The origin and development history of animatronic dinosaurs

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40-year history of dinosaur fossils in Zigong
Zigong, a city famous for its salt, dinosaur fossils are rich and amazing in the world. This legend of life on the ancient earth can be reproduced in Zigong, and it has achieved impressive glorious years of animatronic dinosaurs.


Excavation site of Zigong Dinosaur Museum

At the beginning of the last century, in 1915, Zigong had a record of the discovery of dinosaur fossils, but the completeness of the fossil preservation and the number of species and species were not so eye-catching. Especially because of the cultural differences at that time, there is still a lack of intuitive image, three-dimensional and vivid understanding of this type of once earth hegemon.

In 1974, the discovery and excavation of dinosaur fossils in the urban area made the city of Zigong familiar to many people, and it has since gained the reputation of "Dinosaur Land". In early March 1974, when workers were digging a drainage ditch, they inadvertently discovered that there were many "keels" buried under the topsoil on the ground. So he immediately reported the discovery to the Zigong Salt Industry History Museum. The museum immediately sent people to the site to check and make emergency protection. From March to June of the same year, the relatively professional Chongqing Museum stepped in, with the active cooperation of many parties, unearthed dinosaur fossils weighing about 10 tons from a range of 100 square meters.

The discovery of a large number of dinosaur fossils in Zigong set off a new climax in the study of dinosaur fossils in China at that time, and also opened the journey of Zigong simulated dinosaurs to lead the trend, and made a foreshadowing and added the first place for the future Zigong dinosaurs capital and the "national card".
In order to satisfy the broad masses of people’s pursuit of scientific and cultural knowledge and strengthen the popularization of dinosaurs and other paleontological education, the Zigong Salt Industry History Museum decided to open the Zigong Dinosaur Showroom in 1976 and produced the first dinosaur skeleton specimen in Zigong. The Zigong dinosaur skeleton specimens were installed in the local area to record "zero". This dinosaur exhibition was the first time that the well-known Zigong dinosaur made a spectacular appearance in Hong Kong. It also made a good start for more and more beautiful Zigong dinosaurs on stage and cluster display.

By 1982, the country decided to build the Zigong Dinosaur Museum in Dashanpu. The influx of domestic and foreign tourists brought the artificial dinosaurs to bud. In 1992, after visiting the dinosaur museum, a Taiwanese wanted to build a dinosaur theme park in his hometown. He specially went to Zigong to invest and build a factory after an inspection. He began to produce mechanical dinosaurs, which were designed and produced by Zigong people.
Zigong Dinosaur Museum
Although the original animatronic dinosaur is also a steel frame structure, the surface of camel hair. But the appearance is dull, the touch is hard, and it cannot move or bark. Although it is huge, it does not give people an immersive sense of **.

In 1996, a Japanese company exhibited artificial dinosaurs in Chengdu. The exhibits had soft skins, realistic feel, and lifelike appearance. People from Zigong went to observe the gourd painting scoops and used sponges and glass glue instead of camel hair. This a very important first step for Zigong Dinosaurs Industry.

After more than 20 years of unremitting research and development, Zigong's simulation dinosaur production technology has become perfect. Automation and intelligent technology are widely used. Now hundreds of dinosaur production companies in Zigong, including Zigong Dinosaurs World & Technology Co., Ltd., can produce animatronic dinosaurs , walking dinosaur costume , animatronic animals. The dinosaur head can swing up and down, blink and eyeballs. It can turn, the neck can move up and down, the forelegs can grasp, the abdomen can breathe, the tail can swing, and the legs can be stunned. Not only can it walk, it also has the intelligence of a 4-year-old child, can have simple conversations with tourists, and can identify tourists, men, women, and children.

So far, more than 40 years have passed, and the Zigong dinosaur fossil excavation exhibition seems to be flashing again and again, vividly... Simulation dinosaurs have also opened a new era chapter for Zigong. The splendid Zigong dinosaurs are destined to be a "world famous city of cultural tourism".