Last weekend, Linda and I took the opportunity to visit the site in Tanum. It was about 1.5hr drive away from Gothenburg, closed to the border of Norway. I was a bit unsure what to set in Google Maps, as to my surprise the rock carvings are clustered in different places in Tanum, although they are not very far away from each other by car. Anyway, Vitlycke Museum in Tanum caught my attention and it was immediately set as our destination.
The drive was smooth and relaxing, and we were soon at the entrance of Vitlycke Museum to make our first encounter of the Scandinavian Bronze Age. When we entered the museum, we were greeted by a friendly manager who handed us some brochures in Chinese. And we exchanged warm laughter when she learned that we could communicate in Swedish :)
The Museum was small, cozy, minimalistic but jam-packed with historic information. We learned about the lifestyles and cultures during the Nordic Bronze Age. There were some replicas of the musical instrument displayed in one of the museum sections, and we liked the sound recordings of the musical instrument which you could listen via the headphones. There were also books and photographs explaining the different petroglyphs. Many of the glyphs depicted boats, rituals, people and animals. And I must say, it was really easy to differentiate the gender from the glyphs (if you know my drift) I will definitely share some pictures at the end of the blog :)
Beside the Museum, there were some replicas of the straw-made houses in the Bronze Age. We did not spend too much time on them as we were anxious to visit and take a look at the actual rock carvings with our own eyes.
As I mentioned before, there are different rock carvings sites in Tanum. They are called Vitlycke, Litsleby, Aspeberget and Fossum panels. The one we visited was Vitlycke, which has the largest collections of petroglyphs, and it took us only a 10-minute walk from Vitlycke Museum.
It was indeed a spectacular sight. The flat rock is around 6 meter wide and is filled with multitude of vivid, beautiful images. There are images of ships, boats (Hjortspring), people, animals and Gods. While adoring the rock carvings and all the history, I was amused by the image depicting a man fearing a huge snake. Later, I learned that the image of the snake symbolizes lightning, thunder and rain. Consequently, the raised arms of the man to the left signifies a rain-making ritual rather than the fear of the beast.
Let me share some photos from the trip!
岩画是刻在岩石上的图像，也称为岩石雕刻。在瑞典Tanum市有这样的岩画，可追溯到青铜时代（公元前1800年至500年）。 1994年，该遗址被宣布为联合国世界遗产之一。上周末，Linda和我借机参观了这个遗址。地方距离哥德堡不太远，只需要大约1.5小时的车程，靠近挪威的边境。起程前，我不太确定应该在谷歌地图上设置什么地点，因为岩画分布在Tanum不同的地方，尽管彼此的距离并不算远。无论如何，Tanum的Vitlycke博物馆吸引了我的注意力，所以我就立刻把它设置成了我们的目的地。
整个车程还算是蛮顺利的，我们很快就到达Vitlycke博物馆的入口处。当我们进入博物馆时，有一位女经理和蔼的欢迎我们，还递给我们一些中文的介绍册子。当她得知我们可以用瑞典语沟通时，我们互换了有欢畅的笑声 :)这博物馆小巧，舒适，简约，但充满了历史信息。我们从中了解了北欧青铜时代的生活方式和文化。其中一个地方还展示了一些古代乐器的复制品和录音，让我们可以通过博物馆准备的耳机聆听这些古代乐器所发出的声音。除此之外，这里还有一些书籍和照片来解释不同的岩画。这些岩画描绘了古代的船只，仪式，人物和动物。老实说，分辨岩画中人物的性别并不难 (如果你明白我的意思)，我稍候会分享照片给你们看 :-)
在博物馆旁边，有一些模仿青铜时代稻草屋的复制品。我们并没有花太多时间在那里逗留，因为我们急于参观并想亲眼目睹岩画的遗址。我之前有提到，Tanum的岩画分布在不同的地方。它们被称为Vitlycke，Litsleby，Aspeberget和Fossum岩画块。我们参观的是Vitlycke，它拥有最多的岩画。从Vitlycke博物馆，我们只需要步行10分钟即可到达Vitlycke的岩画块。
Vitlycke岩画块确实是一个壮观的景象。平坦的岩石大约6米宽，上面充满了生动，美丽的图像。有船，舟（Hjortspring），人物，动物和神明。在欣赏和陶醉的同时，我被一幅岩画吸引了，并且还被逗得笑了起来。这岩画描绘一只巨蛇正要攻击一个男人，这男人吓得双手和"棍子"都举了起来。后来，我了解到岩画里的蛇象征着闪电，雷雨，而举起手臂的男人是在进行求雨的仪式，而不是对巨蛇的恐惧。
让我分享一些照片吧！
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