Eight of the Old Summer Palace animal heads have returned. They are: cow head, tiger head, monkey head, pig head, horse head, rat head, rabbit head and dragon head. The ones with no information so far are snake heads, sheep heads, chicken heads, and dog heads. The full name of the animal heads in the Old Summer Palace is the "Bronze Statue of the Twelve Zodiac Animal Heads in the Old Summer Palace". It was originally part of the fountain outside Haiyan Hall in the Old Summer Palace. It is a red bronze statue from the Qing Dynasty in my country. The animal heads were created by Castiglione, a Jesuit priest in China. design.

Introduction to the Return of the Animal Head

Zi Mo: On June 28, 2013, the French Pinault family donated a bronze statue of the rat head to China, which is currently collected in the National Museum of China. Ugly Cow: On April 30, 2004, China Poly Group purchased a bronze statue of an ox head at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong for HK$7.745 million. It is currently collected in the Poly Art Museum. Yin Hu: On May 2, 2004, China Poly Group purchased a bronze tiger head statue at Sotheby's auction house for HK$15.44475 million. It is currently collected in the Poly Art Museum.

Rabbit: On June 28, 2013, the French Pinault family donated a bronze statue of a rabbit head to China, which is currently stored in the National Museum of China. Chenlong: On December 17, 2018, a suspected dragon head appeared at a small auction in Paris, France, and was eventually purchased by a Chinese buyer for 24 million yuan. Wu Ma: In October 2007, Stanley Ho bought back the bronze statue of the horse's head for HK$69.1 million; on November 13, 2019, Stanley Ho donated the bronze statue of the horse's head to the motherland.

Shenhou: On April 30, 2004, China Poly Group purchased a bronze statue of a monkey head at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong for HK$8.185 million. It is currently collected in the Poly Art Museum. Hai Zhu: In 2003, the China Special Foundation for Rescue of Lost Overseas Cultural Relics searched for the whereabouts of the pig head in the United States. After many efforts, the American collector agreed to transfer the pig head to the foundation.