Helan Mountain Rock Painting

The family went together during the Spring Festival. It was a worthwhile trip. It was especially special. Ningxia people were humble and enthusiastic. The scenery was very good and the history was very long. It was definitely worth seeing. If you have the opportunity to go again.

I knew Yuefei's Manjianghong when I was very young. I was full of expectations for Helan Mountain. The Spring Festival went to live up to expectations. It was a worthwhile trip. The body was really beautiful. The service attitude of Ningxia was really good. Jinghao people are better.

The last stop in Yinchuan came to Helan Mountain Rock Painting, where the ancients painted perhaps not for art, but also felt their thoughts and wisdom. Through the various scenes they described, a primitive and mysterious society was restored, which gave us a moment of peace in our minds.

Helan Mountain rock painting is a series of ancient rock paintings on Helan Mountain in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, distributed on the cliffs and rock surfaces of Helan Shandong. These rock paintings were mainly created from the late Neolithic period to the Han Dynasty, and have been thousands of years old, which is a precious material for studying ancient national culture and art in northern China. The rock paintings are colorful, including characters, animals, hunting, sacrifices, dances and other scenes, reflecting the customs and spiritual world of people at that time. Animal rock paintings are particularly prominent, with a variety of animal images such as horses, deer, cattle, sheep, tigers, birds, etc., of which the images of horses and deer are the most common and vivid. Character rock paintings show the costumes and social activities of ancient people, and some rock paintings also depict natural landscapes such as sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers. The art style of Helan Mountain Rock painting is varied, the lines are smooth, the image is simple and vivid, showing the superb skills of ancient artists and the deep artistic achievements. Rock paintings are made by chiselling and grinding methods, and the color is mainly derived from mineral pigments. After a long period of wind and rain erosion, they still maintain a distinctive color. As one of the four major rock paintings in China, Helan Mountain rock painting not only has high artistic value, but also is an important physical data for studying the history, religious belief and social life of ancient northern ethnic groups, and is listed as a key cultural relics protection unit in the country. It attracts many scholars and tourists to study and appreciate.

The scenic spot is more than 30 kilometers away from Yinchuan City. I rented a car in the city and drove it to the foot of Helan Mountain. It happened to be rainy when I went. The scenic spot felt good. The rock paintings were very distinctive and strange, especially the rock paintings of the Sun God, carved on the rock wall about 20 meters high from the river valley. There is a small platform to see, but there is no sign nearby, you need to carefully find, the rock painting group is suitable for taking children to see, very similar to the children's graffiti painting, the scenic spot is not big, the distance is not very long, the whole journey is about two hours!

Helan Mountain Rock Painting is an art gallery of nomadic peoples in China. Helan Mountain was a place where the northern minorities such as Hunnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Huiqi, Tuqi, and Party Xiang lived and reproduced in ancient times. In the hinterland of Helan Mountain, which is more than 200 kilometers in the north and south, there are more than 20 remaining rock paintings, the most representative of which is Helankou rock painting. The scenic spot of Helan Mountain rock painting is beautiful, the strange peaks are stacked, and the spring water flows out of the ditch. About 6,000 mysterious ancient rock paintings are distributed in the valley.

Before I came, I saw some comments on the Internet that it was not interesting. I still had some little worries, but after I came, I still felt that it was worth it. I could see the spectacular Helan Mountain, ancient rock paintings, beautiful artworks. Now is the free ticket period, after entering the door, I voluntarily buy a ten yuan toll, I don't think it is necessary to buy, because it takes only 2 minutes to take the car, and it takes only ten minutes to walk. The road is very flat and slow. It is not tired to walk and you can enjoy the scenery. There are three stations in total. The first stop is to introduce the rock painting, which is not very interesting. The second stop is the focus. Looking at the rock paintings, some of the rock paintings are on the mountain, but the slope is very steep. I didn't go with my children. The third stop is the Han Meilin Art Museum. I thought it was a count. I didn't expect it to surprise me. There are many beautiful sculptures and the children like it very much. Overall, it is worth visiting Yinchuan.