The handmade and painted statue is one of the Four gods of the Chinese constellations, Black Tortoise or Xuan Wu in Chinese. The Black Tortoise  represents the north and the Winter season, which is also called the Black Warrior of the North. It is usually depicted as both a tortoise and a snake, specifically with the snake coiling around the tortoise.

Graceful and charming, every piece of scale on the snake and tortoise is clear-cut and exquisite. The snake lifts head coiling around the lusty tortoise, both showing their sharp teen and looking into each other.