In 1991, Chen Wan-neng was invited to participate in an exhibition sponsored by the Council of Cultural Affairs, which took the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac as its theme. Using cold hard tin to portray the movements and expressions and fur or feathers of those 12 animals was quite a challenge.
一九九一年，陳萬能應行政院文建會邀展，以十二生肖為主題創作，但利用冰冷堅硬的錫表現十二生肖的軀體皮毛和動作表情，無疑是項艱苦的挑戰。