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1、Last year,there is a film pulled in large audience when it was shown in the city,But the movie is not the point of today.,the bronze sculptures of 12 Chinese Zodiac animal signs十二生肖铜首,Background information: This great fountain （fauntin喷泉）was originally decorated with a set of 12 bronze zodiac anima
2、l statues with stone human bodies. These 12 zodiac （zudik）animal （十二生肖动物）heads were also known as fountainheads and were part of what is known as the Water Clock. Once every two hours, water would flow from one of these 12 animal heads in turn to tell time. Then at 12 o clock, all the animal heads w
3、ould gush out water at the same time. The zodiac heads, or fountainheads, represent the 12 symbolic animals associated with the 12 year cycle of the Chinese lunar calendar（lju:n klind农历）. Each animal head was made of a special copper-based alloy which resisted corrosion（krn 抗腐蚀）.,Origins The looting
4、 of Chinese artifacts was the Second Opium War (1856-1860) （第二次鸦片战争）prevalent during with the destruction of a number of Chinese historical buildings.,water is flowing from one of these 12 animal heads in turn to tell time,The Rat,For 150 Years, Efforts have been stepped up to reclaim back relics th
5、at have also been exported abroad illegally.At present,the ox (2000), tiger (2000), monkey(2000),pig(2003) and horse(2007) zodiac head were pursed from overseas by China through various channels.And the rat and rabbit head sculptures are expected to be reclaimed by legal means (通过合法手段).,But,the five
6、 zodiac heads that are still missing are the snake, the sheep, the rooster, the dragon, and the dog.,The Ox,2000 - The ox was purchased at auction by the China Poly Group and is now at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.,The Tiger,2000 - The tiger was purchased at auction by the China Poly Group and is
7、now at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing(北京保利艺术博物馆),The Rabbit,2009 - The rabbit and the rat were both in the collection of Yves Saint Laurent. They were put up for auction in February at Christies in Paris. Lot number 677, Sale number 1209, is the rat head, and was said to have sold at auction for US$
8、20,297,268. Lot number 678, Sale 1209, is the rabbit head and it was said to have sold at auction for the same price of US$20,297,268.,The Dragon,UNKNOWN,The Horse,2007 - The horse was purchased from a Taiwanese collector by Stanley Ho. It was donated to the state and it is currently in the Capital
9、Museum in Beijing(北京首都博物馆).,The Sheep,UNKNOW,The Monkey,2000 - The monkey was purchased at auction by the China Poly Group and is now at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.,UNKNOWN,The Snake,The Rooster,UNKNOWN,The Dog,UNKNOWN,The Pig,2003 - The pig was purchased from a New York collector by Stanley Ho.
10、 It was donated to the state and it is currently at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.,The effort is on by the people of China to have our antiquities returned to them. We are both eager and anxious to have our lost cultural heritage returned and are outraged by the public auctions that continue to thrive on the selling of our relics at outrageous prices. Thanks to the Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Fund set up in 2002 in Beijing, the dedication to bringing back all 12 of these lost relics continues throughout the world in great earnest.,
