With December 21 looming , a date when some have predicted the apocalypse would occur , the bizarre contraptions have attracted a huge amount of attention , but Liu told The South China Morning Post that his motivation for building them went further back . A Chinese villager has built six 'survival pods ' The pods are built to withstand tsunamis or earthquakes . In the past few years there have been a number of disasters in China that caused massive damage and loss of life, including devastating floods which killed thousands of people and landslides which left many more homeless. It cost almost $ 320,000 to build the six pods .
A Chinese villager has built six 'survival pods ' The pods are built to withstand tsunamis or earthquakes . In the past few years there have been a number of disasters in China that caused massive damage and loss of life, including devastating floods which killed thousands of people and landslides which left many more homeless. It cost almost $ 320,000 to build the six pods .