摘要
十二生肖,或称十二(相)属,本是代替十二辰名称的十二种动物的总称。是古代占星家用十二种动物来记星象、记日、记年的一种方式,同时也用来表示人的生岁*。我国的生肖俑起源较早,分布范围也比较广泛。早在公元六世纪的临淄北朝崔氏墓中就已出现动物形态的十二生肖俑**。到隋唐时期渐成体系,在南方,尤以两湖一带为盛,一直延用到宋元时期,成为当时颇具地方特色的镇墓明器。高宗永徽(650年￣655年)年后,中原也开始出现墓中放置成俑的十二生肖俑以作“压胜”、“辟邪”之用。
The 12 animals were originally the collective nane for 12 animals, which represent the 12 hours. Astrologists in the ancient times used the 12 animals to record the star signs, date and year;, meanwhile they also used them to indicate the year of birth. Figures of the 12 animals appeared early in the Chinese history, and were widely distributed in China. As early＇as in the 6th century D. C. appeared the 12 animal-shaped figures in the tombs of the family Cui, who lived in Linzi in the Bei Dynasty. The figures of the 12 animals became systematized in the Sui and Tang Dynasty, and continued to be one of the major articles for daily use in tombs until the Song and Yuan Dynasty in southern China, especially in the area of Hunan and Hubei Province. Between year 650 and 655 D. C, the 12 anita,--shaped figures started to appear the tombs in middle China, and were used to ward off evll spirits.
出处
《南方文物》
2006年第1期75-85,共11页
Cultural Relics in Southern China
关键词
南方
十二生肖俑
基葬
隋
初唐
south
the 12 animal-shaped figures
tomb
Sui Dynasty
Early-period Tang Dynasty
