On The Influence Of Yin Yang And Five Elements Thought On The Art Of Han Dynasty

Art of Han Dynasty with simple and unsophisticated, mysterious and romantic style, the style has a close relationship with the Han Dynasty popular ideas of Yin-Yang and five elements. Yin-Yang and five elements have a wide and deep influence on the art thought, art content and art form of Han Dynasty. Yin and Yang and the five elements theory in the overall unity of thinking, circulation balance thought, thought of allelopathy, rigid and economic ideas and perfect harmony thought gave birth to the Han Dynasty artistic thought and attention to the overall concept, circulation flow concept, and moderate view and rigid flexible combination view and heaven, earth and man "harmony as the highest realm of art. In the Han Dynasty art content, the thought of telepathy between heaven and man made of sacrifice in Han Dynasty nature gods of music and dance of a substantial increase in, the art form in many auspicious dynamic plant image; by Yin Yang complementarity ideological influence, the queen mother of the west, East princes, Nu Wa and Fu Xi, the sun, the moon, Siling become an important theme in art of the Han Dynasty, from the music, stone portraits to Han Fu and building, the five elements of spatio-temporal structure become the structural pattern of the Han Dynasty. Yin-Yang and five elements have important influence on the art form of the Han Dynasty. In the art material, stone, tomb murals, funeral rituals and so on are often used with the concept of the soul and belief of immortals is closely related to stone and Jade; clothing and painting with the view of five--colors; create the image of the Han Dynasty art use flying lines as the best form of backbone. The running track of yin and Yang is the best form of the Han people to show the life in the universe; the alternation of Yin and Yang is thought to promote the art of the Han Dynasty's sculpture pursuit of vivid effect; influenced by the thoughts of Yin Yang and five elements, the harmony of universe and human and the unity of the Han Dynasty's art layout, shape and composition but also the pursuit of harmony between man and nature, heaven the model on the axis symmetry and order. At the same time, Han Dynasty thoughts of Yin Yang and five elements contained in feudal hierarchy of divination and superstition, respect to Yang and debased to Yin, also bring some negative effects to the Han Dynasty's art.