Rock Paintings of Alashan

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Alashan Petroglyphs
LocationAlashan, Inner Mongolia[1]
History
PeriodsUpper Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age

Rock Paintings of Alashan or Rock Paintings of Alxa (

rock paintings have distinctive characteristics, mainly in the dense images and fresh carvings, and the subject matter is mainly the expression of human activities.[4]

The census of cultural relics conducted in Alashan in 1985 brought Rock Paintings of Alashan into the public eye.[5] As of March 2020, more than 50,000 groups of Alashan Rock Art have been discovered.[6]

Distribution

Rock Paintings of Alashan are mainly distributed in

Alashan League in the western part of Inner Mongolia,[7] including Yinshan Rock Paintings, Rock Paintings of Helan Mountains (贺兰山岩画) and Rock Paintings of Mandela Mountains (曼德拉山岩画).[8] Alashan Rock Art is called "Historical Picture Scroll of the Northern Peoples" (北方民族的历史画卷).[9]

Creation periods

The creation periods of Alashan Rock Art can be divided into three major periods, namely Upper Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age.[10]

Conservation

In February 2019, the Administrative Office of Alxa League (阿拉善盟行政公署) issued and implemented the Measures for the Protection and Management of Alashan Petroglyphs (阿拉善岩画保护管理办法), which provides a legal basis for the protection of Alashan Petroglyphs.[11]

Style Characteristics

The content of the subject matter of Alashan Rock Art includes

animals. In addition, there are various patterns and Tibetan characters.[12]

These

ethnic groups that used to be active on the Alashan grassland in ancient times.[13]

References

  1. ISBN 978-7-208-07620-4
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  2. ^ China Archaeology and Art Digest. Art Text (HK) Limited. 1996. pp. 156-.
  3. ^ Chinese Archaeological Integration: Northeast China Volume. Beijing Publishing House. pp. 1072-.
  4. ^ "172 ancient rock paintings found in western Inner Mongolia". Xinhua News Agency. 2020-03-04. Archived from the original on May 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Unfold the historical picture of the northern peoples from the rock paintings" (PDF). China Culture Dailly. 2019-08-08.
  6. ^ "New rock painting site discovered in Helan Mountain area of Inner Mongolia named "Shuimangu Rock Painting"". China Network Television. 2020-03-14.
  7. ISBN 978-7-202-02499-7
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  8. ^ "Beauty in Alashan". Xinhua News Agency. 2018-11-22.
  9. ^ "Rock Paintings of Alashan: A Spectacular Historical Painting of the Northern Peoples". China National Radio. 2019-12-04.
  10. ^ "Research on Rock Paintings of Alashan". CNKI. 2020-01-14.
  11. ^ "Notice of the Office of the Administrative Office of Alxa League on Printing and Distributing the "Measures for the Protection and Management of Alxa Rock Paintings"". www.als.gov.cn. 2019-02-15.
  12. ISBN 978-7-208-01240-0
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  13. ISBN 978-7-227-06698-9
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