Other Information About Water Fountains

There are also some fountain sketches with deep meaning, such as the Yulian Fountain in Brussels. It portrays a child peeing attentively. According to legend, the enemy army will blow up the treasure hall in the city after invading Brussels. Yu Lien found the burning fuse and became wise, and pissed on the fuse; the treasure museum was saved, Xiao The hero sacrificed heroically. In recognition of his achievements, this fountain was built in 1619. By the 20th century, the fountain developed into a large-scale water sculpture, with water pillars forming various forms. For example, the large fountain towering into the clouds on Lake Geneva, built in 1958, uses two 1,360-horsepower water pumps to spray water to an altitude of 145 meters.

At night, the giant searchlight illuminates the silver water column straight across the night sky, and the scenery is spectacular. The Fort Norm Fountain in London, England, is 2.7 meters high. It is composed of a beautifully shaped and irregularly shaped metal shell. Two curved surfaces of water are sprayed from the edge of the shell. The bottom of the shell can be rotated, the pressure of the water spray can be adjusted, and a colorful water shape can be formed. A fountain in Seattle, USA, consists of two thick stainless steel elbows. The water is sprayed from many small nozzles installed along the pipe wall, creating the feeling of a solid water column. Its water spray volume is controlled manually, which can form a sculptural water shape.

The application of modern technology has produced various automatic fountains. The "dancing fountain" in Japan and the "waltz fountain" in the United States, under the illumination of colored lights, the water splashes can dance to the melody of music. In Paris, France, there is the famous "Agam" musical fountain, built in 1980, with 66 nozzles arranged in an "S" shape, spraying a 1-15 meter high water column, which can perform Gershwin There are more than ten exciting programs including "Rhapsody in Blue" by Tchaikovsky, "Symphony of Sadness" by Tchaikovsky, and "Water Ballet" by Pepan and Alonad. With the changes in music, the water column sometimes sings and dances, sometimes it is tall and tall, and there are bright and dazzling sparks among the colorful water columns. The sparks are ejected from a special spark jet tube, intertwined with water, and the landscape is wonderful. In Japan's hydrojet zoo, 6,036 rotating nozzles are installed in a pool of 10 meters in diameter. They can spray out marvelous scenes such as tigers and lions fighting, eagles and antelopes fighting. Most of these fountains use computers to control water, light, sound, and color, bringing fountain art into a new era