汉画像石中神话动物被神化及消失原因探析

动物形象在汉画像石中最为常见,其中一部分因其特有的属性或形体被披上了"神"的外衣,成为承载着特定文化内涵的祥禽、神兽。历史的发展、环境的改变以及人类活动的影响使这类动物在今天很难见到,因此许多专家、学者认为它们只是先民们的虚幻之物,但从一些史料和实物来看它们应该是在当时或之前真实存在过的动物。

An Analyst of the Divination and Disappearance of Animals in Han Stone Sculpture

The animals,which were mostly common in Han Stone Sculpture,were divined with their special attributes and state they became auspicious birds and beasts,which embodied special culture implications.Owing to the development of history.the changing of environment and the influence of human actions we can hardly see such animals.Therefore many scholars consider that they were only imaginable animals.However some history materials and artifacts evidenced that animals were real existences in their times or before them