The Primary Exploration On The Religious Symbolism Of Rock Paintings Of Altay Mountains In Xinjiang

Rock paintings are patterns or symbols carved in caves or open-air to express specific ideas for human. As prehistoric remains relic, paintings are throughout the world. Rock art as a cultural form, is special in its production through ancient and modern. From the view of diachronic and synchronicity together, paintings are real cultural heritage of human being. The research of rock paintings on Altay Mountains,is special in the world, it has been the research focus of the European and American prairie paintings. However, the research of rock paintings on Altay Mountains in domestic is relatively lack. With the end of the third Archaeological Survey, the domestic paintings of Altay Mountains became system and general. In term of interpretation of rock paintings, the domestic paintings of Altay Mountains also ignore its religious symbol meanings.Painting pattern carved is filled with religious symbol meanings, and it is an important carrier to expresses the prehistoric thoughts and the prehistoric religion.Rock paintings of Altay Mountains in Xinjiang are regarded as a system of symbols,the rock paintings in the seemingly scattered symbols to comb, find out the inner laws of its features, and on the basis of the internal law of paintings marks to explore the religious symbolic of these symbols and specific religious symbolism.Analyzing paintings Altay Mountains in Xinjiang as symbol, we can draw the following conclusions. First, the realistic animal paintings in the Altay Mountains in Xinxiang should be seen being as a reflection of a concept rather than simply realistic simulations. The design of paintings what likes sheep is symbol of the fertility cult,deer and tongtian beliefs, and the horse is associated with the belief of the earth.Symbols sheep like a big container, reflect paintings of the Altay Mountains in Xinxiang all religious symbolic meanings of the various elements can be added on the sheep symbol, it also reflects the regional feature of paintings of the Altay Mountains in Xinxiang. Second, the type of images could be seen as a symbol of the combination.Which appear characters, bows and arrows, animal paintings is often seen as hunting scenes, but is symbol of the fertility worship. Wolves hunt animals carved painting is the combination of the symbols of the scene, there are religious symbolism. For animal symbol of the horse symbol appeared first, symbol of horses was Aryan,spitting fire ROM to "gods" of the civilization system. Third, rock art symbols carved painting elements; combination can also reflect the religious symbolism. In rock art symbols carved painting elements, carved symbols overlapping painting is associatedwith the location of rock point, because of the need for religious activities is. For paintings of Altay Mountains in Xinxiang, carved painting point choice also has its inherent law, as the mountain and water on the carved picture, this has to do with human deeply rooted in religious belief systems is related to the concept of the "mother" Shan Fu river. We have little information on painting process of prehistoric cave paintings carved today, but the external environment and the content of the paintings is an important carrier to explore prehistoric thoughts and prehistoric religions.