Indonesia has discovered the oldest cave mural in the known world. What can this mural tell us?

Indonesia found the oldest cave mural in the known world: portrait of wild boar? Recently, archaeologists discovered the oldest cave paintings in the world in Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is speculated that this painting can be traced back to at least 45,500 years ago. This mural is painted with crimson paint and vividly depicts a wild boar. Experts determine that the calcite precipitate formed above this painting has a history of 45,500 years, but this painting may be older. In other words, as early as 40 thousand years ago, primitive people had learned to draw.

The discovery of cave paintings of wild boar in Indonesia shows that primitive people kept livestock in captivity for a long time and had certain aesthetics.

Mural, what's it called? Art on the wall? Is that people draw directly on the wall. As an accessory part of architecture, mural painting has become an important aspect of environmental art because of its decorative and beautification function. Mural painting is one of the earliest painting forms in human history.

As early as the Han Dynasty, murals were recorded in China, mostly on the walls of grottoes, tombs or temples. Now, with the combination of modern technology and cultural atmosphere, wall painting has developed more and more diversified and personalized, and more and more people are using it in decoration.

In fact, we don't have to envy Indonesian cave paintings. As one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, the development of murals can be traced back to the Stone Age, which is the embryonic period of China's painting. With the improvement of stone making methods, primitive arts and crafts have developed. However, a few years ago, the examples of China's paintings we knew were only Neolithic patterns painted on ceramic vessels. The discovery of rock paintings in several provinces in China has enabled historians to push the origin of China's painting art to the Paleolithic Age. Among these numerous discoveries, there are also many images depicting people, some of which can be called a huge system. Probably inspired by religion or witchcraft, our ancestors worked tirelessly to create these images.

In a word, the discovery of cave murals has made the works of art of ancient people rediscover the light of day, which is a treasure in the history of culture.