Research On The Images Of Han Stone Feathers Unearthed In Shandong

Han dynasty thick burial prevalent,thin,flexible,different from ordinary people gradually appeared in the ancestral hall and burial stone image.The ancestral hall or tomb stone with the feather man as the main body shows the immortal world that people long to enter after death in the Han dynasty.The feather men of Han stone in Shandong district is the Han stone unearthed in the area of the largest number of regions,according to the the feather men stone carving techniques,the content of the Shandong region different the feather men stone is divided into two periods in the morning and evening,in the early Han stone is less,the late the feather men stone widely distribution region,according to the grave fresco the feather men wing way different divided into shoulder wing is given priority to,to shoulder and limbs have wings and wingless the feather men three area.In the early and late period of Shandong area,the image of feather man on the stone shows six types of feather man: human head,snake body,bird body,bird head,animal head and cloud body.Fairies,exotic animals and other elements together with the image of the feather man constitute the subject matter of the stone.In the early and late period of Shandong area,the themes of feather people on the stone mainly include the immortals,the strange animals,the pavilion feather people,the secular feather people,the feather people and the special feather people.In the early han dynasty,there were few feather figures on the stone,but in the late han dynasty,there were more.The behavior of feather man is different in different theme of feather man's stone.In the early and late period,the functions of the feather people in the stone mainly include: to receive and guide the temple to raise the immortal,to collect and offer tribute,to tame and raise strange animals,to entertain the gods and to bear the five kinds of feather people.Among the five functions of feather man,the four functions that accord with the symbol of flying fairy are the first four,and the last one that bears the weight of feather man is the shape designed by the engraver for beauty in Han dynasty.In the process of the early and late period of Shandong,there exists the inheritance of the longitudinal development,and also has the common characteristics among different regions in the late period.First of all,the image of the feather man on the stone in the early and late period is shown to be different from the ordinary people thin and flexible,which is determined by the identity and function of the feather man;Secondly,the type of feather man that existed in the early and late period is the head type of human being.Once again,there are more feather man themes on the stone in different regions,which are the combination of the feather man,exotic animals and the feather man and the immortal,which directly reflects the desire of people in the han dynasty to pray for auspicious protection and pray for immortal life after death.Finally,the similarity of feather figures between different regions confirmed the image stone painting group which was active in Shandong at that time.There are also regional characteristics of feather man stone in Shandong province.Compared with the distribution of feather man stone in the whole country,thanks to the superb skills of the local engraver,Shandong province has created an original composition of stone composition.The diversity of stone content also enriched the feather people feather clothing clothing,few other areas found.There are also differences among different regions in Shandong region,the most direct difference is the different regions produced by the different wing patterns of the feather.In the late period,the characteristics of the image of feather man in the area of feather man distribution are very distinctive,which is reflected by the types of feather man,the diversity of feather clothes and costumes,and the fact that jining area is the most far-reaching area influenced by the Confucian rites and music education,the clothes and characters of feather man also fully reflect the rigorous concept.