Research The Animals Depicted In Han Fu

In any era,people always co-exist with more or less animals.Why give some symbolism to animals has a complex relationship with many factors.For example: How do people understand their position in various species,how to imagine the relationship between culture and nature,and how to define the boundary between humans and animals.The relationship between animals and humans is very close.Even in early human life,animals were even considered to be their ancestors or totems.Although the Han Dynasty had entered the Middle Ages where the level of productivity was relatively advanced,the cultural connotations granted to animals by the predecessors did not end with the demise of the dynasties,but they were handed down through word of mouth or text.As the main literary form of Han Dynasty,Han Fu recorded the cultural and social conditions at that time.Among them,various animals are described,and animals have multiple functions.In addition to their practical functions in animal husbandry,hunting,transportation,and dietary activities,they also serve as sacrificial objects and objects of sacrifice.Some animals even play a decisive role as symbols and metaphors during the creation of social power patterns.The important thoughts of the founder in expressing social,moral,religious,cosmological,etc.,are often drawn from the animal world,whether it is an animal that exists in real life or a human fictional animal,which carries the meaning that human beings have given them..This article takes the animal depicted in Han Fu as the research object to explore the Han culture.This article consists of three chapters: The first chapter mainly examines the characteristics of animals in Han Fu.Through combing the animals in Han Fu,a real and illusory animal kingdom coexisting in Han Fu is constructed.Whether it is an animal that exists in reality or an animal that is fictitious,they are all consigned to the same living environment.They do not feel embarrassed at all,as if they were here.Most of the animals written by the author are bizarre and strange,mysterious and unpredictable,strong and imposing.The main content of the second chapter is: Through Han Fu's animals to explore the cultural implication of Han society.On the material side: From the perspectives of animals as food and animals as play objects,the quest for food and entertainment of the aristocratic class in the Han Dynasty was analyzed.At the spiritual level,animal as a cultural symbol bears the emotional and moral values of Han people.Animals are the object of social practice such as feeding,domestication,hunting,sacrifice,diet,etc.How to control animals and how to deal with animals can reflect the status of social organizations and sometimes affect social organizations.The attitudes and prejudices of different groups of people in treating the natural world may also be reflected in the hierarchical system of human society.At the same time,animals are the object and medium of power.The royal family has traditionally decorated flags,armor,and badges with images of falconry,lions,and dragons.Fu also described the development and use of animal resources by the emperor,and circled the animals to satisfy their own desires.The collection of wild animals for viewing is one of the symbols of the superiority of civilization.The third chapter mainly discusses the thoughts of nature and human beings embodied in animals in Han Fu.Animals are used at all levels to revise people's appearance and landscapes.They can both connect heaven and earth,break through the boundaries of life and death,and convey heaven.The Chinese put animals in the yin and yang associative patterns.The connected thinking tries to connect human affairs with nature.It is envisaged that there is a deep connection between human affairs and nature,so that natural phenomena are categorized in certain schemas,and people can use this model.To explain the changes in human society,and adjust the operating mechanism of human society according to this model.