The "Twelve Animal Stones" were originally named "The Twelve Peaks of Wushan." The old records say: "There are twelve exquisite stones, rising from the flat ground, slender and delicate, standing apart like mountains, each named after its shape: the writing brush stand, the incense burner, the chessboard, the elephant's trunk, the jade bamboo shoot, the turtle's breath, the coiling dragon, the sword spring, the ox's resting place, the dancing crane, the singing phoenix, and the crouching tiger." The people of Hangzhou refer to these stones as the "Twelve Animal Stones" because their shapes resemble the animals of the Chinese zodiac: the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and pig.