{"id":19480,"date":"2023-05-16T07:24:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T07:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/?post_type=art-piece&#038;p=19480"},"modified":"2023-05-22T08:13:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:13:45","slug":"zodiac-statue","status":"publish","type":"art-piece","link":"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Zodiac Animal Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exhibition Date: From 1 May 2023 onwards<br>Exhibition time: 24 hours<br>Venue: In front of the Macau Palace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The animal head in Yuanmingyuan was originally a part of the fountain outside Haiyan Hall in Yuanmingyuan, and it was a red bronze statue in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Later, due to the fire outbreak, the animal heads was lost and drifted overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2003, Dr. Stanley Ho donated money to buy back the &#8220;pig&#8221; head, the first national treasure cultural relic returned to the China in the form of public welfare, and donated the pig head to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2007, Dr. Stanley Ho bought the &#8220;horse&#8221; head again at a high price and donated it to the country. Since then, the &#8220;horse&#8221; head has been publicly displayed in Hong Kong and Macau multiple times, which has played a positive role in enhancing compatriots on both sides of the strait to understand the home land culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, as a gift to the 70th national day and the 20th anniversary of Macao&#8217;s return to China, Dr. Stanley Ho decided to officially donate the &#8220;horse&#8221; head to the National Cultural Heritage Administration and return it to the Yuanmingyuan as permanent collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, a total of 7 heads of rat, rabbit, ox, monkey, tiger, pig and horse have returned to the country, and 5 animal heads are remain undercover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mouse-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19855\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mouse-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/created-with-rni-films-app-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-19855\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Rat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WechatIMG170-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19948\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WechatIMG170-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/wechatimg170\/\" class=\"wp-image-19948\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ox<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li 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class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Rabbit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dragon1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19882\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dragon1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/created-with-rni-films-app-9\/\" class=\"wp-image-19882\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dragon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Snake-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19858\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Snake-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/created-with-rni-films-app-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-19858\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Snake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Horse1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19885\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Horse1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/created-with-rni-films-app-10\/\" class=\"wp-image-19885\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Horse<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sheep-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19870\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sheep-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/created-with-rni-films-app-6\/\" class=\"wp-image-19870\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Sheep<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Monkey-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19852\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Monkey-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/created-with-rni-films-app\/\" class=\"wp-image-19852\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Monkey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Chicken-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19873\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Chicken-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/created-with-rni-films-app-7\/\" class=\"wp-image-19873\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Rooster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Tiger1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19864\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Tiger1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/created-with-rni-films-app-4\/\" class=\"wp-image-19864\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dog<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pig-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"19861\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pig-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/attachment\/pig\/\" class=\"wp-image-19861\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Pig<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The twelve zodiac signs are composed of eleven animals from the natural world; rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig and the legendary dragon. It is composed and used to record the year. The order is\uff08z\u01d0\uff09Rat,\uff08ch\u01d2u\uff09Ox,\uff08y\u00edn\uff09Tiger,\uff08m\u01ceo\uff09Rabbit,\uff08ch\u00e9n\uff09Dragon,\uff08s\u00ec\uff09Snake,\uff08w\u01d4\uff09Horse,\uff08w\u00e8i\uff09Sheep,\uff08sh\u0113n\uff09Monkey,\uff08y\u01d2u\uff09Rooster,\uff08x\u016b\uff09Dog,\uff08h\u00e0i\uff09Pig. The zodiac also represents the five elements, pairs of zodiac signs that can powered each other and can get along harmoniously, while other zodiac signs that are destructive and are not so harmonious<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twelve Zodiac Animal Heads in Yuanmingyuan","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-19480","art-piece","type-art-piece","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zodiac Animal Heads - Lisboeta Macau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zodiac Animal Heads - Lisboeta Macau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twelve Zodiac Animal Heads in Yuanmingyuan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lisboeta Macau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-22T08:13:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lisboeta-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/zh-hant\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/zh-hant\/\",\"name\":\"Lisboeta Macau\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/zh-hant\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mouse-683x1024.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/\",\"name\":\"Zodiac Animal Heads - Lisboeta Macau\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/zh-hant\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-16T07:24:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-22T08:13:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/art-neighbourhood\/zodiac-statue\/\",\"name\":\"Zodiac Animal Heads\"}}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/art-pieces\/19480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/art-pieces"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/art-piece"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisboetamacau.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}