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.
MoreHelan Mountain Rock Painting Scenic Area is a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 4A-level tourist attraction. It is known as the "history book in stone", "prehistoric human art gallery" and "the place where Chinese culture traces its origins".
The Yinchuan World Rock Art Museum in the scenic area displays representative rock art from more than 60 countries and regions in the world, covering the latest results and information of current rock art research. There are 6,000 prehistoric rock paintings between 3,000 and 10,000 years old in the rock art site area. They are renowned in the international rock art community for their large number, rich content, wide range of themes, and rarity in the world. Yinchuan Han Meilin Art Museum collects and exhibits more than 1,000 works inspired by and based on Helan Mountain rock paintings by Mr. Han Meilin, showing the fusion of ancient and modern.
After years of protective development, the scenic spot has become a comprehensive tourist attraction integrating exhibitions, science education, research and exchanges, artistic creation, leisure vacations and other functions.
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 old man tickets are very cheap and cost-effective. When I booked the ticket in advance, my parents only needed to scan the mobile phone to avoid the time to queue up to buy tickets. The rock paintings left in ancient times are perfectly preserved in the scenic area, and I am very lucky to see the rock sheep.
Helan Mountain Rock Painting records the production and life scenes of ancient humans grazing, hunting, and sacrifice 3,000-10,000 years ago, and has become a cultural treasure trove for studying ancient human cultural history and primitive art history. 🔷 China's 50 most worthy places for foreigners (Gold Award). 🔶 China's most internationally influential leisure tourist attraction. 🔷 Helanshan Rock Painting was determined by the Organizing Committee of the International Rock Painting Summit as the "Permanent Site of the International Rock Painting Summit". 🔶 was rated as "the source of Chinese culture" by Guangming Daily and won the famous trademark of Ningxia. 🔷 was rated by the National Tourism Administration as the first batch of "National Research Tourism Demonstration Base". 🔶 was rated as "National Excellent Social Science Popularization Base" by the National Social Science Organizing Committee. 🔷 was rated as "50 Views of the Yellow River in China". 📌 TIPS: 📍 Location: Navigate and search for Helan Mountain Rock Paintings. ✅ Tour route: Yinchuan World Rock Painting Museum - Yanhua Site District - Han Meilin Art Museum 💰 Tickets: One line tour, no turning back, small traffic transfer is required in the scenic area, tickets + battery car 70 yuan / person, Ctrip booking 64 yuan / person. 🅿️ Parking: The entrance of the scenic spot is the parking lot, 5 yuan / time. 👟 Some rock paintings need to walk on the stone steps to see them up close, such as the famous "solar rock painting" in all over the world. So it is more convenient to wear comfortable sneakers. 🐏 Helan Mountain Rock Painting also belongs to Helan Mountain Nature Reserve. It is a place for rock sheep to live and move, but the rock sheep is timid in nature, so don't scare them when playing. ⛰️ Helan Mountain Rock Painting Scenic Area is a 5-kilometer drive from Helanshan National Forest Park, and you can visit one line.
Helan Mountain Rock Painting scenery, a very good attraction, I thought there were not many people during the Spring Festival holiday, but I unexpectedly found that this place is actually the most tourist place. I have to lament the wisdom of the ancients and leave regrets and precious wealth for future generations.
I went in June, the scenic spot was not very big, and there were not many people when I went to play. Mainly look at the ancient human records on the rock wall of the production and life scenes such as grazing, hunting, sacrifice, war, entertainment, and exchange.