Research On Images Of The Mythical Monsters In Painted Mural Tombs Of The Hexi Corridor In Wei&Jin And Sixteen Kingdoms Periods

The images of the mythical monsters of the Hexi Corridor in Wei&Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms periods composed mythical monster systems in dimensional form in heaven,earth and underworld,which binds the conceptual outlook of universe and social beliefs of the people at that time.The essence of the images of the mythical monsters was cultural arts in Wei&Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms periods.The mythical monsters,as media,definated thought through their the proporties of both virtualization and specific significance,are supremed expression format and quite epresentational performance methods.Compared with the other mythical monsters in the earlier and later periods,it was influenced by mainstream thoughts of Confucianism and Taoism.But the evolutions of the mythical monsters in different times meanwhile different regions,which are running in a same line and showing the features of the combination and integration all the time.Compared with the tomb with elements in outside culture,indicated that mainstream religious faiths in different periods bring up differently graphic configuration and establishment systems of the mythical monsters.Otherwise the religious faiths take a certain effect on graphic characterization process of the mythical monsters.As media,the images of the mythical monsters of the Hexi Corridor in Wei&Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms periods was balanced connecting to the communications with life and death,composed mythical monster systems in dimensional form in heaven,earth and underworld,reached a undying condition at conception of time and producted a series of social beliefs,including funeral customs;religious faith;totem worship,etc.There are the profound essense of thoughts and fine arts in Wei&Jin dynasties,which through combining with the funeral customs of the Hexi Corridors in Wei&Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms periods.It took imaginary ideas and kinds of pursue for the life of underworld into the graphic configuration and establishment of mythical monsters.Furthermore,they indicated that overwhelming feelings with the sense of life and the expectation of undying.