Huo Qubing is a famous general in the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty. He resisted the aggression of the Huns for all his life, thus, made great contributions for the stability and development of the frontier area of the Han Dynasty. He was greatly appreciated by Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty and later, he was buried near Maoling Mausoleum, the tomb of Emperor Wudi. His tomb is worldwide renowned for the stone sculptures before the tomb. Most of the sculptures are made of hard granite, so they are embedded with the meaning of monuments. Now, 16 sculptures are left, for example, Horse Treading on the Hun, Squatting Horse, Galloping Horse, Crouching Tiger, Lying Elephant and so on.

Among the stone carving works, there are imposing crouching tiger, serene and mild squatting cattle, lazy and natural lying pig and so on. When carving, the craftsmen seized the living habits and physique characters of those animals and vividly expressed their shape through simple and natural techniques. The works are also subjected to the influence of the former shapes of the stones to a great extent and there were only mere changes when these sculptures were made. The carving of details adopted the techniques such as scribe-coating and bass-relief and so on.

Among the works, the most famous one is a standing horse. A trodden enemy is skillfully arranged under the belly of the horse, which just filled the space between the four legs of the horse. The enemy under the animal has a lot of beard; he lies on his back but put up a last struggle and fiercely pierced the belly of the horse with his lance. The horse, however, paid no attention to this and stood steadily on the ground, with the enemy under its body. It is not only the symbol of the heroic spirit but also the spiritual symbol of the strong and powerful Western Han Dynasty. The sculpture is named as "Horse Tread on the Hun" by later generations.

The stone carvings before the tomb of Huo Qubing are the representatives of the large stone carvings of the Western Han Dynasty. They have profound influence on the tomb stone carvings of later dynasties and were carried forward by the tomb stone carving art in the various dynasties after the Han Dynasty.