Cement 神兽 & 翁仲
These cement statues lined the path to the tomb site with the broken memorial stele, may be translated as gargoyles (神兽 – 怪兽 too European?) or sentinel statues (翁仲- 定点雕像?).
Originally, there were six pairs: 4 翁仲 which are still standing but out of eight animals 神兽, there is only one remains:
- turtle 乌龟 – no more
- goat 羊 – no more
- tiger 虎 – one left
- horse 马 – no more
- sentinel statues of military attaches 武官 (翁仲 baike = 文/武官)
- sentinel statues of civil officials 文官
