Han Hua Shi rubbings

During the 406 years of the Han Dynasty, according to historical records, "people can flourish" and "Gu Mi has different views". In Han dynasty, nobles lived in luxury before their death, and were buried after their death. Han Dynasty stone reliefs are decorative murals carved on tombs, ancestral halls on the ground and stone tombs. As a distinctive funeral art, it has profound ideological significance. The themes of stone reliefs in the Han Dynasty generally include two categories: one is the real life on earth, which depicts the enjoyment way of the tomb owner before his death. The common pictures include traveling with horses and chariots, game games, dancing and dancing, archery and so on. From this, we can see the ancient etiquette and laws and regulations that have long disappeared, just like the illustrations of ancient documents. The other is the fairy world in the sky, which depicts the fairyland that the tomb owner prayed to enter after his death. The mythological content is mostly based on the Songs of the South and the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The common characters are Fuxi, Nuwa, Changxi, Dong Wanggong and the Queen Mother of the West. The missions of Fuxi and Nuwa are equivalent to Adam and Eve in the Bible. In addition, auspicious patterns are confusing, including Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu (four gods), as well as Luan bird, Xuan crane and Kirin, all of which are vivid, symbolizing "peace in the world when you see it". Stone rubbings of Han paintings-these ancient and interesting Xuan papers, which expand self-portrait stones, have nourished the exhausted inspiration of many Chinese and foreign artists today and have a high collection value.
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