南阳有悠久的历史,两汉时期是南阳历史上的辉煌时代。在历史上,南阳既是先秦中原文化向南方渗透的前沿,也是楚文化的发祥地。它既处于南北文化的分界线上,又处于南北文化的交接点上。南北两种文化在此互相冲击,互相融合,形成了繁荣而独特的南阳文化。在南阳画像石上,南阳人在视觉上既像中原人那样俯瞰黄色的土地,也像楚人那样高瞻蓝色的天空。由于南北两种视觉的结合,扩大了南阳人的眼界,所以南阳画像石所表现的天地比其他地方宽广,有着与其他地区不同 Nanyang has a long history, the Han Dynasty is the history of Nanyang brilliant era. Historically, Nanyang is not only the forefront of the pre-Qin Central Plains culture to the south, but also the birthplace of Chu culture. It is not only on the dividing line between North and South cultures, but also at the intersection of South and North cultures. The two cultures of North and South have each impinged on each other and merged with each other to form a prosperous and unique Nanyang culture. On the stone of Nanyang, Nanyang visually overlooks the yellow land just like the Central Plains, and looks like a blue sky like the Chu people. As the combination of the two North and South vision, expanding the Nanyang people's perspective, so Nanyang portraits of the stone show than the rest of the world broad, with different regions