Stone Room Danqing

As the cultural axis that effected by Han culture, East Liao county, with the capital of Xiangping, preserves the significant status of culture and military importance as the northeast border town during Han and Wei Jin Dynasty. The murals in the stone tombs during Han and Wei Dynasty discovered in this district are the crucial documents which found the ground of discussing that the East Liao district influenced by the burial culture in Mid Land during this period. This thesis statement contains three aims based on the above subject-the tomb mural during Han and Wei Dynasty in the East Liao district-firstly, composing the chronological list of the tomb mural during Han and Wei Dynasty in the East Liao district in order to settle the development series on the ground of arranging documents; secondly, discussing various culture patterns of selecting and accessing in the course of Han culture's entrance by means of examining both the period characteristics and the regional features, in addition, analyzing the conformation mode of combining Han culture with local tradition; last but not least, clarifying both the origin of the rise and fall of the tomb mural during Han and Wei Dynasty in the East Liao district and the promulgation of Han culture factors in the Northeast district including its panorama and mode through examining the historical course. There are six chapters within this thesis.The 1st chapter focuses on arranging the radical material of the tomb mural during Han and Wei Dynasty in the East Liao district, which aims at representing the whole appearance relatively that results in altering the scattered current status of the radical material of the tomb mural in the East Liao district on the ground of published documents and not yet published ones.The 2nd chapter concentrates on the classification of various subjects of mural image, which aims at creating a precise pedigree and estimation to settle the ground of era split of tomb through arranging the way of combination, applying and evolving within images of major subjects.The 3rd chapter attempts to resolve era split of tomb in this district, which account for disposing the obscure era split of tomb in this district due to lacking material with accurate era record with the root of examining the progress of mural images and tomb patterns in the setting of historical development of East Liao district. The view the thesis proposes is four phases of mural tomb in East Liao district, in addition, it'll discuss the historical setting and the social origin of each phase evolving.The 4th chapter is primarily arguing for the Han culture tradition as the origin for the tomb mural in East Liao district. Comparing the interrelated tombs scattered in Mid Land and Shandong Province with the ones in East Liao district, it settles three problems-the origin of tradition, the way of entrance and the mode of dissemination which determines the major status for Han culture of tomb mural in East Liao district during Han and Wei Dynasty. In conclusion, this thesis argues that passive acceptance and positive absorption represent two modes of Han culture's access.The 5th chapter is arguing the regional features of mural tomb in East Liao district during Han and Wei Dynasty. Above all, the overall features and the period characteristics would be discussed on the base of arranging certain tomb groups in this district. After that it comes that discusses the continuing and transforming of local inhere factors during Han culture's access on the ground of analyzing the unique building pattern, funeral features, image subjects and applying of distinct image combining with tomb space, especially for the evolving portrait of tomb master and its application of space, which means an essential clue for discussing the progress of mural tomb in East Liao district.The 6th chapter is engaged in the circulation and influence of the traditional mural tomb art of Han and Wei Dynasty in East Liao district concerning to the broader region of Northeast China. It would reflect the influence of Han culture as the majority in East Liao district on broader region through researching on relative factors of mural tombs in West Liao district and Koguryo.