BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s first sexually explicit  theme park was torn down before it even started, after an  outcry from officials, a Chinese newspaper reported yesterday.

Love Land, set to open in October in the southwestern city  of Chongqing, featured exhibits on sexual history and how-to  workshops, the China Daily newspaper reported last week.

A picture of the park entrance showed a signboard with the  park’s name straddled by a giant pair of women’s legs topped by  a red thong.

But the plans left Chongqing officials red-faced. They  ordered the park torn down over the weekend, the China Daily  reported.
Officials called the planned park “vulgar, ill-minded and  misleading”, said the paper. Many Chinese citizens apparently  agreed.

The park had drawn controversy on the Internet, with some  calling it too much, even for fast-living Chongqing, while  others praised it as a step forward for sexual candour.