major discovery!Henan discovered huge stone carving murals in the Northern Song Dynasty

Giant stone carving

Auspicious mural

Unearthed in Kaifeng!

A few days ago, "Archaeological China" major projects-

Kaifeng Northern Song Tokyo Chengzhou Bridge Site

Obtaining important progress

After nearly 4 years, continuous excavation

Giant stone carvings auspicious mural

It appears on both sides of the north and south south on the east side of the Bridge

This is currently discovered by our country

The largest stone carvings in the Northern Song Dynasty

The Northern Song Dynasty "Tokyo Menghua Record" records the victory of the Bridge of the Bridge- ——

"Near the bridge on both sides of the bridge

All stone wall carvings are carved with hippocampus beasts

Flying Clouds ""

Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology

Dean Liu Haiwang told reporters

"The auspicious mural unearthed this time

In line with the literature records high

Reappeared in Tokyo, Northern Song Dynasty

The historical scene of prosperity and magnificent

Show the Song Dynasty

Exquisite architectural carving art ""

Giant stone carvings auspicious mural

Symmetrical distribution on both sides of the north and south south sides of the east side of the state bridge

The murals are about 3.3 meters high

The south bank murals have been revealed at about 23.2 meters long

The north bank murals are about 21.2 meters long

There are patterns such as Hemarry Beast, Flying Crane, Xiangyun and other patterns

The person in charge of the archeological site of the state bridge site

Introduction of Zhou Runshan

At present, murals are still being tapped and cleaned up

It is speculated that the total length of a single mural is about 30 meters long

The four -bank murals on both sides of the bridge form a 100 -meter long roll

The total sculpture area will reach 400 square meters

Introduction of Zhou Runshan

Giant stone carvings auspicious mural

Make multiple groups of stones

There are their own numbers on each stone surface

(This is not the ancients' painting)

Due to the huge scale of murals

It's difficult to install

Craftsmen usually carve first and then assembled

Zhou Runshan said

The purpose of the number is to let the craftsman

Know the correct position of each sculpture

Equivalent to the current puzzle

Giant stone carvings auspicious mural

There are currently two sets of number systems

"Thousand Characters" in the South Wall

Northern Wall selects "Shangdian"

Use the number combination as a number

Of course, the puzzle will also "turn around"

"When rebuilt the state bridge in the Ming Dynasty

Craftsman disturb the stone wall

As a result of some stone walls' upside down, "

Zhou Runshan told reporters

The state bridge was founded in the middle age of the Tang Dynasty

Is the central axis of Kaifeng City

Cross the Sui and Tang Dali Grand Canal

Landmark

up to now

The excavation area of ​​4,400 square meters is completed by the state bridge site

117 relics of various types of relics were found

Site cleanup and protection work is still in progress

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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