PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION OF ROCK ART IN DONGSHAN, LINGWU, NINGXIA, CHINA
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Abstract
The Dongshan rock art in Lingwu, Ningxia, discovered around in the late 1990s, are numerous and relatively diverse in type. It can be said that this discovery fills a geographical distribution gap of rock art in Ningxia and plays a significant role in revealing the complex trajectories of regional cultural interaction and civilizational exchange. However, due to its relatively recent discovery, and the scholarly literature remains scarce, there is limited public awareness of it. Based on this, this paper will provide a brief introduction to the Lingwu rock art, covering its discovery, geographical location, depicted content, and manufacturing techniques. It will also preliminarily discuss their chronology, artistic style and cultural affiliation, aiming to draw academic attention and thereby stimulate further in-depth research into this regional rock art tradition.