HOHHOT, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Cultural relics workers recently found more than 250 rock paintings, believed to be made by ancient nomads, in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The regional culture and tourism department said the well-preserved paintings with rich subject matter are located in Alxa Left Banner.
So far, paintings depicting animals, and people hunting have been discovered. One painting shows a man wearing a hat holding a dead wolf and another one has a man on a camel with the rein in his hand.
Cultural relics workers said paintings on such subjects were rare in the region.
According to the regional culture and tourism department, further investigation is needed to find out the date of these rock paintings.
The new findings are of great significance to the study of tribal culture of nomadic people in northern China, it added. Enditem
