The heaviest lantern in the history of Longleat’s Festival of Light (Image: Longleat) Daisy Mercedes, who has coordinated this year’s event at Longleat, said: "The Dings were used in Chinese Primitive ...

But the classification scheme was only widely adopted during the Han dynasty, which presided over China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E. “The system that included these 12 animals continues to be developed ...