What's the name of the town water beast?

The town water beast is called the Millennium beast.

Millennium beast, born in Qin and Han Dynasties and buried in Western Jin Dynasty, is about 2000 years old! "According to its posture, armored muscle shape on its back and the shape of its ass, it should be carved based on rhinoceros.

The water beast should be carved on the prototype of rhinoceros. Wang Yi, director of Chengdu Museum, said that since the production date of the stone beast can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties, it is not excluded that it is related to "Li Bing making stone rhinoceros". According to historical records such as Biography of the King of Shu, Records of Huayang Country and Records of Shu, Li Bing, the guardian of Qin Shu, ordered five stone rhinos to be carved and two stone rhinos to be transported to Chengdu when Dujiangyan was built.

The other three are in the river in guanxian. The Five Rhinoceros is actually a water gauge (an ancient water gauge for measuring water level), and it is also the god of town water stone. 20 13 1.8 is the Millennium stone beast excavated next to Tianfu Square a rhinoceros or an elephant? Does it belong to the Tang Dynasty or the Qin and Han Dynasties? Is it a keeper, a beast, or a water conservancy station to save water? The staff of Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archaeological Team made a preliminary on-site cleaning of the "Stone Beast".

Many heavyweight archaeologists from Sichuan also came to the site for on-the-spot investigation. The beast is tall, about 2 meters high and more than 3 meters long. According to a preliminary estimate, it weighs 8 tons. It is worth mentioning that its entire head length is almost two-thirds of its body length. So many workers at the scene don't know what animal it is for a moment.