The latest news of Four Holy Beasts's whereabouts in Tiananqiao, Quanzhou, and where to go back and forth.

The most distinctive feature of the two bridge heads of Tianan Bridge is that four giant sculptures will be placed. They are the four great beasts in ancient China, namely, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. They are controlled by Huangdi, Queen Mother of the West, Nuwa and Yan Di from ancient mythology, praying for good weather on both sides of Jinjiang River.

Its designer is Professor Liu Yi, the master tutor of Xiamen Arts and Crafts College of Fuzhou University. It is reported that Professor Liu Yi has a close relationship with Quanzhou. As early as 2007, he designed and produced a large-scale group sculpture "Chest Beating Dance" for Quanzhou.

These sculptures are made of copper and then covered with gold foil. They are 6 meters high, 8 meters long and 5.5 meters wide. Although they are hollow, each sculpture and its base weigh 25 tons. It is reported that such a large number of sculptures are rare in Chinese bridge decoration sculptures.

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Manager Xiong of Jiangxi Tongqing Metal Co., Ltd., who is in charge of transportation, introduced that these four sculptures were transported twice by big trucks. From Nanchang, Jiangxi to Quanzhou, it takes two or three days to take the expressway. Eight pieces of each sculpture have been removed, but the base with a width of more than 5 meters still makes the driver a little hard. You have to apply for an extra-wide pass when crossing the toll booth. When you got off the big truck, you also invited a crane with a load of 130 tons to help. The assembly of these sculptures takes a week on a sunny day.

Professor Liu Yi, the creator of the sculpture and master tutor of Xiamen Arts and Crafts College of Fuzhou University, said that the four sculptures took three years from planning to creation, which means "good weather".

20 13 At the end of April and the beginning of May, four beasts will guard the top of the bridge head of Tianan Bridge. In addition, eight large reliefs have been added in the middle of the bridgehead, and there are two water beasts below.

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