In Mongolia in the 1990s, a mongolian native found a passage of text on a cliff that he could not understand, and after the news spread, it received the attention of the state, so archaeologists heard about it, but they never studied what was written on it.
Until 2014, Chinese experts heard about such a thing and wanted to find out, so they jointly visited with Mongolian experts, so there was such a touching story of Chinese experts shedding tears because of their emotions.
As one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, China is also the country with the longest history in the world, and many excellent cultures have been bred in this land of China. But this was also destroyed and destroyed in the continuous rise of war, so that during this period of war, Chinese culture continued to fade and lose.
According to the book of Later Han, when the general Dou Xiao of the Eastern Han Dynasty led the Han army to break the Xiongnu, he once passed through Yanran Mountain, and he felt inspired during the march, so he named this mountain Yanran Mountain.
He also ordered the inscription of Bangu, who accompanied the army together, to commemorate the victory. Ban Gu also had a feeling, so he wrote the "Seal Yanran Mountain Inscription", which was directly engraved on the cliff wall of Yanran Mountain, which was later discovered by the Mongolian people and they could not understand the text.
In fact, since 1980, many stone carvings with writing have been found in Mongolia, these stones are small in size and scattered around, so at first they did not attract people's attention, and with the discovery of many words, they continued to understand their importance. China's history experts have not stopped looking for the "Feng Yanran Mountain Inscription", and finally the efforts have paid off, and under the unremitting efforts of many archaeologists, people have finally figured out what the specific content of the stone carvings is.
It is only now clear that this is a stone wall of merit that recites the conquest of the Xiongnu. From this point of view, this cliff bears witness to the history of thousands of years ago, and also records the tragedy of the war at that time.
After figuring out the words on the stone carvings, Chinese experts were deeply moved by the content of the stone carvings, and could not help but burst into tears and sigh deeply. How can modern people think that in ancient times, when military conditions were extremely backward, how many sons, how many fathers, how many husbands, and how many families were needed to win a victory in a war?
When experts think of this, they are even more emotional: What face do today's people face the ancients? Such a short and general text, a few sentences to explain the significance of the Battle of Yanran Mountain, not only a complete introduction to the War between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Xiongnu for hundreds of years, but also witnessed the Xiongnu from gradual development and prosperity to gradual decline.
The significance of the study of stone carvings
Judging from the content of the cliff stone carvings, after thousands of years of wind, frost, snow and rain, the text on the stone carvings is still relatively complete. Such a complete war story details the development of the war.
More importantly, it is the text used to describe this story, which is very researchious. It should be known that ancient stone carvings are meaningful carvings on the rocks by the ancients, specifically referring to stone carvings or stone walls with historical, artistic and scientific value carved with words and pictures.
When it comes to calligraphy on stone carvings, we can think of the social situation of that era. Calligraphy is different from painting, calligraphy is an art that cannot be shaped by objects, and will not be constrained and affected by external things, so calligraphy is a kind of expression of the artist's spiritual world in abstract language.
It can be seen from the cliff stone carvings that the font of the Eastern Han Dynasty was changed from seal books to Lishu, which is a process of evolution from ancient to modern. It can also be concluded that the Han Dynasty stone carvings were a watershed in the transformation of writing styles from the Qin Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, which played a unique transitional role, which has great significance for the study of the evolution of writing by later generations.
The story of stone carvings
The most important period experienced by the cliff carvings is the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was a strong and vigorous era in history, and the history says that the Han Dynasty's rivers and mountains were beaten down from horseback, which is true.
The wars of the Han Dynasty, large and small, were all in the battle with the Xiongnu, and finally after nearly a hundred years of entanglement, the Xiongnu were finally completely defeated, but in the late Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu still slaughtered the city. The only thing left is that the cliff stone carvings are still standing in the snow and wind.
I would like to ask, seeing this, how can Chinese experts not cry? After thousands of years of vicissitudes, experts have seen stone carvings of their own writings in foreign countries. Although it has become the hometown and paradise of other countries, this does not affect the fact that it was once the territory of China.
At the same time, it does not affect Chinese remember that China has defeated Mongolia and completed the ideal of China's great unification. This stone carving is the best evidence that China has defeated all foreign races to unify China.
The modern meaning of stone carvings
No matter what it is, as long as it has historical overtones, it has a mysterious veil over it. The same is true of stone carvings, and the reason why Chinese experts are full of interest and desire to explore small, scattered stone carvings is not because of the thin veil on the stone carvings? As soon as the veil was lifted, the experts did not forget to study the historical significance of this while being moved.
This stone carving proves that at least since the Han Dynasty, The art of Chinese sculpture has begun to blossom everywhere. At least since the Han Dynasty, stone carvings have become a cultural landscape that cannot be ignored in the chinese cultural landscape.
Scholars are often more amazed by the richness it presents than the "stunning". In terms of their form of existence, some of these stone carvings are monumental monuments erected on the surface of the earth, some are cliff characters engraved on the mountain, and some are seen in ancestral halls or even buried in various depictions, and some are even illustrated and textual.
Ancient stone carvings were already a priceless treasure at the time, and in modern times, they are priceless treasures. It is not only the product of a specific historical stage of an era, but also has distinct characteristics of the times and national characteristics, and is a treasure in China's ancient cultural heritage.
The emergence of stone carvings is not accidental, but after the influence of history and the immersion of national culture, the brilliant development of stone carvings in the Han Dynasty is inseparable from the local developed economy, culture and folk customs at that time, which are closely related to them.
Since the discovery of the cliff stone carvings, other discovered stone carvings have been put on the historical stage, which has aroused widespread concern in the society and set off a wave of research in the historical circles.
Whether it is the cliff carvings that moved Chinese experts to tears, or other stone carvings, calligraphy and paintings scattered in various places that have long been discovered, they all reflect China's unique aesthetic tastes and aesthetic ideals for thousands of years, and all have a high aesthetic value.
Whether it is from an aesthetic point of view or from the story of Shi Deliberate Realm, it is the expression of China's advanced cultural ideas for thousands of years. All this is telling the world that China was once a strong country, and it is also thinking of modern people, and China's thousands of generations are justified and evidenced.