Hongshan culture is an important cultural type in the Neolithic period in the Liaohe River Basin, dating to about 3500 BC, and was named Hongshan culture because it was first discovered in the Niuheliang site behind Hongshan in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. The Niuheliang site is the representative of Hongshan culture, and the large altars, goddess temples, stone mounds, jade pig dragons and other large altars, goddess temples, stone mounds, jade pig dragons and other jade ritual vessels unearthed from the site fully reflect the cultural characteristics and connotations of the Neolithic period in northern China.
National Museum of Saffron Mountain Culture Jade Pig Dragon.
National Museum of Saffron Mountain Culture Jade Pig Dragon.
A large number of dragon-shaped artifacts have been found in the Hongshan culture, such as the "Jade Pig Dragon". The so-called "pig-dragon" image is derived from the facial and curved body features displayed by the jade. The head is easily reminiscent of a "wild boar", while the curved body is reminiscent of the body of a "dragon" in Chinese mythology, which is combined to form the form of a "pig dragon", and it is generally believed that the jade pig dragon is a fusion of the image of a pig and a snake. Judging from the jade pig dragon unearthed from the first site of the Niuheliang site in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province and the sixteenth site of the stone mound M14, its age is 5300-5000 years ago.
National Museum of Saffron Mountain Culture Jade Pig Dragon.
The National Museum of Tibetan Red Mountain Cultural Jade Dragon - the first dragon in China.
Guo Dashun divides the jade pig dragon of Hongshan culture into two categories, one is the dragon that we commonly see is obviously a pig's head, because its shape resembles a jade, it is called "Jue-shaped dragon". The basic form is hook-shaped and curled, and the end and end joints are missing and continuous, such as the "C" shape, so it is also called "beast-shaped Jue".
The National Museum of Tibetan Red Mountain Cultural Jade Dragon - the first dragon in China.
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