Allusion
In 1971, Guo Moruo accompanied foreign guests to visit Lanzhou, visited the Gansu Provincial Museum, saw this bronze galloping horse, was this cultural relics of the artistic charm, said, "he is this batch of cultural relics of the treasure of the treasure! The sky horse, alone, even if it is to get the world, are first-class art treasures."
Immediately named the horse swallows, although many studies later showed that it is not a swallow, such as the shape of the tail is a flush, not open swallow tail, this work is a metaphor for the horse ran very fast, even the falcons can not catch up with the meaning of the bronze sculpture was proposed should be named the horse eagle rather than the horse swallows. But because this name is very evocative, is widely used.
In 1973, this cultural relic was arranged in Britain and France, caused a great sensation. Since then, the artifacts toured 14 countries in Europe and the United States, due to the artifacts set of ingenious artistic conception and high technical standards of craftsmanship, and have reached an unprecedented level, and thus was known as the "sculpture of the art of the top work" by Western artists.
In December 1983, the bronze galloping horse was designated as the symbol of China's tourism. Northwest Normal University School of Tourism Dean, Professor put DuoXun think, "horse super dragon sparrow" in the tourism industry is the normative definition, meaning "China's tourism to take off, across and beyond the development of the meaning of the Chinese tourism industry has had a far-reaching impact"; at the same time but also symbolizes the At the same time, it also symbolizes the vastness and depth of Chinese culture, implying that Chinese culture has a significant volume and position in contemporary global culture.
Introduction
The Eastern Han Bronze Prancing Horse, also known as the Ma Chao Dragon Sparrow, Horse Treading Flying Swallow, Bronze Prancing Horse, Horse Attacking Crow, Eagle Skimming Horse, Horse Treading Falcon, and Lingyun Prancing Horse, etc., is a bronze vessel of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was unearthed at Leitai Han Tomb of Wuwei City, Gansu Province in October 1969, and is now stored in the Gansu Provincial Museum.
The Eastern Han bronze galloping horse is 34.5 centimeters high, 45 centimeters long, 13 centimeters wide, weighing 7.15 kilograms. The image of robust and handsome, unique style. Horse hissing, strong torso and long limbs, legs and hooves, three feet in the air, galloping forward, a foot on the flying swallows.
The East Han bronze galloping horse in October 1983 by the National Tourism Administration identified as China's tourism symbol, 1986 was designated as a national treasure, in January 2002 was included in the "first banned from going abroad (territory) exhibitions of cultural relics catalog".
The image of "Horse Treading Flying Swallows" has been identified as the main image of the identification mark of the National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China and the mark of "China's Excellent Tourist Cities", and it is a national-level cultural relic.
Expanded Information:
The bronze galloping horse is cast from full-bodied bronze with a layer of lime green patina on the surface, 34.5 centimeters high, 45 centimeters long, 10.1 centimeters wide, and weighs about 7.15 kilograms. Bronze horse hissing, three feet in the air, the right hind foot on the back of a bird of prey, the bird looked back in surprise, a metaphor for the speed of God.
The idea is ingenious and scientific, with a small but stable center of gravity. There are different interpretations of the meaning of the shape, one of which is that the horse is extremely fast, while another is that the horse is a mythical heavenly horse, and therefore above the bird.
Exhumation
In the early fall of 1969, members of the Fresh Commune of the former Wuwei County, Gansu Province, China, accidentally discovered the bronze carriages and horses inside the burial chamber when they were digging an air-raid shelter in the Leitai area. However, due to the lack of general knowledge of cultural relics, the farmers destroyed the archaeological site and put the copper carriages inside into storage.
October of that year, Wuwei cultural center working party Shoushan saw the burial chamber and the warehouse of the bronze carriages and horses reported to the higher level, these cultural relics in the next year by the Gansu Provincial Museum collection, bronze galloping horse is in it. Due to the order of the team formation when unearthed lost, can only be in accordance with historical records to rearrange the carriages and horses. In the front of the caravan leading the whole army is the bronze galloping horse. Subsequent tests have shown that the area around Leitai is the family cemetery of a general with the family name.
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