Rock Paintings of Helan Mountains
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Rock Paintings of Helan Mountains (simplified Chinese: 贺兰山岩画; traditional Chinese: 賀蘭山岩畫; pinyin: Hèlánshān Yánhuà), also known as Helanshan Rock Art,[3] are images carved into the rocks of Helan Mountains, Ningxia.[4]
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Location | Helanshan, Ningxia |
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Periods | Neolithic to Western Xia[1] |
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Discovered | 5th century AD[2] |
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Helanshan Rock Art is representative of rock paintings in northern China, with rich and concentrated subject matter. As of December 2020, tens of thousands of petroglyphs have been discovered,[5] and they were created between 10,000 and 3,000 years ago.[6]