Even in Dadu, Mongol symbolic presence was evident in the architecture and decoration of some of the buildings within the Yuan palace complex. For example, in Khubilai's sleeping chambers curtains were dropped and screens of ermine skins set up as tangible reminder of the Mongols' hunting and pastoral life. The main reception hall contained a dais on which were models of reclining tigers, which were "by some mechanical device capable of motion as if they [were] alive.