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Why does every city have a swallow?

Every city has a swallow on horseback, because "Swallow on horseback" is the symbol of an excellent tourist city in China.

The tourist symbol of China is a bronze galloping horse on a pillar, which is the tourist symbol of China. 1985 China national tourism administration decided to choose horses as the graphic symbol of China tourism. Malone Chaoque, formerly known as "Flying Swallow Horse", was later verified by historians. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng's "Tokyo Fu" said that the long que was winding and the horse was half-Han.

The tourist signs of the horseshoe flying swallow are mainly composed of the ice-based ball forged by red copper and the base of the Great Wall strange fire platform with steel-concrete structure. At the top, "Flying Swallows on Horses" is the symbol of China's tourism industry, which shows that the tourism industry keeps pace with the times and develops vigorously.

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Copper galloping horse, also known as "Flying Swallow" and "Malone Chaoque". General's Cemetery, a world-famous national treasure, was unearthed in Wuwei/KLOC-0, Gansu Province in June, 1969, during the Lingdi period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Its shape is flying, and a bird steps on its right hoof, which can be said to be an unparalleled treasure in China ancient bronzes.

The bronze galloping horse is 34.5cm high, 45cm long, 13. 1cm wide and 7.3kg heavy. It is magnificent and exquisite in shape, with its head held high and its feet screaming like galloping horses, showing a heroic spirit and a symbol of the great temperament of the Chinese nation. After 202 1, 12 and 1, it will be exhibited in the Silk Road Civilization Exhibition Hall of Gansu Provincial Museum from May to October 1 0/5 every year, and the rest of the time will be maintained in the warehouse.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Copper Running Horse