The statue of the twelve bronze animal heads was originally on the 12 stone platform of the fan-shaped pool in front of Old Summer Palace Haiyan Hall. These portraits are animal heads, bronze heads, stone bodies and hollow fountains connected to water pipes. Every other hour, water is sprayed from the mouth on behalf of the life portrait of that time. At noon, the mouth of the zodiac animal gushes fountains at the same time, which is a spectacle. In the second Opium War, the Anglo-French coalition forces stole twelve bronze animal heads, resulting in the loss of these national treasures overseas for more than a hundred years.
the practical use of the twelve bronze animal heads?
The luxurious ornamental goods of the royal garden