A mountain in Guangxi embodies a large-scale rock painting, which is more than two thousand years ago. How did they draw it?

The actions of most characters in Huashan rock paintings are to squat down with their legs apart, open their hands and raise their hands. This action is a symbolic ritual action of Gudelo Yue people. It originated in the Guluoyue River basin, the core area of Luoyue culture, and it is a symbolic action of the Guluoyue people to summon souls during sacrifice.

The drawing point of Zuojiang rock paintings is the frequent spot of shipwreck accidents. According to the investigation of scholars such as Qin, 88.6% of the drawing points of Zuojiang rock paintings are located on the stone walls on both sides of Linjiang, and about 68.3% of them are located at the bend of the river. The current is fast, and the boat will hit the cliff if it is not careful. In recent years, folk sand dredgers in Zuojiang have salvaged many sunken ships in these places, many of which are cultural relics of the Max Loehr era. Historically, these places have been the frequent spots for sinking ships on the moon. Many Max Loehr-era treasures and high-grade ritual vessels have appeared in some rock-painted rivers in Zuojiang, indicating that some of the sunken ships were ships of the royal family of Max Loehr.

Why do Luoyue people think that the higher the evocation rock wall is painted, the better? This is related to the traditional belief of Luoyue people that the higher the dead are buried and the closer they are to the sky, the easier it is for the soul to ascend to heaven. At present, the bone altar buried by Zhuang people in many places likes to be placed at the top of the cliff, which is the remains of Luogao's custom of reviving the soul.

Jiangyan Rock Painting is a religious sacrificial painting made by the Vietnamese in Gudelo for evoking the victims. Where there are paintings of rock walls in the Zuojiang Valley, they are places of worship for the Guluoyue people. It is a popular religious custom for ethnic groups at the intersection of ancient and Vietnam to draw rock wall paintings to arouse and appease the souls of those who died in the disaster. As for some murals of Luoyueyan, which are far away from the river, although they are not shipwrecks, they are also the remains of the ancient Luoyue people's burial cemetery. The rock wall paintings painted by the Yue people in Gudelo in these places are also religious sacrificial paintings for evoking souls and appeasing the souls of the dead.