The moment he opened the box, Wu Shan's heart beat violently.

Bronze statue of the head of the zodiac animal! Even if all he saw was the head, he guessed it instantly.

The Chinese zodiac, also known as the zodiac, is a name used by some ethnic groups in China and East Asia to represent the year and the year in which a person was born. The cycle of the zodiac is 12 years.

Each person has an animal as their zodiac sign in their year of birth.

The 12 zodiac signs are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig, which is a Chinese folk method of calculating age, and it is also an ancient chronological method.

The Zodiac Calendar is widely prevalent among the peoples of Asia and some countries in Eastern Europe and North Africa.

How to convert the year of the Common Era to the year of the Ganzhi: Different data algorithms have differences, some give formulas, but they are essentially the same thing.

There is a simple and intuitive algorithm.

First of all, give each heavenly stem and earthly branch a number, and arrange them in order from the beginning to 4, with 1 followed by 1 after 10 and 1 after 12 on the earthly branch.

Tiangan: A4, B5, C6, D7, E8, H9, Hep10, Xin1, Non2, Dec3.

Earthly branches: Zi 4, Chou 5, Yin 6, Mao 7, Chen 8, Si 9, Wu 10, Wei 11, Shen 12, You 1, Xu 2, Hai 3.

Find out the corresponding mantissa in the heavenly stem with the mantissa of the A.D. year, and then divide the A.D. year by 12, and use the inexhaustible remainder to find out the corresponding remainder of the earthly branch in the earthly branch, so as to get the dry branch year of the A.D. year.

Stems Algorithm: The remainder is obtained by subtracting 3 from the number of years in the Common Era and dividing by 10 (regardless of quotient). It is the number of digits corresponding to the heavenly stem.

Earthly branch algorithm: subtract 3 from the number of years in the Common Era and divide by 12 (regardless of quotient) to obtain the remainder, which is the number of digits corresponding to the earthly branch.

Let's take 1987 as an example; Tengan algorithm: 1987-3=1984. 1984/10=198 remainder 4, 4 corresponds to the 4th place of the heavenly stem is Ding, that is, the heavenly stem is Ding.

Ground branch algorithm: 1987-3 = 1984, 1984/12 = 165 remainder 4, 4 corresponds to the fourth place of the ground branch is Mao, that is, the ground branch is Mao.

To sum up, 1987 A.D. is the year of the sexagenary branch as the year of Dingmao.

In ancient China, the day was divided into 12 hours, and the 12 earthly branches were used as the code name. Easy to memorize; An hour is equal to two hours.

Legend has it that the ancients named the hours according to the time of the animals in the Chinese zodiac.

"Spring and Autumn Miscellaneous Schemes": The son was devoured by the cat, hated the cat, and taught the disciples to revise the classics. Said: "Yin cat, Yin cat, flattering things, not as good as tigers!" ”

Therefore, the group of people raised up and changed it, and since then Gu Xiao has been passed down to the present. The zodiac has a tiger but no cat.

Although one cannot be sure of the exact origin of the 12 zodiac signs. However, because it is popular, convenient and interesting, it has been used to this day and has become a valuable heritage left to us by the ancients that still has practical value.

The 12 zodiac signs represent celestial phenomena and geography, not human character.

In real life, a different person of different years has completely different personalities, let alone many people of the same genus in different years, with different personalities; different lifestyles; different hobbies; different origins; different educations; different life experiences; different moral values; different ways of speaking; different judgmental abilities; different endurances; Different psychogenic zhì. And so many more.

In fact, there are many people who are born in a year. Personality reflects many differences, once again proving that the "Twelve Zodiac Signs" are not representative people, and proving that the year has nothing to do with people's personality and fortune.

Since the dynasties, there have been many statues and carvings about the zodiac.

In the prosperous era of Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty was strong and strong, and the level of craftsmanship was at its peak, which was particularly sufficient in the bronze statue of the 12 zodiac beast heads in the Old Summer Palace.

First of all, the copper it uses is the alloy copper specially refined for the court, which contains many precious metals, and the copper used in the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace is the same, the color is deep, the essence is bright, and it does not corrode after wind and rain, which can be called a must.

Secondly, it is carefully made by the craftsmen of the palace office dedicated to serving the emperor, the casting is fine, the surface is also carved with fine chiseling, such as the animal hair and other subtleties are chiseled and forged, clear and realistic, the nose, eyes, ears and other key parts and the nose and neck folds are very delicate, without a trace of sloppiness, showing a very high level of craftsmanship.

The bronze statue of the beast head in the Old Summer Palace was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The bronze statue of the beast head in the Old Summer Palace was designed by the European missionary Italian Lang Shining, designed and supervised by the Frenchman Jiang Youren, and made by the Qing court craftsmen.

