We not only have tea culture, wine culture, but also a very long history of architectural culture. When it comes to architecture, China's garden art must be a very brilliant stroke, suzhou garden, summer palace, and the Yuanmingyuan, known as the "garden of ten thousand gardens", are outstanding representatives of ancient Chinese architecture. Unfortunately, the Yuanmingyuan was not favored by historical time, and was burned down in the raging fire laid down by the British and French allies, and has long ceased to be brilliant.
Although the destruction of the Yuanmingyuan is sad, fortunately, some cultural relics and related materials at that time have not disappeared together. Experts are carrying out the restoration of the Yuanmingyuan according to the information, and at the same time, they also inquire about the precious antiques flowing from the yuanmingyuan all over the world. If you want to talk about the most famous antique, it must be the bronze body of the beast's head. There are twelve heads, carved in the style of the zodiac.
These beast heads are placed on the fountain, and after a special setting, a stream of water will spew out from their mouths, and the water will automatically spew out as soon as the corresponding hour of each zodiac sign arrives. In turn, it has the effect of telling the time. But these twelve beast heads, with the invasion of the British and French forces, scattered all over the world. At present, five are still unaccounted for.
Speaking of their whereabouts, here is a person who has made a great contribution to the return of the zodiac, he is - the gambling king Ho Hung-sun. When it comes to gambling king, everyone will think of his business acumen and his amazing business map. But the gambling king did not blindly indulge in money management, he was actually a patriot with deep feelings for the motherland. After learning that the country had been looking for the whereabouts of the beast's head, he also inquired around through his connections. To this end, he also donated all the horse's heads and pig heads he bought from foreign auctions to the state at his own expense.
Experts are naturally very happy to see the return of cultural relics. But when they were taking X-rays of Ma Shou, they found a terrible thing. According to X-rays, the horse's head was almost made of pure copper, and there were no obvious welding marks on the body. That is to say, the horse's head in front of you is not carved in parts and then assembled as a whole, but is finely carved against a large piece of raw material.
Not only that, the horse's head is also very realistic, and the fluff on the face is clearly visible and clearly rooted, which is also from the craftsman's carving skill.
Although the technology at that time was not very developed, the ancestors had a strict aesthetic and superb craftsmanship for the carving of crafts. Although the other beast heads have not yet been located, many people believe that one day, they will return to the embrace of the Yuanmingyuan.