In a terrifying new feature (and a very cruel prank) added to one of China's many transparent skywalks, special effects made glass panels appear shattered giving tourists quite a scare.

The glass bridge, on the eastern face of the Taihang Mountain, hangs 3,871 feet above sea level, which would probably be a thrilling (or terrifying) height even without novelty cracking glass.

In China's northern Hebei Province sits the Taihang Mountain range, about 1,500 to 2,000 meters high. And somewhere in the middle of that is a skywalk with glass panels for floors.

The Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge in China's central Hunan province. It is suspended 300 metres (984ft) above a sheer drop This glass-bottom bridge is one of the highest in the world.

China's bridge isn't the only one to suffer a crack. Last year, a pane of a glass walkway at London's Tower Bridge was smashed after a tourist dropped a bottle of beer. No one was hurt in the ...

The bridge, which opened on Sept 20, is made with three layers of glass, and only one layer broke, the spokesperson said. The Telegraph reports glass walkways have become very popular in China.

Huge crowds of tourists walk across the glass bridge over the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in China on Aug. 21, 2016. Getty Images A terrifying skywalk in China that was forced to close after just two ...

Tourist hangs on for dear life on shattered glass bridge in China By . Yaron Steinbuch. Published May 10, 2021. Updated May 10, 2021, 10:05 a.m. ET.

And if that doesn't scare you enough, this will: China plans to open another glass bridge -- the biggest, baddest in the world -- at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon about 186 miles northwest of Shiniuzhai.

The glass walkway is set to open in August and will stretch across southwest China’s Huangguoshu Scenic Area, known for its waterfalls and limestone formations. It will be 1,804 feet long.