Originally, Lang Shining wanted to build a female sculpture with Western characteristics, but Emperor Qianlong felt that it was against Chinese ethics and morality, so he ordered it to be redesigned, and later there was this bronze statue of the zodiac.

Another problem is that after the design was completed, Lang Shining found that none of the craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty still knew how to make bronze objects.

The name of the "Haiyan Hall", an ornamental and practical building in the Old Summer Palace, a Chinese imperial garden, also comes from this. The essence of this complex, the bronze statue of the 12 zodiac signs, is famous all over the world for telling the time with water.

The bronze statue of the Chinese zodiac was designed by the European missionary Lang Shining, and was made by the Qing court craftsmen, which is an artistic treasure that shows the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures, and has extremely high artistic value and appreciation value in the world.

Taking Chinese folk culture into account, the designers replaced the human sculptures commonly used in Western fountain design with the seated statues of the 12 zodiac signs.

Interestingly, the bronze statues of the heads of the animals of the Chinese zodiac were made by Chinese court craftsmen, and the designers were artists from Europe such as Lang Shining.

Therefore, the bronze statue not only has a strong traditional Chinese aesthetic taste, but also integrates the characteristics of Western plastic arts.

More importantly, they are the cultural heritage of our Chinese people for thousands of years, and they also symbolize the strength of our motherland.

These portraits are all animal heads and human bodies, with a bronze head and a stone body, with a hollow water sprinkler connected to it, and every two hours, representing the birth portrait of that hour, water is sprayed from the mouth.

At noon, the fountain gushes out of the mouth of the portrait of the twelve beings at the same time. It's a spectacle.

These bronze zodiac statues are 50 centimeters tall and finely carved, making them the finest bronze objects of the Qing Dynasty.

In the middle of the pond is a stone sculpture of a clam about two meters high. On both sides of the pond, there are 6 stone seats in the shape of a figure of eight.

Each stone is carved with a human figure wearing a robe, the head of the beast is bronze, and the human body is stone.

They are arranged according to the Chinese zodiac, and every other hour, the head of the animal representing that hour spews water from its mouth, and the water is poured into the pool in a parabolic shape.

That is, at the time of the child, the bronze statue of the rat head sprays a column of water from the mouth; Ugly all the time. The bronze statue of the bull's head sprays a column of water from its mouth.

At 12 o'clock at noon, in addition to the horse's head continuing to spray water, the mouths of the other eleven animal bronze statues also sprayed water jets together. The scene was spectacular.

Therefore, people only need to see the water jet in the mouth of the zodiac avatar to know the time.

This set of fountains is a huge and unique hydraulic clock.

During the Second Opium War, the Anglo-French forces invaded China. Capture the Kyoshi. Countless treasures in the Old Summer Palace were looted, and twelve bronze beast heads were plundered, causing these national treasures to be lost overseas for more than 100 years.

In 1860, the British and French forces burned down the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statues of the 12 zodiac signs in the Old Summer Palace have been lost overseas, becoming a microcosm of the loss of Chinese cultural relics.

In the more than 100 years since the Opium War, millions of Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas due to war, looting, and theft.

Seeing the first one, Wushan impatiently opened the rest as well.

Really. In each box, there is a beast's head.

Beside. Gain? Screwchild had a look on his face.

"Say, Gain!" Wu Shan went straight to the point: "As long as you don't ask too much, I will agree to you." ”

"Hehe, Shan, you think of me as if I was a little dirty." This old man looked proud.

Wu Shan didn't answer, you look like such a person.

"Mountain, no matter what, even if we're not friends, we're partners, aren't we?" Gain looked embarrassed.

"Of course," Wu Shan's mood calmed down instantly, "Thank you, man." If you hadn't had the money, we'd have had to go home this time. ”

"You're welcome, let's cooperate." This girl looked unscowling: "I just want you to help me pass on a message." ”

"What?" Wu Shan was full of vigilance: "To be honest with you, I just appreciate these things. ”

"Yes, yes, appreciation!" The old man smiled with wrinkles on his face: "I know, you can talk to the Chinese high-level, otherwise it would be impossible for you to lead the team out this time, right?" ”

"You're right!" Wu Shan wanted to pick up the red wine bottle on the table and smash it down, but he was still indifferent on the surface.

"This is for you," said Gain, pushing the bronze statue of the head and pushing forward in a gesture of hugging and pushing, "these are for you." ”

Speaking of which, if Wushan still doesn't understand the other party's intentions, he is a fool.

Even if you don't know the specific requirements, you need the help of the Chinese government anyway.

If it was Yan Huang or Wu Shan himself, as long as he put forward suitable conditions, he would agree without thinking about it.

The bronze statue of the head of the 12 zodiac animals is more of spiritual significance to the Chinese.

