These six horses followed Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong in the world, and they were the six favorite horses of Emperor Taizong. After the death of Emperor Taizong, these six war horses were carved into stone reliefs and stood on both sides of Sima Gate in the north of Zhaoling of Emperor Taizong. Always with the former owner.
However, among the six relief stone carvings, there is a BMW stone carving named "Salouzi" with a figure carved on it, who is pulling an arrow from BMW's chest. This man's name is Qiu Hanggong. In fact, the stone carving describes the story of his brave rescue of Emperor Taizong. However, Salouzi has been lost overseas and collected in the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
Cultural relic characteristics
The stone carvings of Liu Jun in Zhaoling were originally symmetrically arranged in the east-west corridor of Xuanwu Gate at the northernmost part of the cemetery, generally in a stepped shape, rising gradually from north to south, with the horse's head as the altar facing south. "Zhaoling Six Horses" is made of fine stones, and the external dimensions of the six stones are basically the same. Each stone carving is about 2m wide, 1.7m high and 0.4m thick.
A convex stone frame is reserved around each stone, with six horses with different postures and expressions as the outline, and the carved stone is used to express the high relief form with the depth of 15cm, in which Sanma stands upright and Sanma Mercedes-Benz.
The Historical Biography of Emperor Taizong also asked the calligrapher Ou Yangxun to copy the name and royal praise of each horse on paper, so that craftsmen could carve them on stone carvings. Although there is a chisel one foot square on each stone carving, the handwriting has been severely weathered.