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Five Goats Statue Review

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The "Five Yang Stone Statue" is a granite city sculpture created by Yuan Jichang, Chen Benzong and Kong Fanwei. It was built in April 1960 and is located in Yuexiu Mountain Wooden Shell Gang in Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou. The whole stone statue of Wuyang Stone is 11 meters high. The head of the main sheep rises high, the mouth is ears, smiles back, and the remaining four sheep are surrounded by the main sheep, or play, or eat grass. The five sheep are different in size, different postures, beautiful shapes, and have become the symbol of Guangzhou city. "Five sheep stone statue" is made of more than 130 granite carvings, 11 meters high, 53 cubic meters in volume. Five stone sheep have different appearances: standing high in the old sheep, mouth of the grain ears, head forward; the old sheep are a pair of intimate snuggles; Another pair of mother and child sheep, the ewes look back to the young sheep that are quietly sucking milk, the young sheep kneel under the ewes sucking milk, deep mother love overflows. According to the "Guangzhou Notes" of the Jin Dynasty, "Guangzhou hall on the beam, painting the five sheep statues, and the five grain capsules, hanging with the statue. Yunxi Gaogu is Chuxiang, and the five sheep are gathered in Chuting, so the picture is like Rui. Guangzhou belongs to Chu when the Six Nations". This is the original form of the legend of the five sheep, and it is also the earliest folk oral literature recorded in ancient books in Lingnan area, which has been recorded for more than 1,500 years. After the folk generations, the legend of the five sheep has also been enriched and developed. The "Guangdong New Language" of Qu Dajun in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty concentrated on a large number of myths and legends about Lingnan. Under the "Five Sheep Stone" in the five "Shiyu", it vividly told "Zhou Yi Wang, there are five immortals in the South China Sea, each color of clothes, and the sheep riding are also one color. Come to collect Chuting, Each one with a stem and six ears of grain, stay with the people of the state, and wish you a good luck, may this never hunger. The words go through the air, and the sheep become a stone. "Five immortals ride five sheep with five grains and ears to give to Guangzhou ancient legends, not only for the local people for thousands of years, And it has become a symbol and iconic image of Guangzhou city's long history and is deeply admired.

Five Goats Statue

Posted: Mar 21, 2021
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  • 玩童无界行者无疆
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    One of the symbols of Guangzhou, Wuyang Stone, is located in Yuexiu Park. During the 2023 Guangzhou Garden Expo, it is surrounded by various beautiful flowers.

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  • 一蓑烟雨0828
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    According to the ancient legend, a five-sheep sculpture was built in Yuexiu Mountain in 1959. This five-sheep stone carving, with a base height of 11 meters, shared more than 130 granite carvings, about 53 cubic meters in volume, and a stone material on the head of the sheep weighed more than 2 tons. Five sheep are different sizes, the ewe look up from a distance, mouth of the grain ears, and like looking back and smiling, visiting the world. The remaining four sheep, surrounded by their bodies, intimate snuggle, or play, or eat grass, or suckle. The posture is different, beautiful shape, fun.

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    Posted: Sep 1, 2022
  • 听足音
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    Wuyang stone carving is located in Yuexiu Park in the center of Guangzhou, is a famous landmark of Guangzhou, city carving, it records the beautiful legend of Guangzhou. Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago, there were five fairy people meeting with each other, when the sky was full of joy, the clouds were floating, five immortals were wearing colorful robes, riding five goats, each goat mouth containing six bunches of rice ears flying to Guangzhou, and the rice ears were airdropped in the fields. Suddenly, a miracle happened, and the vast fields full of weeds suddenly became a golden rice field. The five fairy people floating in the clouds, Yao wish this land every year, the grains and the famine, and then drive away. Guangzhou is not called Yangcheng, the rice ears in the sheep mouth bring abundance, Guangzhou is referred to as "Yu", this is how it came.

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  • Frankfurt88
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    The five sheep stone carvings on Yuexiu Mountain contain allusions to the sheep city!

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  • 曹孟虫
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    Old landmarks in Guangzhou, worth a visit! You can see

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    Posted: Aug 31, 2023
  • 顺时针1986
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    There is a Wuyang stone statue on the west side of Guangzhou Yuexiu Park, built in 1959, and it is still one of the city symbols of Guangzhou today. Many city image promotional films have its presence. After coming out of the subway, go directly to the park, no charge and no need to make an appointment, you can see a huge stone engraved with the "Five Sheep Statue" at the entrance, which is a favorite photo punching point for tourists. The five sheep statue is 11 meters high, the whole stone statue is carved with 130 granite, the middle is the "leader", the size and orientation of the five sheep statues are not the same, the middle looks up from a distance, slightly looking back is the main sheep, surrounded by four slightly smaller sheep, different appearances, But all lifelike. Yuexiu Park is an old park in Guangzhou, the largest comprehensive park in the city. It is named after the construction of "Chaohantai" on the mountain by Zhao Yue Wang of the South Vietnamese in the West Han Dynasty. It is a concentrated representative of the starting point of Guangzhou's historical culture and Lingnan culture. It has been one of the eight scenes of Yangcheng since the Yuan Dynasty. After visiting the Wuyang Statue attraction, you can hike to the mountain to visit Zhenhai Building, near Zhenhai Building is the ancient city wall of Guangzhou.

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    Posted: Apr 5, 2022
  • 顺时针1986
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    There is a Wuyang stone statue on the west side of Guangzhou Yuexiu Park, built in 1959, and it is still one of the city symbols of Guangzhou today. Many city image promotional films have its presence. After coming out of the subway, go directly to the park, no charge and no need to make an appointment, you can see a huge stone engraved with the "Five Sheep Statue" at the entrance, which is a favorite photo punching point for tourists. The five sheep statue is 11 meters high, the whole stone statue is carved with 130 granite, the middle is the "leader", the size and orientation of the five sheep statues are not the same, the middle looks up from a distance, slightly looking back is the main sheep, surrounded by four slightly smaller sheep, different appearances, But all lifelike. Yuexiu Park is an old park in Guangzhou, the largest comprehensive park in the city. It is named after the construction of "Chaohantai" on the mountain by Zhao Yue Wang of the South Vietnamese in the West Han Dynasty. It is a concentrated representative of the starting point of Guangzhou's historical culture and Lingnan culture. It has been one of the eight scenes of Yangcheng since the Yuan Dynasty. After visiting the Wuyang Statue attraction, you can hike to the mountain to visit Zhenhai Building, near Zhenhai Building is the ancient city wall of Guangzhou.

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    Posted: Apr 5, 2022
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Preston_Dominguez: Yuexiu Park, No. 960, Jiefang North Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
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