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Hongshan Culture sculpture

Hongshan, meaning "red mountain peak", is located on the Jinying River in the northeast suburb of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Hongshan Culture, named after Hongshanhou site, was first discovered in the suburb of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

197 1 year, the jade dragon of Hongshan culture, which was praised as the symbol of Hongshan Culture by archaeologists, was unearthed at the Hongshan Culture site in Chifeng city, which is also known as the "hometown of China jade dragon".

Hongshan Culture sculpture is an original sculpture of China. The specific address where Hongshan culture Yulong was discovered was Sanxing Tala Village, Wengniute Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. This is an important relic of Hongshan Culture, which can be traced back to 5,000 years ago and was carefully made by Hongshan people at that time. This is the first time that China discovered "the first jade carving dragon in China".

The original sculptures in China can be roughly divided into portrait sculptures and animal sculptures.

The oldest portrait sculpture found so far in China belongs to the relic of the flourishing period of clan commune in Neolithic age. Portrait sculpture in primitive society is of great significance to exploring the process of social development and studying the history of plastic arts and ideological development. Since 1980s, amazing new discoveries have been made in Hongshan Culture site in western Liaoning. Judging from the material of the works, pottery figurines account for the largest proportion, and only a few stone carvings and bone carvings have been unearthed.

China's animal image sculptures first appeared in the early Neolithic Age, mostly in pottery and stone carvings, but also in a small number of tooth carvings and wood carvings. The Jade Dragon in Hongshan Culture is found in many places, especially the Jade Dragon unearthed in Samsung Tara, Inner Mongolia. This jade dragon is dark green, 26 cm high, intact and curled in a C-shape. The snout stretches forward, slightly bends upward, the mouth is closed, there are symmetrical double nostrils, and the protrusions of the eyes are prismatic and ringed. There is a symmetrical single hole on the back of the dragon, which is hung after the trial. The head and tail of the dragon are just on a horizontal line. ? 197 1 year, the jade dragon of Hongshan culture, which was praised as the symbol of Hongshan Culture by archaeologists, was unearthed at the Hongshan Culture site in Chifeng city, which is also known as the "hometown of China jade dragon".

Hongshan Culture fully embodies the cultural characteristics and connotation of the Neolithic Age in northern China. Later, a site with similar or identical cultural characteristics to the Hongshan site in Chifeng was discovered in the neighboring area, which was collectively called Hongshan Culture. Sites belonging to this cultural system have been discovered and confirmed, covering nearly a thousand places in western Liaoning. Its connotation is rich, and there are a large number of jade articles with vivid and unique shapes, which are mostly related to animals such as pigs, turtles, birds, cicadas and fish.

The jade carving relic belonging to Hongshan Culture period is Hongshan Culture sculpture.

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