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The theme of life and decorative art within each specific category of time and space are the reflection of the local people's ideas and the pursuit of a better life at that time.

In the beautiful and auspicious theme art, there are many traditional auspicious things in different times and different regions, but some images are common to many regions and nationalities, and sheep is one of them.

Sheep are herbivores. Compared with other animals such as ferocious lions and strong horses, sheep have a kind and gentle character.

Therefore, the sheep has always been regarded as a peaceful thing and a symbol of auspiciousness.

In addition, sheep are the main food for people.

For the nomadic people in the grasslands of northern China, sheep are very important as a kind of diet, and the fatness of sheep shows that people live a rich life.

In the eyes of the prairie people, the number of sheep is often regarded as a symbol of wealth.

For thousands of years, sheep, as a symbol of auspiciousness and wealth, has gradually produced a unique cultural and artistic form with sheep as the image in the northern grasslands.

Sheep is respected by the grassland peoples of previous dynasties, and shows it through different art forms. The image of sheep is widespread, especially in several categories with unique grassland characteristics, such as rock paintings, murals, bronzes, gold and silverware, and so on.

The ancient ancestors of Inner Mongolia regarded gold as a treasure and used it to make all kinds of beautiful and luxurious ornaments.

Due to the beautiful color, corrosion resistance and good ductility (1 gram of gold can be drawn into 2 km of gold wire), it is easy to carry and long-term storage.

Since the "upper culture of Xiajiadian", successive nomads living in Inner Mongolia, such as Donghu, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turk, Qidan, Mongolia and so on, have produced and produced a large number of gold products.

The Mongolian aristocracy represented by Genghis Khan also named his family the "Golden Family".

In the archaeological excavations in Inner Mongolia for many years, many precious gold ornaments have been found, all of which have their own characteristics.

By combing the gold and silverware found in the prairie area, it is found that there are many artifacts in which there are artistic images of sheep.

The gold decoration of the sheep pattern on the turning plate of the warring States period is round, with the sheep's head in the center, round eyes and mouth closed.

The sheep's body turns into a circle, the sheep's hoof is clearly visible, and there are four holes around it, which should be pendants on the clothing.

There are 4 pieces of Baojin lying sheep belt in Han Dynasty, which are composed of belt decoration and buckle.

With buckle rectangle, using the combination of high relief and round carving modeling technology, with a gold hammer into a plate horn sheep-shaped pattern, surrounded by flowers, grass leaf pattern.

The ring is covered with moire patterns.

When in use, the hook button on the back of the buckle is put into the mouth of the ring, and the heads of the two sheep are opposite each other.

The ornament embodies the distinct characteristics of grassland culture from the aspects of pattern decoration, plastic arts and so on.

The Northern Wei Dynasty inlaid pine stone sheep-shaped gold ring has a diameter of 1.94 cm, a height of 3.5 cm, a width of 2.48 cm, a width of 0.69 cm, a length of 1.85 cm and a height of 1.32 cm.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the double sheep pattern gold ornament plate, its square frame molded and carved two opposite Pangjiao sheep, the sheep are fat, the sheep's eyes are depicted with exaggeration, the overall shape is full, and the picture is lively.

It not only shows the modeling style of gold ornaments in the Wei and Jin dynasties, but also shows the plastic arts of sheep in this period.