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Painted Characters Traveling in Cars and Horses in the Warring States Period
The painted figures in the Warring States Period with chariots and horses traveling in circles are cultural relics of the Warring States Period. The overall height is 10.4 cm, the diameter is 28 cm, the tire thickness is 0.3 cm, and the circumference is 87.9 cm. The outer wall of this lacquer was painted with scenes of chariots and horses traveling in the Warring States Period. The artist used 5 trees flying in the wind to separate 4 groups of related pictures. Coherent from beginning to end, with natural transition, it is the earliest "comic strip" in China. Unearthed in Baoshan Tomb No. 2, Jingmen City, Hubei Province in 1987. It is now collected in the Hubei Provincial Museum.
This exhibit is a cultural relic of the Warring States Period. The overall height is 10.4 cm, the diameter is 28 cm, the tire thickness is 0.3 cm, and the circumference is 87.9 cm. Lacquered wood. Unearthed time: 1987, unearthed location: Tomb No. 2, Baoshan, Jingmen City, Hubei Province.
After this lacquer dome was unearthed, the outer wall was separated from the lacquer body. If you unfold the outer wall, you will find that it is a long scroll landscape painting with a length of 87.4 cm and a width of 5.2 cm. This is the pre-Qin painting with the most colors found so far. . It uses deep red, orange red, khaki, brown, cyan and other colors to paint the scenes of characters traveling on horses and chariots. In order to reasonably arrange 26 characters, 4 chariots, 10 horses, 5 trees, 9 birds, 2 dogs and 1 pig in a limited plane, the ancients made bold attempts and innovations, separating them with 5 trees There are 4 groups of interrelated pictures, which are coherent from beginning to end and have natural transitions. They are the earliest "comics" in China.
The picture is divided into two parts according to its plot: the first part depicts galloping chariots and horses, crowned nobles, attendants and greeters, showing the scene on the way; The main body shows the scene of welcoming and sending. In the overview picture, 26 figures are running or sitting, whipping and urging horses, flying towels, dogs jumping and barking, and trees swaying in the wind, which together constitute a fresh and meaningful picture of life, reflecting the artistic taste and Enthusiasm for life has far-reaching significance for the study of etiquette, customs, and social culture in the Warring States Period.
