A Study On The Origin Of The Image Of "Women's Men's Wear" In The Murals Of The Tang Tombs In Shaanxi Province

The Tang Dynasty is the peak of the development of Chinese painting, But to show the true face of the Tang Dynasty portrait works rarely handed down, mostly descendants of copies, referred originally also mostly in the late Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xuan, Zhou Fang made, and these works no clear dating.Until the tang dynasty tomb murals of unearthed a large number of ladies image, changed the early tang dynasty vacancy. Shanxi region was once part of the prefecture of Jingzhao, the excavated tomb murals are both capital city minister, officials and royal tombs.The tomb murals, crossed the early Tang dynasty, the prosperous Tang, the middle period of Tang dynasty, the newest Tang dynasty periods, most of the tombs specifications, high level, has the epitaph calendar, and respectively belong to different levels of the bureaucrat nobleman, these tombs can basically represent the overall style and features of the Tang dynasty tomb murals. Due to the tang dynasty people’s ideological concept, will make them want to living life until death. So, in the tang dynasty tomb murals are generally reflect the grave master life daily life, and The woman in the mural is to provide for the owner of the tomb to serve.In such a big background, the research in the tang dynasty tomb murals maid image for us to study the life of women in the tang dynasty and its social status provides reliable and detailed image data.In the early stage of the tang dynasty tomb for a large number of wear men’s clothing maid image, reflects the social aesthetic intuitive. Which in China’s feudal society was known as the "demon", is the early stage of the tang dynasty in all classes of clothing fashion, it is a spectacle in the history of China. Since the ancient times, women’s image and social historical background has the close relation, can be more intuitive to see from them the social culture and thought. The changes in women’s status and image can directly reflect the change of society and era.By studying the maid in the tang dynasty tomb murals, female wear a special man’s image, is good for us to understand specific historical conditions in the tang dynasty social status of women, aesthetic preferences and psychological aspects of the situation.This article through to the female to wear men’s clothing in the characteristics of the location, the character modeling in the tomb, dress characteristic, and so forth, combination of pictures and forms of the characters such as careful combing and comparison research, and from the social economy, ideology and culture in the tang dynasty, women’s status and female gender consciousness and so on to analyze the causes women to wear men’s clothing of this special phenomenon.