Interpretation Of The Qidan Liao Tomb Murals

Nomad peoples in the North, it’s the descendant of Mongolian. According to"The historyof Liao", Mona lived in Liaoxi and moved from the south of Mountain Yin, Mona wasconquered by Mu Ronghuang. From then on, Mongolian was devided into Yu Wenshi, KuMoxi and Qidan." We can know that the nation of Qidan comes from Mongolian. And thenation of Qidan is a strong and brave "Horseback" nation.But the nation of Qidan was floodedin the river of history after it was conquered by Jin,and nobody knew about the nation foralmost a thousand years.Many frescoes about custom history of the nation of Qidan were shown to the people allover the world because of archaeological excavations. They were the great shock becausethey were exquisite, vivid, and colourful, there were so many works and so many kinds ofthemes. At the same time, these frescoes describe the vast and magnificent landscapw in thenorth with realistic painting skills. They show the states of living and life habits of the nationof Qidan--a nomad nation who excel in horsemanship and marksmanship. We can see kindsof themes from the frescoes, such as figure, party,travel,returning, hunting,grazing,dancing, astronomical phenomena, mountains and rivers, flowers and birds and so on.Paintings about traveling and returning are special and appeared frequently in the Middleand Late Liao Dynasty, especially, the paintings about returning are precious. This makesmural painting in tomb chamber so valuable...