Research On Chinese Ancient Ghost Image In Paintin

Ghost image in ancient Chinese painting can be traced back to the primitive society, and throughout the entire process of ancient painting, is a painting genre existed for a long period. In ancient societies, ancient people believed that "everything that has a spirit" concept, not only the Sun, moon, rain, Thunder, mountains, River gods, and even a variety of plants, animals, micro-organisms as a demigod. It is hoped that with the worship of the gods, so that their aspirations and fantasies can be realized smoothly, creating a wealth of image--Totem spirits. Totem painting there are a number of spirits, the oldest animal shapes, there are fish, birds, frogs, snakes, deer, and etc. Second is half man and half beast Totem, whose body is man first beast or beast first person, or people who have a portion of the animal. Third symbolic totems, animals prototypes has been completely lost, has a symbolic meaning. The Eastern Han period, the ancient India’s Buddhism into China, reached its heyday during the Sui and Tang dynasties. At this stage, there has been a lot of Chinese art with the theme of Buddhist beliefs in the supernatural, the most representative is the Grotto art. Through comparison of the statues in the cave paintings discovered statue created gradually in China, became more in line with the style of the Chinese viewing habits, and with real-world figures close. Ghost painting effects such as politics, religion, literature, became the ancient painting, comparatively see more themes, and has been kept down. The ghost of the late painting for political, religious services gradually eroded, literati painters also like painting characterized by themes, borrowed images of ghosts and gods to express personal feelings. Painters in the light of previous paintings, the most famous include Cao gather, Gu kaizhi, Wu daozi, Shi Ke, Guan Xiu, Liang Kai ghosts painting has made a significant contribution. At the same time, artists come into his own imagination to create colorful images of ghosts and gods, expressive. These are considerable research value.