I don't think "amusement park" means what the Chinese think it means ...

Central Florida's ubiquitous mouse ears have competition in China:

An amusement park in China has built what it claims is the world's largest penis.

The 30ft erection, named Sky Pillar, has been built at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city.

Builders wrapped more than 6,500ft of straw around the steel structure which stands on an altar atop 1,250ft high Qinlong Hill.

"It is a totem of Shamanistic culture, which originated in this city," says the president of the park, Cheng Weiguang.

Legend says a Shaman hero named Ewenki vanquished a cruel female ruler and gave her a penis totem, telling her to respect males and not kill them at will.

After this, the ruler set a penis totem on top of the hill, reports East Asia Economic and Trade News.

Longwan? Ewenki? Is someone pulling my ... um ... leg here?

Apparently not:


Naturally, the headline reads, "World's largest penis erected."

Truly, the comedy writes itself. Or you can add your own one-liner in Comments. I'll get you started:

• World's largest? They obviously didn't check with me first!
• Thirty feet ... cut.
• What's under the monument -- a ballroom?

UPDATE (9:13 am 6/7/07): Seems the Chinese have some experience with phallic stuff (and I'm not talking about the Washington Monument here). Check out this natural rock formation (right), known as "Father Rock." You can see why. Plus, Father Rock is 28m (92ft) high, more than three times the size of the Sky Pillar, which apparently means ol' S.P. is going to be driving a Corvette soon.

(h/t to commenter John B.)

Also, thanks to Manola, who draws our attention to a smaller, but still impressive, phallus in Miami Beach.