In March 1976, Ju Ming held his first solo exhibition at Taiwan's National Museum of History under an arrangement by his mentor Yuyu Yang. Most of the works exhibited were wooden sculptures of subjects taken from Taiwanese folklore and folk life such as Kuan Kung (Guangong), Lu Chih Shan (Lu Zhisen) and animal subjects like buffalos.

Having attained fame for his Nativist Series in his premier exhibition, Ju Ming moved to his Taichi style the same year. His original series was called "Kung-Fu" and he completed works including his famous "Single Whip", "Cloud Hands", "Advancing Step Barricade Moving Punch", "Shoulder Through Arm" among others. "Golden Rooster Standing" is from these early works. These works were exhibited in Ju's first overseas exhibition in the Tokyo Central Museum in January 1977.

"Golden Rooster Standing" is clean and simple in form but voluminous in its presence. The artist has made use of clean and precise sculptural cutting to mold the voluminous surface area. From the waist to the shoulder runs an astonishingly bold cutting mark that vividly models the energy and sense of speed of a kick from the right leg. Art critic Chang Tsong-zung has said: "In the sculptural art of Ju Ming the signature cutting strokes are attuned by their usage in sculpting figurative form, where spirit and likeness should be captured with minimal strokes". Ju Ming's Taichi sculptures depict diverse movements expressing a delicate balance between movement and immobility.