Shenyang North Railway Station, the name of the sun bird sculpture on the square is called "sun".
In 1978, cultural relics workers in the Xinle site of a housing site inside, found a wooden carving, this wooden carving some people say that the carving is a beast, some people say that the carving is a fish, and others say that the carving is a bird.
Finally, people reached **** knowledge, named it the sun bird. The most amazing thing is that this wooden carving has been scientifically tested and proved to be more than 7,200 years old. For the purpose of this wooden carving, some people think it was the totem of the tribes at that time, or a sign of the power of the female tribal chief. Successive iterations to the end of the wood carving.
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The sun bird is an extremely valuable wooden artwork carved by ancestors unearthed at the Xinle site, which was enlarged to serve as a landmark of Shenyang city, and had stood for many years in the Shenyang Municipal Government Plaza, and now stands at the Xinle site.
It is like a bird not a bird, similar to the magpie, its artistic totem image also coincides with the legend of the roc bird, not only appears to be simple and elegant, but also has the breath of the times. Its wings soaring, the momentum of a thousand miles is the Shenyang people for many years the indomitable, spirited spirit of the symbol.
Sun bird body height of 21 meters, meaning the 21st century. The whole sculpture not only shows the deep cultural and historical heritage of Shenyang City, but also highlights the rich breath of modernization, symbolizing the people of Shenyang in the modernization of today's as the roc spreads its wings, facing the sunrise, flying in the 21st century, which also makes it a symbol of the take-off of Shenyang.