Discovered the ancient mural on the cliff

The paintings, red characters of the ancients on some cliffs in western Thanh Hoa are attracting cultural researchers.

From the mudflats of Ma river, Cham village, Xuan Phu commune, Quan Hoa mountainous district, looking across the river is Pa Tac mountain range. On the vertical cliff (tens of meters above the river) at the edge of the river, is a dog-like figure . On the left side of the picture of the dog is a few meters, there are 3 people with arms, in which the middle one is bigger than the other two. On the right of the dog figure is about 3 - 4 meters tall, slightly taller with many strange characters and other drawings but faded. All red paint strokes are like infiltrating into stone, not carving . Recently, some people caught the bird's nest, the flute used white paint to paint over the above drawings.

Some pictures of paintings on the cliffs in Quan Hoa (Thanh Hoa).(Photo: Hoang Lam).

Mr. Ha Van Dan in Quan Hoa town said that he used to row raft in the river at Ma river, Xuan Phu commune - near a cliff with drawings. However, to be able to observe this drawing clearly, wait for the rainy day, to wet the cliff.

Many people in Cham village living near this area said: The strange pictures and characters they observed when it rained did not appear from what time. Many generations of people living in this area have seen these paintings before. Natural phenomena are considered strange, unusual near the area where the paintings on the cliff make people around the area uneasy. As if near this fresco, there is a cave in the middle of the mountain. On the whirlwinds, storms and storms blew into the cave, creating a sound of decking, booming like a drum, and gong.

In addition to the Pa Tac mountain range, these strange paintings were also discovered in Da Ong mountain range, Phu Nghiem commune (Quan Hoa district). On the cliff about 50 - 60m high in Da Ong mountain range, there is also a prelude of two people walking. Material drawing the same materials as the drawings in Xuan Phu commune.The common point is that the mountain ranges are close to the Ma River. Why can the ancients get up such tall and steep cliffs to draw pictures? The owner of drawings of any ethnic group . is a question of many people but there is no answer yet.

The common point is that the mountain ranges are close to the Ma River.

According to the explanation of some ancient culture researchers, it is possible that the material for drawing cliff paintings is aboriginal and some plants are removed, mixed with a mineral containing iron oxide. This compound penetrates into the stone, the strokes can last for thousands of years. This material was also used by the ancients in similar frescoes in Cuc Phuong forest in Ninh Binh province.

Observing through images, Associate Professor, Dr. Nang Nang Chung, Head of Science, Vietnam Institute of Archeology said: According to this primitive drawing style, it may have existed thousands of years ago. In China, Thailand or Indonesia, people also discovered many of these frescoes. For the ancients, mural is also said to have "original religious consciousness"?