The sundial, also called "sundial", is a kind of shadow discrimination time using timekeeping instruments in ancient China, is a great invention in the field of astronomy human timing, has been used for thousands of years.
Five thousand years of cultural garden stone sundial elegant, magnificent. By the five big giant disc with smaller stack, which is located on the top of. The sundial base with exquisite ornamentation and years of waves. The sundial surface consists of granite building, diameter 170 cm, 18 cm thick, both sides are divided into 12 parts is not uniform, each part representing two hours. The pointer is called "needle", for copper, 80 cm long, vertically through the center of the disk, a standard neutral pole effect. Therefore, sundial needle is also called the "table", moving like a sundial needle shadow is a pointer to the modern watches, the disk is the watch surface, in order to display time.
Five thousand years of cultural garden stone sundial with unique design concept, rich cultural connotation, to create the one and only works of art, to achieve the perfect combination of science and art, let visitors and friends feel the brilliant ancient civilization of science and technology China.