China News Network Lanzhou, April 30 (Reporter Ding Si Gaoying) In Jiayuguan City, Gansu, in addition to the well-known Jiayuguan, the world's first male pass, there is also a "national treasure" hidden in the unmanned area of the mountain-Montenegro Rock paintings are called "historical notepads".
The full name of Heishan Rock Painting is the Heishan Rock Cliff Carved Rock Painting. It is located on the steep cliff of Heishan Gorge, about 20 kilometers northwest of Jiayuguan City. The content is mainly composed of more than 20 types of characters, dances, pagodas, animals, and hunting. There were 212 rock paintings during the period, covering an area of about 12 square kilometers.
On a rock body surrounded by barbed wire, there is a rock painting called a "giant dance figure". Photo by Yang Yanmin
In 1981, Heishan Rock Painting was officially announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit by Gansu Province; in 2013, it was officially announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit by China.
In late April, a reporter from ChinaNews.com drove to visit the rock paintings of Montenegro known as the "history book" depicted on the stone. Starting from the urban area, along the road full of sand and stones, it takes about 40 minutes to come to a place where the four-shaped gully in the southern foot of the Black Mountain is found at the rock painting.
Entering the ditch mouth, a large and deep black rock surfaced, as if wrapped into the vast and desolate northwest only. The off-road vehicle travels on the gravel-paved road between the two mountains. There is no signal on the mobile phone and no pedestrians along the way. It is like entering a "no man's land".
The 32 people wearing feather-like decorations are of different shapes, with one arm dancing alone, and two hands inserted in the waist. A large-scale sacrifice and blessing scene is recorded between the dotted line and the outline. Photo by Yang Yanmin
Li Jianrong, head of the Heishan Rock Painting Protection Institute of the Jiayuguan Silk Road (Great Wall) Cultural Research Institute, accompanied the cultural relics protection for more than 20 years, "touring the mountain" at least once a week, to see these "old friends" who have remained on the rock paintings for thousands of years.
Soon, he found a rock painting called a "giant dance figure" on a rock mass surrounded by barbed wire. The 32 people wearing feather-like decorations are of different shapes, with one arm dancing alone, and two hands inserted in the waist. A large-scale sacrifice and blessing scene is recorded between the dotted line and the outline.
Walking through the canyon and watching the paintings, it seems to travel through the art scene created by the ancient ancestors during their leisure time. Animals such as goats, deer, and cows, as well as Buddhist temples, statues, pagodas, and Tibetan inscriptions have become the subject of creation.
Li Jianrong said that as a life memoir of ancient Chinese nomadic people, the rock paintings of Montenegro involve sociology, history, archaeology, aesthetics, religion, ethnology, linguistics and other disciplines. Culture, ethnic groups, climate environment, natural ecology, etc. provide important physical information and have high artistic value and historical value.
Animals such as goats, deer, and cows, as well as Buddhist temples, statues, pagodas, and Tibetan inscriptions have become the subject of creation. Photo by Yang Yanmin
Techniques of painting methods mainly include chiseling, grinding and line carving, etc. The rock painting is at least half a meter from the bottom of the ditch and the highest is more than 5 meters. In the lower rock paintings, the traces of artificial depiction and damage are more obvious.
"The exposed rock paintings of Montenegro have a fragile ecological environment. Especially in recent years, rain has increased in Jiayuguan, and the rock paintings that have been naturally eroded by weathering and rain show diseases such as cracking and flaking. Some of the rock paintings are unclear." There are more tourists on outdoor adventures, and rock painting protection faces many problems.
Being in a "no man's land" far away from the urban area is something that Li Jianrong is both happy and distressed. He said that it is far away from the urban area, so it is less affected by man-made, but the current situation of no signal in the area has also become a roadblock for the intelligent protection of rock paintings. "There is no signal on the mobile phone, WIFI connection is not available, base stations are set up, and digital monitoring is set up. The system is the foundation of the new protection mode in the future. "
In early April, "Regulations on the Protection of Rock Paintings in Heishan, Jiayuguan City" was officially reviewed and approved by Gansu. The Regulations are also the first local regulations on rock paintings in the province and the first regulations in the field of historical and cultural protection in Jiayuguan City, which will be implemented in the near future.
The news was "very moving" for Li Jianrong. "Official legislation has taken rock painting protection a big step forward. The tasks of future security and intelligent prevention, digital protection, and cultural and tourism integration and development are all arduous and have a long way to go. ."He says. (Finish)