A Primary Study On The Worship Of Human Face From Chinese Prehistory To Shang And Zhou Dynasties

The worship of human face has been widely existed in the world of the original ancestors, which infiltrates people's creation of all kinds of things, and broadly and profoundly impacts on people's religious and social life. Past researchers mostly confused the worship of the human face with the worship of the caput and mask and they thought that it derivatives from the worship of the caput and mask. So the explanation on the worship of the human face is more far-fetched in a way. This paper presents the concept about the worship of the human face, and tries to looking for naissance of it by studying the mysterious nature of the primitive thinking. exoatiating on performance and social functions of this worship according to the ethnologic and archaeological materials.The structure of this paper is as follows:Partâ… The introduction. Including its significance in academics. The history and status quo of this problem, the basic content, theory and methods.Partâ…¡Discussion on the worship of the human faces according to human thinking, by summarizing the scholars cognition about the original thinking and establishes the concept that the primitive people's thinking is mysterious. And emphasizing the importance of face in this mysteryPartâ…¢Introducing the artifacts about the worship of the human face founded in china from Prehistoric world to the Shang and Zhou periods, And generally dividing the artifacts into five categories: The first, the faces of the people image in the rock paintings .The second, Artifacts on the faces of the people image. Including discovery in pottery, bronzes and weapons. This paper will introduce them one by one. The 3rd, people image of sculpture, including ceramic model and sculpture on the human faces. The 4th, people face mask, in order to indicate the differences between the beast Face mask and the human face mask, this paper will introduce the human face mask only. The fifth, the other discoveries on the human face, including the beast face adorning, the beast Face masks, and covering materials on face in funeral. Partâ…£Introducing about naissance, form and function of the worship of the human face on basis of three cognitions: First, concept on making people's soul home in face.Second, the face is the route that the soul entering or exiting. Third, concept on changing of the face could obtain mysterious force.Partâ…¤Conclusions and related issues. Summarizing the analysis, and briefly discussing the other related topics about the faces of the people...