The bronze sculpture have a meaning besides from the decorative value

Shenzong Xining eight years (1075), the military prison, complained that: "in Beijing, the superior Carpenter, and poor in the imperial life, this hinder create". Whether the design on the bronzehas any meaning at all is not sure for now. It is because of a capital and gun bronze weapons workshop in the Song Dynasty bronze weapons production, mainly through the official workshop, the court there are a number of bronze weapons workshop in the capital and the gun set the capital of bronze weapons workshop, something workshop (Shenzong Xining formerly known as 2006 North-South workshop) in the Northern Song Dynasty, East and West wide device (also known as Canton prepared siege for), safety workshops, hospital crossbow, crossbow made arrows hospital (Shinshu Sky four years ago, two libraries known as North and South made arrows), and saddle, cut so that the inner court workshop made, bronze weapons are generally higher than the outer court workshop sophisticated, often as a statutory bronze weapons style awarded to drop each workshop of the outer court is mainly responsible for the manufacturing tasks.
 In Beijing and Zhu Lu garrison considerable part of the bronze weapons, including what workshops, something widely prepared and safety workshop , the crossbow hospital and crossbows made arrows homes. things workshop "palm-made bronze weapons, Rong with flags, oil and clothing, rattan paint, and even control things, [to Bangguo" 8]. Chinese believe that the decorations on the bronze are directly related to mythology.  something widely prepared in the scribe jurisdiction after Arsenal prison, then into the saber and the (bureau), Imperial life (or Imperial work), such as the Southern Song Dynasty a special gunpowder and firearms workshop. crossbow hospital palm-made crossbow, armor, to close issued on Shiji Gang, Southwest University of Finance and Associate Professor, School of Economics, is principally engaged in the Sung and Chinese Economic History in Chengdu.
Sichuan 610 074 99 instruments, flags, bronze swords, Imperial stirrup in the name of matter "and crossbow made arrows hospital specialized "palm made, changjon, bolt safety workshop incorporated into the manufacturing in the Southern Song Imperial Arsenal." under the jurisdiction of the Arsenal workshop one, especially in the outer court workshop in Beijing bronze weapons workshop general large-scale look at what workshops and safety workshops, the early Song Dynasty, something workshops soldiers school, craftsman 7931, the Northern Song Dynasty after the mid-although reduced, but remain at about 5,000 people, safety workshops 3700 Southern Song Dynasty, with the narrowing of the territory and the lack of court financial and material resources in the scale of Beijing bronze weapons workshop is far inferior to the Northern Song. Some one argues that the design of the bronze is purely decorative without any religious connotation.
Southern Song Dynasty, the majority of the period, safety workshops and things workshop soldiers Carpenter in general are also more than twelve thousand, Shaoxing 10 year (1141), who once reached 4500. As for the crossbow hospital and crossbow-made arrows hospital scale is not small, open nine years (Taizong ascended the throne holding an element), crossbows hospital craftsman 1042 crossbow made arrows hospital in the Shinshu Xianping six years (1003) 1071 craftsmen and artisans so many number of bronze weapons workshop is very rare in the Song before the large scale of the capital of bronze weapons workshop, not only from the craftsmen reflected in the numbers, and can also be seen from number of rooms for housing such as the Southern Song Dynasty Emperor Shaoxing Dynasty. The decoration motifs of the bronze sculpture have a meaning besides from the decorative value.