Research On The Relief Sculptures Of Shijun's Tomb In The Northern Zhou Dynasty

The Silk Road communicated China and the world.As the most active ethnic on the Silk Road large quantities of Sogdians immigrant into China during the Han and Tang dynasties.They brought exotic goods to China and spread the Chinese culture to the world.The Wirkak family from the Central Asia was a successful Sogdian family during the Northern Dynasties.Wirkak had a rich life experience.During his youth,he used to led the caravan to carry out business activities along the Silk Road.When he was old,he became the sa Paul who managing local Sogdians.Wirkak was a devout believer of Zoroastrianism.After his death,his children built beautiful sarcophagus for keep his bones.The walls of sarcophagus were covered with relief patterns depicting his life.Provided a wealth of research materials for religious,business,music,dance,etc.,especially the southern wall of sarcophagus,carving Chinese and Sogdian inscriptions and the east wall of the performance of the Qwat bridge has been unearthed in the same Sogdian funeral is unique,is a rare precious cultural relics.The sarcophagus of unearthed academia attention,scholars expertise to carry out the study of 's from their own field of.The achievements made over the past 14 years since its inception have been fruitful since 2004,covering archeology,religious studies,linguistics and the history of ancient East-West cultural exchanges.On the basis of previous studies,combining with other documents and materials,the author gives full play to the advantages of his own sculpture profession.With the study of sculptures of Wirkak grave stone reliefs as the core,the author deeply studies the reasons for the sculpture style of the stone carvings,Inherit the relationship and discuss the cultural influence of other ancient civilizations in Eurasia suffered by their stone inscriptions and the far-reaching influence that the Sogdian.culture has on Chinese traditional culture...