Seen In Tombs In Hexi Area During The Wei And Jin Dynasties Image Study Of The Four Gods

The images of the four gods were introduced into Hexi from the Han dynasty and appeared in Hexi tombs during the Wei and Jin dynasties.The images of the four gods in the Wei and Jin dynasties in Hexi region are mainly concentrated in the three areas of Jiuquan,Jiayuguan and Dunhuang,and the forms of expression have changed.The black Dragon,White tiger and Rosefinch Xuanwu may not all appear.They are mainly located in the wall and tomb.In addition,there are also images of the four gods on the brick,bronze mirror,casket and pottery.From the perspective of cultural connotation,it is the Confucian filial piety,Taoist immortal raising and tomb guarding thoughts,which reflect the cultural background of the central plains.From the perspective of communication,it is the result of population migration and other factors that spread the central Plains culture to the west.As a cultural belief and custom,the distribution of images of the four gods has a strong correlation with population migration and cultural exchange.In Hexi area,a large number of brick images of the four gods were found in Zhangye,Jiuquan,Dunhuang and other places in succession,and in lop nur on the eastern edge of Xinjiang,which were roughly the same as the population migration area and settlement distribution in the Wei and Jin dynasties,and basically consistent with the scope of cultural transmission and communication in this period.The images of the four gods appeared among the tombs after the Wei and Win dynasties in Hexi region,which reflected the inheritance of tomb culture and spiritual belief in this region.At the same time,images of four gods with western style were also found in Tibetan tombs in Qinghai Province,which reflected the communication of tomb culture.