Portrait stone of the door pillar of the Pan Drum Nong Pillow

[Pan Drum Nong Maru Doorpost Portrait Stone]

Pan Drum Nong Maru Doorpost Portrait Stone, Eastern Han Dynasty, 116.5 cm high and 35 cm wide
The picture is divided into four parts, with curly grass pattern on the upper right and an immortal under the curly grass pattern; The upper left is for two people to sit together, and the middle one is jumping to encourage. Next is the performance of making pills, with a person playing an instrument next to him; The lower left is the comet holder. The lower part of the picture is a galloping horse. This portrait stone is the stone pillar beside the door of the tomb. Unearthed in Suide County, Shaanxi Province
Northern Shaanxi has been one of the important places for horse breeding in the Han Dynasty since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The main reason is that there are frequent wars with the Huns, and horses are indispensable tools for war with the Huns and other nationalities. Raising them locally can avoid the inconvenience of coming from Chang’an and other places. In the Han Dynasty, the officials of Ma Cheng were set up in Xihe County, and there were also officials of Ma Cheng in its subordinate Yuanyang. It can be seen that they attached great importance to it. In addition, this area is also the place where Xiangma teachers come from. This horse is similar to the bronze galloping horse unearthed in Wuwei, Gansu Province. According to Mr. Gu Tiefu, the bronze galloping horse is horse type, and the horse on this stone portrait is probably related to it