A Brief Statement of Ancient Tablets Engraved with Pictures

Tablets engraved with pictures belong to a special category of documentation.They were engraved with matched pictures and texts,whose contents include astronomy,geography,city defence,architecture,water conservancy,medicine and so on.They are significant to the study of Chinese history,culture history and the history of science and technology.Making research on the time in which tablets engraved with pictures came into being and their existing condition,the article gives many examples to introduce all kinds of tablets,such as tablets of astronomy,tablets of geography,tablets of water conservancy,tablets of pedigree,tablets of ceremony and so on. It has provided important data for the study of the document of tablets engraved with pictures,and pointed out the approach of research.