Carving six stone horses

The Zhaoling joint burial of Emperor Li Shimin and the Bonaventure Queen's, located in Shaanxi Province, the Liquan nine Zong Mountain. Ji temple on both sides graveside the veranda Gallery, "Zhaolingliujun" stone columns set which. The "Zhaolingliujun six bluestone horse sculpture carved stone relief. They are six horses through fire and water, accompanied by the King of Qin Li Shimin in Tang Dynasty around.
It is no exaggeration to say that Li Shimin in immediately dominated. And every time strikes, the horses have to accompany him through fire and water. So the Emperor has deep feelings for his "comrades in arms". To exhort the children and grandchildren of the hardships, for he had each of the six-horse nostalgia in the Zhenguan decades (636 years), Li Shimin construction Zhaoling issued an edict, "I was riding his military, economic and I in difficult Archive name engrave is true to form, set the left and right ".
The "Six Chun: Takenori first year (618) of Li Shimin Ping Xue Ren Gao traveled on white hoof black, Takenori 2002 (619), Li Shimin Ping Song Jingang SWAT Puma" high-risk of Li Shimin level Shichong Picea high-risk "Sa Lu Zi," even cutting red "," green piebald, Li Shimin Ping Liu Heita Takenori four years (622) in high-risk "boxing Mao Gua." Li Shimin that craftspeople Yan Lide and painter Yan Liben practices in high relief depicting six war Marxism-Leninism is placed before the mausoleum. Every stone inscriptions about two meters wide and about 1.7 meters high.
Li Shimin also personally for each one of the horses Ciming poetry, describing their exploits and charisma. So great calligrapher Ouyang Xun and the name of a horse and the imperial eulogy transcribed in the paper, craftsmen engraved on the stone carving above. By now, a stone carving chisel word at the left foot square, but dip after a thousand years of wind and sun, rain and frost, but now it is to see not a word.
1914, "Sa Lu Zi" and "boxing Mao Gua" was shipped to the United States, the existing Museum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, now in the possession of the remaining four Chun Xi'an Beilin Museum "stone art galleries, six-Chun north and south to the word row opened.
Six Chun stone egg sculpture reliefs, sleek, flowing lines, rounded fine knife, clean lines, accurate modeling, lively and vivid surface emerged in the horse's body, personality and war arrows in the body to take gallop battlefield scenarios.
"Zhaolingliujun" stone egg sculpture as a theme to unify the war, every picture is a thrilling story to tell people, the performance of Li Shimin pacification of the whole world, the founding of the determination Sadakuni its creative conception to Jing martial arts "with the nature of the monument, both realistic and exaggerated their artistic techniques. Six horse stance look different, running, walking, standing, are carved lifelike, even the pull rope and saddle beam tail, the location of the arrows in the arrows and Sa Lu Zi General Qiu Xinggong his sword standing posture are nuanced portrait. Use hyperbole "hop-generation run" will be the one horse hooves vacated presented in front of people. With the same strain of horses in the Tang Dynasty murals, aimed at the performance of the horse's supple quick footed, has a strong artistic influence.
The "Zhaolingliujun is the Chinese carved in the history of the treasure. On the one hand because of its superb artistic techniques, on the other hand, because it is rare in the Tang Dynasty stone carvings realistic theme works. It's not just modeling success, carving skills absolutely fine, but also a symbol of the rich history of the story, showing the achievements of ancient sculpture, a precious ancient stone art treasures.