Study Of The Tomb For Huo Qu Bing, Stone Carving

The statues of Huoqubing Tomb has always been as the representative of the art of the Western Han and is well-known not only in China but also in foreign countries. Due to the lack of Ancient works on record, with the previous period and similar stone is not found, this made scholars have different point of view about the statues.The background of the war between Western Han and Huns made people known that Huo Qubing appeared in the very time The Western Han Dynasty changing the attitude towards Huns, Huo Qubing used his superior military skills in a short military career but gained great achievements. Huo Qubing stone tomb with animal and character modeling, it not only has the nature of memorial military exploit, and frightening the submitted states,praying for the country, but also reflects the popular social thought of immortals. Huo Qubing stone tomb of simple shape so as to reflect the overall image of the Qilian Mountains, and the link with the palace carved stone in the same period, Huo Qubing Tomb can be characterized as a mausoleum landscape.Comparison of Eastern Han Dynasty, Tang Ling statues and Huo Qubing stone tomb, The statues of Huo Qubing Tomb has very important position in the history of the development the ancient tombs and stone carvings.