Ritu rock painting

Ritu rock painting

Ritu rock painting, a cultural site, is located in Ritu County, Tibet. It is mainly distributed in the South and east of Bangongcuo, nearly 200 or 300 square kilometers. The most easily found rock paintings are in the area of Xinzang highway near Ritu. Murals are carved with hard stone or other hard objects on the rock surface or rock. The strokes of the lines are deep and shallow, and there are a few painted pictures. The contents of rock paintings are very extensive, including hunting, religious rituals, riding, grazing, farming, sun, moon, mountain, cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, antelopes, houses, figures, etc.

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Culture

Rock art is a kind of stone carving culture. Japanese and native rock art is the most representative in Tibet. More than a dozen rock paintings, such as rimudong, lurilangka, alonggou and kangbareju, are not only large in scale and quantity, but also of high artistic value. These rock paintings are carved on the rock wall with sharp tools. The lines are simple and simple, the shapes are simple and vivid, and the colors are simple and bright. The contents mainly show the social life style of ancient plateau, such as hunting, religious rituals, riding and shooting, grazing, farming, dancing, war and so on. Rock paintings are mainly distributed in the South and east of Bangongcuo area of nearly two or three hundred square kilometers. The most easily found rock paintings are in the area of Xinzang highway near Ritu.

distribution

In the South and east of Bangong Lake Basin, there are 13 rock painting spots, such as lurilangka, aronggou, nabulong, takamba, Buxian, kangbarejou, rimudong, Guoba and qugaerqiang, in an area of nearly two or three hundred square kilometers.

value

Rock paintings are rich in content, mainly hunting, grazing, war, animals, utensils, natural objects and so on. Animals include tigers, deer, sheep, wild boars, dogs, waterfowls, eagles, etc.; characters include hunters, warriors, herdsmen and gods of human and animal integration; weapons mainly include bows and arrows, crossbows, long grass, knives, arrows, etc.; natural objects include the sun, moon and plants, etc. Most of the above-mentioned rock paintings are from the early metal age. Through these works, they truly reflect the vivid scenes of the production and life of the ancient nomadic people in Bangong Lake area. They live in the nature. While transforming the nature, they strive to make use of the nature and create their own beautiful life. Although the lines of the rock paintings are rough and the shapes are dull, they are simple and can arouse tourists' nostalgia

Ritu rock painting site provides precious material materials for the study of the history, religion, art and folk customs of ancient Tibetan people. In these simple pictures, the economic life, social activities and religious beliefs of the ancient people of Xiangxiong are recorded, and the unique sketches created by the author according to his own understanding of natural phenomena are left, in which there is no lack of primitive aesthetic concepts and strange imagination. Some comrades say that the rock paintings are vivid historical books recorded on stones by ancient ancestors, which is no exaggeration. These materials are of great reference value to the study of Tibetan ethnic history, ethnology, folklore, primitive religious history, ancient ecology, ancient transportation and ancient art.

Address: Nitu County, Ali Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region

Longitude: 79.732429504395

Latitude: 33.381359100342

Tel: 0897-2642105

Chinese PinYin : Ri Tu Yan Hua