摘要
The twelfth year of the Kaiyuan Reign during the Tang Dynasty (725 A. D.)Each iron ox is about 3.3 m long and 2.5 m high, weighs about 30 t, and is mounted on a square ron base which is 2.3 m wide and 0.5 m thick. Behind the rear legs of each iron ox, there is a large horizontal iron bar which is about 2.33 m long, 0.4 m in diameter, and was used to support the iron chain bridge across over the roaring Yellow River. Under the square iron base, there are 6 slant iron columns buried in the ground, each of which is about 3 m long and 0.4 m in diameter. The iron base and columns weigh about 40 t. The total weight of each whole iron ox sculpture is approximately 70 t
The twelfth year of the Kaiyuan Reign during the Tang Dynasty(725 A.D.)Each iron ox is about 3.3 m long and 2.5 m high,weighs about 30 t,and is mounted on a square iron base which is 2.3 m wide and 0.5 m thick.Behind the rear legs of each iron ox,there is a large horizontal iron bar which is about 2.33 m long,0.4 m in diameter,and was used to support the iron chain bridge across over the roaring Yellow River.Under the square iron base,there are 6 slant