贺兰山岩画图像探赜——以白芨沟“山羊”“马”元素为中心

Image Composition of the Helan Mountain Rock Paintings——Centered on the Elements of“Goat”and“Horse”in Baijigou Valley

贺兰山岩画属于全国重点文物保护单位,是国家AAAA级旅游景区,被誉为“中国游牧民族艺术画廊”。其中白芨沟岩画“山羊”和“马”形象主题鲜明,造型突出,内容丰富,构图严谨,具有装饰性和表现性,在图像的构成和运用方面起到重要作用。贺兰山在古代是匈奴、鲜卑、回鹘、吐蕃和党项等北方少数民族放牧游猎的集聚地之一,游牧民族将山羊和马作为骑行工具,将其视为崇拜之物。

The Helan Mounta in rock painting is a national key cultural relics protection unit.It is a national AAAA tourist attraction and known as the“Chinese Nomad Art Gallery”.The images of“goat”and“horse”in Baijigou Valley have distinctive themes,prominent shapes,rich content,rigorous composition,decorative and expressive features,and play an important role in the composition and application of images.In the ancient times,the Helan Mountain was one of the gathering places of northern ethnic minorities such as Xiongnu,Xianbei,Uighur,Tubo and Dangxiang,who used goats and horses as riding tools and regarded them as objects of worship.