As for the affairs of the country, after all, he is a small secretary of the prefectural party committee, and his father is only a deputy ministerial-level cadre, so he has to be cautious.

Every time there is a big event, he must be calm, he repeatedly admonished himself, and his face became more and more calm.

"You," Guy felt so abnormal, a little dumbfounded, "you don't care?" ”

"What do I care about?" Wu Shan smiled indifferently: "You must have something to ask us for." Figured it out, old man, it's not us begging you! ”

"This," Guy said, a little dejected, as he realized that the other party was genuinely indifferent, and said a little frustratedly, "well, with Sam's support while he suppresses us." ”

"Like?" Wu Shan was a little curious.

Because both sides know that China cannot go to war with Sam.

Between countries, apart from war, what solidarity is there?

When it comes to money, China is definitely more than the Screw Child.

However, the country has a population of more than a billion people, and it is impossible to come up with so much cash.

"At first, I said that you would not invest in finance in China," Gain shook his head: "Invest in industry, is this okay?" ”

Wushan suddenly realized that as long as the news of the Chard's family's investment in China spreads out on the news, Sam will also be afraid of three points.

As for the markets in the Americas, they themselves are lost.

This time, in the stock market, the two sides still have a round of life-and-death contest, which has completely torn their faces, and there is no room for half a point to turn around.

With Sam's strength, he will inevitably coerce the members of the Entente to suppress the Screw Caird family.

Guy needed an alliance at this time, and his goodwill to Pusikin and Wushan was to establish good relations with these two great powers.

"Yes!" Wu Shan smiled happily.

A sheep is a herding, and a flock of sheep is also a herding.

There are many other foreigners who have invested in China, and it doesn't matter if there is one more Screw Child.

Besides, with Yan Huang supporting in front, and other foreign and Hong Kong interest groups, it is impossible for them to let this Jewish family come to the fore.

"Any other requirements?" Wushan is in a good mood.

"No more!" Gain's right hand rubbed twice on his face: "And I hope that this day will come as soon as possible." ”

"There shouldn't be any problem with this," Wu Shan nodded lightly: "At least you and we are still a community of interests for now." ”

"That's right, mountain!" Gain was a little puzzled: "With my understanding of Yan Huang, the liquidity is not so small, right?" Why only take such a little bit out? ”

"Because that's my private money," Wu Shan squeezed his eyes: "Yan Huang is also involved in finance, but the stock market is not our strong point." ”

As he spoke, he spread his hands.

"What?" Gain was too surprised: "Didn't Yan Huang participate at all this time?" ”

"Participated," Wu Shan said with a smile, "Wouldn't it be a pity not to participate in such a grand event?" ”

"That?" Gain was increasingly puzzled.

Of course, the other party didn't seem to want to say anything, just smiled mysteriously.

"Next, will China and Soviet Russia still participate?" Guy was suddenly distressed.

In the past, no matter who he faced, it could be said that he was invincible.

In front of this young man, he used to have the advantage, and the last time he went to the wind, he felt evenly matched.

And this meeting made him feel ashamed.

"Participate!" Wu Shan had a whim: "But I will take away all the money I have earned." ”

At present, China's stock market is still a desert, and economists and economic workers in these countries will certainly be of benefit to China's stock market in the future.

Sensei said that the price of the stock will always exceed the value represented by the stock itself, and it will put a shackle spell at the beginning of the stock market.

I believe that if the Chinese side stays, Pusikin will definitely not give up this opportunity.

"Gain, I'll leave tomorrow." Wu Shan grinned, but he didn't know what to say, and finally just said a dry sentence: "You have to pay attention to personal safety." ”

"Tomorrow?" Guy obviously didn't expect it: "Well, since you've decided, we'll continue to fight." ”

"As for safety!" He smiled confidently: "For so many years, I have been going back and forth to Sam a lot. There is still a little bit of experience in dealing with the FBI. ”

"Old Qin!" Wushan didn't know if the C.I.A. would put bugs on the mobile phones of embassy staff, but he couldn't care about that much.

"Old witch, what's wrong at this time?" Qin Dayou estimated that after reporting to Jingshi, he hadn't had time to rest yet.

"Come on." Wu Shan said in a deep voice.

When Qin Dayou saw these bronze statues of beast heads, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"You've got it all?" His voice was hoarse: "It's all genuine? ”

"Yes," Wu Shan patted him on the back, "Is there a way to send it back?" ”

"Yes!" Qin Dayou saluted: "To ensure the completion of the task, even if it is sacrificed, it will not hesitate." ”

"Don't mess with those useless ones!" Wu Shan snorted lightly: "Who will bear this responsibility if you die?" Remember, it's better to be alive than anything else! ”

Qin Dayou was speechless and nodded vigorously with tears. (To be continued......)