观徐扬画平定西域献俘礼图卷

Appreciation of Xu Yang’s Picture of Pacifying Xiyu and Offering Captive Ritual (Pingdingxiyuxianfulitu)

乾隆二十年（1755年）和乾隆二十三、二十四年（1758、1759年）清朝中央政府与新疆准噶尔部蒙古族达瓦齐及维吾尔族（即回部）大和卓木波罗泥都、小和卓木霍集占（简称大小和卓木）的地方叛乱势力，在地域相当广大的地区内，进行过规模很大的战斗，并且最终取得了胜利。为此，乾隆皇帝弘历决定将这次平定叛乱的战斗除去用文字记载于史册外，

Xu Yang, a famous imperial palace painter in the reign of emperor qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, was skilled at depiction of scene of history.His classic works kept now have Nanxuntu, Shengshizishengtu, Nanxunjidaotu and so on. Picture of Pacifying Xiyu and Offering Captive Ritual portrays the event that the central government of qing Dynasty putted down the rebellion of Xiyu region from 1755 to 1759. The picture had ever been described in Shiqubaoji. The paper accounts the picture＇ s historical background and the story handed down.