Chinese culture has a long history and profound heritage, and in the past 5,000 years, many cultural relics have emerged, which is not only the condensation of the wisdom of the working people in ancient China, but also the symbol and symbol of history. In the long history of the mainland, the Han Dynasty has a pivotal position, it is a unified dynasty after the Qin Dynasty, divided into the Western Han And Eastern Han Dynasties. The Western Han Dynasty was founded by Liu Bang and the Eastern Han Dynasty by Liu Xiu, with a history of more than 600 years, is a rare longevity dynasty in Chinese history.
In terms of the number of cultural relics unearthed on the mainland, the han dynasty cultural relics are mostly, and there are many national treasure-level cultural relics in these cultural relics, such as the "Eastern Han Copper Running Horse" (Ma Ta Feiyan) excavated in October 1969 at the Leitai Han Tomb in Wuwei City, Gansu Province, which is a very important national treasure-level cultural relic, and it is also the first batch of precious cultural relics on the mainland that are prohibited from being exhibited abroad.
The small village excavated from the Eastern Han Dynasty copper galloping horse is located in Gansu Province, after measurement is 34.5cm high, 45cm long, 13.1cm wide, weighing 14.6 kilograms, the shape is a galloping horse, the trunk is strong and powerful, the limbs are slender, the hooves are light and fast, the mane and muscles on the body are clearly visible, its three hooves rise in the air, and the other one tramples on a flying swallow, the image is vivid. Therefore, there are various names in the folk, such as "Ma Ta Fei Yan" and "Ma Chao Dragon Bird", which not only highlights the super high skills of artists in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also greatly promotes the development of ancient sculpture in the mainland, and also represents the highest artistic achievements of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and is a rare pearl in the history of Chinese sculpture.
The subtlety of this artifact lies in the fact that the horse is lined with swallows. Whether it is the style of the horse running, or the look of the swallow turning its head and looking back, or the cleverness of the casting process, all show the wisdom and skill of the ancient people. We all know that it is easy to create the image of a running horse, but it is difficult to show the dynamic beauty of a static object. But the ancient artists not only did it, but also combined the ingenious craftsmanship with the imagination of the world, so that a swallow flying in the sky and a horse galloping on land became a natural one. The still picture tension is fully displayed, the speed of the flying swallow and the galloping horse is obvious to all, and the dynamics of the horse are frozen in a static space, but the picture in the mind has long been ready to come up with a vivid image, which is breathtaking.
The photos of "Ma Ta Fei Yan" that we see now are all the sides of the horse, but the front is rarely seen, in fact, the reason why photographers do not shoot its front is because its positive expression is really funny, not as heroic as the side. On the positive side, Pegasus stared sideways at the swallow, opened his mouth in surprise, and seemed to wonder how he accidentally stepped on the swallow, plus the horse was affected by gravity and resistance when running, which must cause its face to deform, in fact, this is the finishing touch of "Ma Ta Fei Yan", the ancients used their superb and unique skills, so that this horse has a charm to appear vividly in front of the world.
Ma Ta Feiyan's bold design, ingenious conception and romantic expression method bring people a thrilling visual feast, in addition to which it also has high historical research value and is also an important milestone in the history of mainland sculpture.