Of the twelve beast heads in the Old Summer Palace, eight have returned to China, but what about the

Of the 12 beast heads snatched by the invaders, eight have been recovered, but where are the four left?

The remaining four are lost around the world, possibly in personal collections, reluctant to be auctioned.

After years of hard work, China has recovered eight statues, but the remaining four are still missing, but China has not given up the search.

The whereabouts of the remaining four statues are still unknown, it can be said that their whereabouts are unknown, and they cannot be found at all.

As cultural relics, their value is immeasurable, plus they belong to China, but were forcibly taken away by foreign countries, this is a humiliating history of China, their return, is not only the return of cultural relics, but also the belonging of Chinese feelings.

The 12 zodiac signs symbolize every year in China, and the 12 bronze heads are carved from the 12 zodiac signs, which also represents the 12 years, so the 12 bronze heads of the Old Summer Palace are of great significance to China.

For the 5,000-year-old history of China, there is a traditional culture spread, so that we, the descendants of Yan and Huang, have an important historical profoundness and represent the knowledge of China's 5,000-year-old culture.

The Old Summer Palace beast heads have returned to 8.

Five bronze animal heads of ox, tiger, monkey, pig and horse have been rescued by patriots in 2000, 2003 and 2007 respectively, and collected in the Poly Art Museum. It is now known that the head of the rat and the head of the rabbit were donated by the chairman of the French PPR group on April 26, 2013 and sent back to China, and the head of the dragon is in Taiwan and is well preserved.

The bronze statue of the 12 zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace was originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace, and was a red bronze statue in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The south shore is Zi Rat, Yin Hu, Chen Long, Wu Ma, Shen Monkey, and Xu Dog; On the north shore, they are ugly cows, rabbits, snakes, sheep, roosters, and pigs. In 1860, the British and French forces invaded China and burned the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statue of the head of the beast began to be lost overseas.

The 12 zodiac bronze beast heads of the Old Summer Palace were retrieved 8.

The craftsmanship of these bronze statues is very delicate. Because the height of the zodiac bronze statue is pure and scattered, the body is a stone carving wearing a robe, the head is a realistic style modeling, the casting is fine, and the subtleties such as folds and fluff on the head of the beast are clear and realistic.

The most regrettable thing is that the snake's head, the chicken's head, the dog's head, and the sheep's head are missing. It may have fallen into the hands of some people overseas, but I believe that through our efforts, these beast heads will definitely be recovered.