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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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Five Goats Statue is situated in Yuexiu Park. It is the sign of Guangzhou and the origin of the name "Yangcheng". Five Goats Statue comes from a wonderful legend. It is said that Guangzhou was extremely absurd and people cannot get enough food or clothing. Five immortals who rode five sheep with corn ears flew here. They left corn ears to Guangzhou people and wished that there would be good harvests every year. Afterward they drove the clouds and left. In the wake of their leaving, the five sheep turned into stones. Since then, Guangzhou has been a ripe land.
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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.
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.
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.
The five sheep stone carvings on Yuexiu Mountain contain allusions to the sheep city!
Old landmarks in Guangzhou, worth a visit! You can see
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.
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.