Instead, it was cast in sections, a complex technique totally different from that employed by the Shang culture for the production of bronze ding (three-legged cauldrons) and zun.
此外，這樣兩公尺多高的大銅人，因為外型過大、造型複雜，主體無法一次翻模鑄成，在製作上有著和殷商鼎、尊類銅器大不相同的技術，必須以複雜「分段鑄造」技術來完成。