Recently, according to the public information of the Cultural Relics Management Office of Lincang City, Yunnan Province, investigators found a new petroglyph site in Lincang Yongde County. Among them, there are more than 30 recognizable patterns, most of which are humanoid patterns and original image symbols. This is also another new petroglyph point in Yongde County after the discovery of the Yongkang Tuzhai Gong Temple petroglyphs and red rock paintings in the Yongkang River Basin in the 1980s.
It is understood that after the preliminary confirmation of the researchers of the Cultural Relics Management Institute of Lincang City in Yunnan Province and the Yongde County Culture and Tourism Bureau, the newly discovered petroglyphs are 1722 meters above sea level, the rock wall is more than 30 meters high, the bottom width is more than 100 meters, sitting east and facing west, the distribution area is more than 20 square meters, the highest pattern is about 3 meters from the ground, all are red, more than 30 recognizable patterns, mostly humanoid patterns, followed by some original image symbols, although eroded by wind and rain and sun exposure, but most of the images are still vivid images.
Petroglyphs are a kind of stone carving culture, human ancestors used stone tools as tools, using rough, simple and natural stone carving methods to depict and record their production methods and life content.
According to investigators, this is another major discovery after the discovery of neolithic sites in the village in December 2021, adding new materials to the study of early human social life in southwest Yunnan, and also providing strong evidence for the study of the primitive lifestyle of ancient humans, which has important cultural value and academic research value.
Pocket Spring City reporter: Pu Xiao
Source: Lincang today
Editor-in-charge: Mo Kaijing
Editor: Zhou Xiaoxue
Final Judge: Zhou Jianjun