Tianziyan Handprint Paintings

　　Located in Xiaoxihe Village, Guandukou Town, Badong County, and dating from the Neolithic Age to the Han Dynasty, these paintings are composed of 400 horizontally arranged red handprints of different sizes and several vertical red painted lines. The handprints are similar in size to those of modern humans and are believed to have been made by ancient people who directly applied red mineral pigments with their hands and then pressed them onto the rock surface. The vertical red lines are grouped in threes, seemingly created by dipping three fingers in pigment and brushing them downward along the rock face. This type of rock art has been discovered for the first time in Badong County and even in the entire province, making it of significant value.

　　Source: Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau