Turkic Stone Man tomb

The tomb of the stone man in arishat

synonym

The Turkic Stone Man tomb generally refers to the stone man Tomb of arishat

The arixiate stone tomb in Wenquan county is composed of two cultural relic protection units in the autonomous region, namely, zhengweizhen ancient tomb group on the West Bank of arixiate River, arixiate kekekeadergan ancient tomb group, and arixiate kuxiaqiaolu shiwengzhong ancient tomb group, which is a cultural relic protection unit in Wenquan county. It is located in arixiate grassland about 25 km northwest of haribuhu town. The burial time is between the 6th and 7th centuries.

Basic introduction

There are nearly 200 ancient tombs scattered here, mainly including stone Mound Tombs and stone Mound Tombs in Shiwei. Some tombs have stone pillars about one meter high. According to the shape of the surface of the tomb and the unearthed cultural relics, experts infer that it is a Turkic tomb in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Due to its remote location, the ancient tombs here basically retain the original historical appearance.

Design process

The shapes of these stone figures are basically similar, including standing, sitting, running and walking;

There are men, women, the old and the young. Most of these stone figures are objects of sacrifice in front of tombs,

It is about 1.3 meters high. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Xilingol Grassland was once a Turk

A place to live. Through textual research, the stone man is the remains left by Turks.

These stone sculptures are smooth and lifelike, showing the ancient Turks in China

The exquisite art of human sculpture.

Spreading history

According to historical records, Turks usually have to be mortuary in front of the tent after death, and their relatives and descendants kill sheep and horses for sacrifice. Then they burn the dead's horses and daily necessities together with their corpses, and then collect their bones and erect stone carvings for burial. The stone carvings are described by the dead. Before the stone man, stones were placed according to the number of people killed. Historical records are basically consistent with reality. This is the case with a stone man tomb in alshatti. The stone man is 1.45 meters high and carved in white sandstone. He has a round face, big eyes, a moustache and a collar. He is wearing a coat with a back placket. He has a broad waist. He holds a cup in his right hand, a knife in his left hand and a knife at his waist. The engraving is fine. Four meters behind the tomb, there is an irregular square array of hundreds of pebbles. Now you can see the stone statue in the Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Such stone man tombs are widely distributed in Xilinguole grassland and Ulanqab grassland in Inner Mongolia, and are found in Xinjiang, China, present-day Mongolia and Siberia, Russia.

Research on cultural relics

In 1961, archaeologists in the autonomous region found a round carved Turkic stone man in the cemetery. It is 285 cm high and is made of granite. It is tall, majestic, big eyed, broad faced, with a mustache and a necklace. It is wearing a wide sleeve lapel, holding a cup in front of its chest with its right hand, holding a knife with its left hand at its waist, wearing a wide belt around its waist and leather boots. It stands in the shape of an eight character face to the East. Through textual research, it belongs to the fine art of round carving of Turkic Samurai stone man, and has been identified as a national first-class cultural relic by experts from the Cultural Relics Bureau.

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