Image Research Of "carriage And Horse In The Cloud"

"Vehicles and Horses in the clouds"is a kind of image composed guide,vehicle and horse,accompany and clouds.And it is a special form of expression of the image of Vehicle and horse travel.The image appeared in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Northern and Southern Dynasties until the Ming and Qing Dynasties,which inherits millennium without vanished.It not only reflects the way of travel,but also reflects the change and development of ancient Chinese ideas.Scholars used to study such images in the individual case.But lack of monographic study and overall grasp of the image.In addition,the research contents of them are limited only by the discussion on the Content of Image,and without the study of the image evolution as well as the ideological change.The paper uses a combination of archaeology,philology,Iconography to Summarize the characteristics of stages of Vehicles and Horses in the clouds.Shovw the change of form and the ideological connotation reflected by it.And then discuss the propagation process and influencing factors of the image.The full thesis is divided into four parts:The first part is the prolegomenon.Elaborate the significance,review and method of the Vehicles and Horses in the clouds.Point out that the image has a role in studying on the Change of thought in Han and Tang Dynasties.The second part is the arrangement of the image.According to content differences.we divide them into three stages,which are Eastern Han Dynasty,Wei Jin to Sui Tang Dynasty,Prosperous Tang to the Ming and Qing dynasties.And discuss the goal of the vehicles and horses,rider identity,basic constitution of the images.The third part is the conclusion,which is the change of images from three aspects including the formal change,ideological change,image communication.Summarize the characteristics of each stage,and then point out the evolution rule.Analyze the change of thought and etiquette system.It is popular for its thought of the taoist immortality and becoming immortal in Han Dynasty.It is popular for its thought of the Buddhist and the weaken of the taoist immortality,as well as the combination of the immortal and the etiquette system in Wei Jin to Sui Tang Dynasty.After the Prosperous Tang Dynasty,the event which is three religions converse makes the images lose the original meaning.As for the spreading,it went through a process which is the Separation of Chinese Culture,spread southward and going back to north.It shows the important influence of Southern Dynasty culture on Northern Dynasty art,and reveals the general rules of communication between ancient Chinese culture and art.