Rock Paintings of Daxing'anling

Petroglyphs of Daxing'anling
LocationDaxing'anling, Heilongjiang[1]
History
PeriodsUpper Paleolithic[2]
Site notes
DiscoveredSeptember 1974[3]

Rock Paintings of Daxing'anling (simplified Chinese: 大兴安岭岩画; traditional Chinese: 大興安嶺岩畫; pinyin: Dàxīng'ānlǐng Yánhuà) are images carved into the rocks of the Daxing'anling Prefecture.[4] Most of these petroglyphs are distributed in the depths of the mountains that are not easily accessible by human activities, and on the relatively protruding rock faces of the peaks. [5]

Rock Paintings of Daxing'anling, dating back to about 10000 years ago,[6] is a preliminary proof that Daxing'anling is the cradle of Heilongjiang and even the ancient civilization of China, [7] and is the habitat of early human reproduction.[8]

Rock Paintings of Daxing'anling shows the colorful life of ancient ancestors in the Daxing'anling and Heilongjiang Basin (黑龙江流域), and also reflects the early civilization form and primitive religious content in the Daxing'anling and Heilongjiang Basin.[9]

  1. ^ "Rock Paintings of Daxing'anling - The Code of Forest Civilization History to Be Deciphered". China News Service. 2018-01-17.
  2. ^ "Shock! A total of 4050 prehistoric rock paintings were found here". Xinhua News Agency. 2018-03-13.
  3. ^ "Field study and cultural examination of Rock Paintings of Daxing'anling" (PDF). Heilongjiang Minzu Congkan. Heilongjiang National Series. 2018-03-13. ISSN 1004-4922.
  4. ^ "Painted petroglyphs found again in Daxing'anling Prefecture". China News Service. 2016-03-23.
  5. ^ "Archaeological excavation of Rock Paintings of Daxing'anling: the rich and colorful spiritual world of ancient hunting people". Xinhuanet.com. 2015-09-15.
  6. ^ "Prehistoric rock paintings found in Daxing'anling totaling nearly 4050". Hong Kong Commercial Daily. 2018-03-07.
  7. ^ "Neolithic remains found for the first time in the Daxing'anling Prefecture". Guangming Daily. 2015-09-18.
  8. ^ "More than 1850 prehistoric rock paintings were discovered in Heilongjiang Province". Ta Kung Pao. 2015-09-16.
  9. ^ "Rock Paintings of Daxing'anling: Reappearing Human Relics from the Paleolithic Age". Hong Kong Commercial Daily. 2017-12-14.