A Study On The Sculpture Form Of The First Animal Of The Zodiac

Chinese zodiac, in some archaeological report is also known as’ twelve Chen. From the perspective of literature traces the origin of the Chinese zodiac not later than the western zhou dynasty. Zodiac culture has experienced a long process, it is in the historical and social factors gradually formed, under the impetus of the development and perfection.Main contents in this paper, draw lessons from the previous archaeological discoveries and scientific research achievements, the author on the published literature review and summarize the various archaeology, to from the sui dynasty to the song dynasty first figurines unearthed personal Chinese zodiac animal sculpture form as the main research object of this article. In this paper, from the origin of Chinese zodiac culture and then to the Chinese zodiac personal beast first analyzes this type of special groups, and according to the features of the formation of the different historical period, from modelling, posture; Clothing, Yi Wen; Material, process, etc., for different times of the Chinese zodiac person first figurines of the statues of comparison and study, and summarizes the regularity and the causes of its modelling. The last chapter in this paper, through the study of ancient human animal figurines forming process, in combination with the author’s creative practice, expressed the author to the ancient "zodiac" personal animal figurines and contemporary cultural collision between thinking.