www.chenjiqun.com

Steppe nomadic sketching 1967-2020

Origin

In November 1967, we went to the Taosen Brigade of the Mandu Baolige Public Private Joint Venture Ranch in Dongwu Banner to jump the queue. I lived in the Badai family of the Eren Grassland, and he gave me an old white horse - Badai Baole (all gelding horses need to be tamed at the age of 3 because they are difficult to tame after the age of 4).

Herdsmen usually have 3 horses, and stablemen have 5 horses. The horses in the herd have owners and their names. When the horse was 3 years old, which herdsman trained it, and the color of the horse, is called the name of the horse.

The old white horse is very fat and honest. After riding for a while, I heard that each herder has three horses, so I wanted to go to the herd and exchange for another horse to ride.

1967

The herdsmen said that the herd of horses in the brigade is located on the southwest side of the Eren grassland, about ten miles away.
I rode my horse towards the southwest for a long time, and on the way, I saw the camel cart of the herder picking up the bride. The red cloth wrapped around the golden camel looked very beautiful.

1967

The leather robes and cloth belts of herdsmen are very beautiful.

1967

I kept asking for directions, and finally found the ox cart and Dao Bo of the Taosen team's stableman (only the Mongolian yurt top Taona, not the simple felt tent of Hana). I sat inside the stableman's Dao Bo, sketching the horses tied to the cart outside.

1969

In summer, the ox cart outside the herder's yurt.
Colored pencils, paper

pencil on paper