Where is the bronze statue of the zodiac now?

1. By 20 14, seven animal heads, including cow head, monkey head, tiger head, pig head, horse head, rat head and rabbit head, had returned to China. It is said that the leader is currently in Taiwan Province Province, but it will not appear in the short term; Four animal heads, namely, the head of a snake, the head of a chicken, the head of a dog and the head of a sheep, are still missing.

2. The bronze statue of the animal head of the Chinese zodiac in Yuanmingyuan is a red bronze statue cast during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It was originally part of the fountain in front of Haiyan Hall in Yuanmingyuan. The bronze statue of the animal head of the zodiac is shaped like a figure of eight and placed on the stone platforms on both sides of the fountain. Every animal is a fountain mechanism, and every hour, the corresponding animal will spray water for two hours.

1860 10 In October, the British and French allied forces looted Yuanmingyuan, and the bronze statue of the animal head was lost overseas. The bronze statue of the animal head in Yuanmingyuan has become a symbol of the loss of overseas cultural relics in Yuanmingyuan. ?

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1 and 1860, the British and French allied forces set fire to Yuanmingyuan, and the bronze statue of the 12 Zodiac in Yuanmingyuan was lost overseas, which became a microcosm of the loss of cultural relics in China. During the hundred years after the Opium War, as many as one million pieces of China cultural relics were lost overseas due to war, looting and theft. Among all famous museums abroad, China has more than 6,543,800 pieces.

2. The bronze statue of the 12 Zodiac is made of stone carvings, dressed in robes, and the head is realistic, with fine casting, and the wrinkles and fluff on the animal's head are clear and realistic. The material for casting the animal head was refined copper from the Qing court at that time. Dark appearance, clean connotation, a hundred years of rust, a must.

3. The bronze statue of the animal head of the Chinese Zodiac was made by court craftsmen in China, and the designer was an artist from Europe, such as Lang Shining. Therefore, the bronze statue not only has China's strong traditional aesthetic taste, but also combines the characteristics of western plastic arts. More importantly, they are the cultural heritage of our Chinese nation for thousands of years, and they also symbolize the prosperity of our motherland that year.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-bronze statue of the animal head of the 12 Zodiac in Yuanmingyuan