米，是“中国绿茶之乡”引以为豪的标志，“茶壶楼”的旁边是一栋配套的“茶杯楼”。

It trounces the previous Guinness World Record for the Largest Teapot Monument (yes, there is such a category), which was set by the Chester Teapot, built in West Virginia in 1938 – which stands just four metres high.

这栋楼打破了最大茶壶纪念碑的吉尼斯世界纪录(是的，确实有这样一个分类)，该项记录的前持有者是西弗吉尼亚的“柴郡茶壶”，位于西弗吉尼亚，只有四米高。