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The Construction Of The Meteorological Image System Of The Four Gods In Wei,Jin,Sui And Tang Dynasties

Posted on:2024-04-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J Y ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2555307124951339Subject:Chinese history
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There are a lot of natural weather phenomenon,including cloud,rainbow,snow,hail,wind,rain,thunder,electricity,etc.Constitute the climate characteristics of nature,this paper in wei jin sui and tang dynasties in Xinjiang,dunhuang murals as the research center,select one of the most representative four meteorological gods wind,rain,thunder,electric four god-figures source textual research and discuss the nature of different cultural integration.With the continuous development of social productive forces,people gradually transform the unknown things,that is,creating gods,among which "wind" is the god rooted in people’s belief through people’s imagination and artistic description.By studying the various images of Wind god seen in the murals of Xinjiang and Dunhuang grottoes,the cultural diversity and innovation of local Wind god and foreign wind god in Xinjiang and Dunhuang,aiming to promote the theme of artistic exchange and cultural integration;secondly,the images of rain god in Xinjiang and Dunhuang appear in dragon or snake-like animal shapes,and some shapes appear in the murals,and the image of rain god in the murals of Xinjiang and Dunhuang is a combination of various cultures.The rain god in Xinjiang has elements of Indian Naga snake,and gradually localized.When the spread to Dunhuang,the image of rain god has been localized,and contains various cultural elements such as Buddhism,Zoroaanism and Taoism.The rain praying culture with sacrificial nature also appeared in Dunhuang.Through the excavation and arrangement of the rain god culture in Xinjiang and Dunhuang,explore the internal connection between the rain god culture and dragon culture and the continuous inheritance of the rain god culture in the central Plains;again,Thunder is the existing god in ancient China,"thunder" changes from natural phenomenon to concrete god,people respect Thunder god,respect Thunder god,and sacrifice to Thunder god.With the continuous development of social productivity,the image language of various kinds of Thunder god images is also constantly enriched.The image of Thunder god in the Dunhuang frescoes is integrated with the Buddhist content on the basis of the stone paintings of the Han Dynasty,and becomes the image of Thunder god with Buddhist elements to discuss the buddhism of Thunder god,and Indra is the image of Thunder god in the Vedic culture of India.The "Indra" and the Dunhuang frescoes in India are constantly connected and gradually become Chinese;finally,Cave 4 of the Yahu Grottoes in Gaochang,Xinjiang,Cave 249 of Dunhuang and Western Wei 285,the two Dunhuang documents S.5639 and S.3326,and the author sees that Cave 20 of the Grottoes.By studying the four meteorological gods in the murals of Xinjiang and Dunhuang in Wei,Jin,Sui and Tang dynasties,focusing on exploring and exploring the cultural mixture of the images of meteorological gods in Xinjiang and Dunhuang,as well as the mutual dissemination and mutual influence between different cultures,we finally explore the cultural value of the four meteorological gods.
Keywords/Search Tags:Xinjiang, Dunhuang, fresco, The image of four gods of meteorology
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