Where are the rock paintings in China mainly distributed? What techniques and styles are there in different regions?

Most of the rock paintings were created in the primitive tribal period, and China is the country with the richest rock paintings in the world. The remains of rock paintings are very rich, with more than 30 important places. The distribution of rock paintings in China is generally consistent with the primitive cultures in various regions. According to the content and cultural area of rock paintings, different techniques and styles can be divided.

Northern rock paintings are mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and other places. Representative rock paintings are Yinshan Mountain in Inner Mongolia, Helan Mountain in Ningxia, Heishan Mountain in Gansu and Altai Mountain in Xinjiang. The contents of the northern grassland rock paintings are mainly about animals, hunting and grazing. Because people here deal with animals every day and observe their behaviors carefully, the animals in rock paintings are rushing and jumping, the characters are simple and rough, and the life is strong. Its style is more realistic, and its techniques are mostly stone carvings.

Rock paintings in Southwest China are mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Sichuan, among which Cangyuan Rock Painting in Yunnan and Zuojiang Rock Painting in Guangxi are the representatives. Most of the rock paintings in this area depict the activities of characters, especially religious sacrifices. The characters give people a decorative and symbolic feeling, which is plain, simple and full of mystery. The works are mainly red. Rock paintings in the southeast coastal system are distributed in Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan Province, Hong Kong and Macao. Most of the contents are related to the fishing and hunting activities of ancient ancestors, and the forms are mainly abstract patterns, all of which adopt chiseling techniques.