Looking at Artifacts, Thinking About History

In nomadic tradition, horse is one of the mythological animals, embodying the connection with the other world, with the supernatural. The horse, exceptionally white, has always been associated with the sun, with daytime clarity, with fire, air, sky, water, solar heroes, as an expression of good human aspirations in his daily work and struggle against difficulties. The white sun horse is an attribute of divine forces constantly fighting against evil, an opposition to death. In the beliefs and rites of nomads, firstly, the horse itself, secondly, its separate parts — the skull, cervical vertebrae, skin, hair, thirdly, objects associated with it — bridle, clamp, sweat, reins, whip, fallen horseshoe, image, etc. act as the patroness and protector of people. The horse had the ability to drive out evil forces from the human body. A vivid evidence of such a cult is an artifact found in the early twentieth century in the North part of China, which was finished in the form of a horse. Dating of

The first major difference between the two artifacts found in Northern China is how the image of the heavenly horse was perceived in the eyes of both cultures. Nomadic tribes perceived heavenly horses as spiritual value and the rulers of China as material goods. These two artefacts express this difference vividly. The second difference is the different significance of the two artifacts, the Ordos horse served as a cult object for nomadic tribes, and the galloping horse reflected the philosophical and aesthetic preferences of the Chinese people in ancient times.                                       Heavenly horses, different cultural interpretations of the same image... To date, there are only two significant artifacts in the world dedicated to heavenly horses. One of them is a bronze horse galloping and a bird found in the Gansu province, which is kept in a museum in Lanzhou, China. The second is a bronze top horse from Ordos, which was found in the early twentieth century in the Nort