Rubbing of a Brick with Picture of Martial Arts
Eastern Han Dynasty
The brick was unearthed at Xindu county,Sichuan Province.45×27×6.5cm.In the picture,two men stretch their wrists and flex their wrists;another is half-squatting;still another bends forward from the waist.They are practicing martial arts in an open area.This provides some of the earliest concrete information about martial arts.(Collection of Center of Historical Relics,Xindu county,Sichuan Province)