Study On Ancient Skeleton Images

As a symbol of human death,the skeleton's shape and image have been constantly innovated and changed with the development of human history in the long social practice of human beings,enriching its image and connotation.Skeleton first appeared in ancient ancestors painted murals,the fact is,the history of human beings for natural human society,the discovery of humanities and social understanding of history,ancient times,the ancestors for natural understanding insufficiency,subject to natural worship of ancestors and on the head when,they think the head symbol of man's soul,this is the first custom hunting,skull artifacts.Then,the image of skeleton appeared in the religion,which was reflected in the view of bones in Buddhism,the implement of skeleton in tantra,and the view of skeleton in quanzhen religion.At this time,the image of skeleton expanded from a simple symbol of death in ancient times to an image associated with the view of life and death of human beings.The development of ideas is reflected in literary works.The view of life and death reflected in the literary works of zhuangzi,zhang heng and others is most directly reflected in the painting.Therefore,the skeleton image in Chinese painting is more substantial and even becomes an independent theme.This paper aims to explore the development history of the ancient skeleton image and the skeleton image hidden behind by combing the skeleton figure in the painting works and combining with the history of primitive worship,religion and the development of the concept of life and death.