Sculpture of the Han Dynasty sculpture
These stone after more than 2,000 years of wind and rain, still with its crude and vigorous momentum, attracting thousands of art lovers and visitors. The charm of its art is that they are mainly used in the "pictographic" abstract techniques, brief and vividly show the vitality of the artistic image. For example, one of the Crouching Tiger, modeling vigorous and magnificent, knife purely Xilian, stone profile, it is not for the claws of the claws, but it appears calm and powerful, its sharp eyes enough to receive deterrent effect. Again, the performance of the performance of the pig is also symbolism, and its body and body seamless, detailed characterization of the image of the essential features. Another group of famous Western Han Dynasty large stone carvings, is the county of Xingping County, Shaanxi Province, the hometown of Han hussars general Huo Hu disease tomb stone carving, Department of Yuan hunting six years of government officials "left division empty" Department of the masons carved. The author uses the stone modeling method, the round carving, relief, line engraving and other techniques into one, so that both works of realistic and freehand style. The existing works are fleeing, lying horse, horse, lying tiger, lying frog, stone frog, stone fish, toad, lying cattle, wild boar, savage, savage bear bear, cow licking calves and other 14, 2 pieces.
Huo Qubing tomb stone carving group, is considered to Yuan hunting six years (117 BC) less government officials "left Sagong" Department of the mason carved, can be considered with the Kunming pool stone carved out with the hands of the royal stone craftsmen, and thus Both styles are very similar. Huo Ru disease tomb from the Han Dynasty mausoleum about 1 000 meters northeast. He was born for the expedition to the Huns, repeated construction Qigong, favored, but left the "Huns did not destroy, why home" patriotic rhetoric, died only 24 years old. Emperor of the occasion of the deity, the special life of the general will be built to the symbol of its outstanding reputation of the Qilian mountain shape, mountain mound up and down, but also put on a number of large stone, tiger, bear, cattle, horses, pigs and other images, To bring out the magnificent spectacular Qilian Mountain, one of the most famous stone is "horse riding Huns like".
