Title: Fantastic creature in Chinese art
Introduction
Fantastic creatures can be easily found in Chinese art. Those decorative motifs do not only content aesthetic value they also carry particular meanings. The origin of fantasies can be traced to traditional Chinese literature and tales. Fantasy becomes an important element in Chinese art that is with two main functions: one is they reflect human emotions, and they are symbols that carry the social values. After classified different kinds of mythical beings, this essay examined the relevant art and its meaning also discussed the symbolic meaning and the cause of existing of the fantastic creature.
Definition
Fantastic creatures are imaginary living things. It does not …show more content…
Lopes(2014, p.195) suggested that in primitive and hunter-gathering society people relied on animals to live. Human vulnerability in the face of the forces of nature led to the creation of mythological systems. They didn’t distinguish themselves from animals, they assumed that animals had thoughts, feelings and souls just like human beings. Furthermore, primitive people were in awe of strong animals because they found themselves to be comparatively incompetent and weak .The intimate relationship between human and an animal in ancient times has affected the culture to a certain degree even continued to Age of Civilizations. Along with the anthropological development, primitive worship sublimate to another level, human using their imagination to create the virtual creatures as a way to worship their god, also that human may take the mythical creature as a set of rituals and visual language to manifest religious behavior. The mixture of existing animals is an evidence of mankind aesthetic value corporate with nature. In Chinese culture, people hope for well-being and good fortune, as a result they relate the auspicious concept of the unique characteristic of animal and visualize it as a …show more content…
In both "Qiu Jian Ji"," Fu Rui Zh" have illustrated an agile beast that talented at both running and flying. This beast capable of walk eighteen thousand Kilometer each day and does not only speaks human language but also know the language from different countries called Luduan.It is associated with the peaceful and benevolent times ,as it would only appear during the reigns of wise and righteous emperors. Meng(2010,p.347) believed that the union beast from the Song tomb is Luduan with long and curved upper lip, with a horn on the pig liked nose.This kind of stone status are especially used by the royal funerary practices , so that can glorifying the legitimacy of political authority and distinguish the difference of the authority and common people(Fig7).
In Nan Yang Han Hua Guan exhibited two statues that are found in Han Tomb. These two statuses are common in the Han dynasty. Bu (2010,p.65-67) claimed that they are the tomb guardians: one with a single horn is Bìxié and the one with two horns is Tiān Lù. (Fig8)They symbolize material success and wealthy
Introduction
Fantastic creatures can be easily found in Chinese art. Those decorative motifs do not only content aesthetic value they also carry particular meanings. The origin of fantasies can be traced to traditional Chinese literature and tales. Fantasy becomes an important element in Chinese art that is with two main functions: one is they reflect human emotions, and they are symbols that carry the social values. After classified different kinds of mythical beings, this essay examined the relevant art and its meaning also discussed the symbolic meaning and the cause of existing of the fantastic creature.
Definition
Fantastic creatures are imaginary living things. It does not …show more content…
Lopes(2014, p.195) suggested that in primitive and hunter-gathering society people relied on animals to live. Human vulnerability in the face of the forces of nature led to the creation of mythological systems. They didn’t distinguish themselves from animals, they assumed that animals had thoughts, feelings and souls just like human beings. Furthermore, primitive people were in awe of strong animals because they found themselves to be comparatively incompetent and weak .The intimate relationship between human and an animal in ancient times has affected the culture to a certain degree even continued to Age of Civilizations. Along with the anthropological development, primitive worship sublimate to another level, human using their imagination to create the virtual creatures as a way to worship their god, also that human may take the mythical creature as a set of rituals and visual language to manifest religious behavior. The mixture of existing animals is an evidence of mankind aesthetic value corporate with nature. In Chinese culture, people hope for well-being and good fortune, as a result they relate the auspicious concept of the unique characteristic of animal and visualize it as a …show more content…
In both "Qiu Jian Ji"," Fu Rui Zh" have illustrated an agile beast that talented at both running and flying. This beast capable of walk eighteen thousand Kilometer each day and does not only speaks human language but also know the language from different countries called Luduan.It is associated with the peaceful and benevolent times ,as it would only appear during the reigns of wise and righteous emperors. Meng(2010,p.347) believed that the union beast from the Song tomb is Luduan with long and curved upper lip, with a horn on the pig liked nose.This kind of stone status are especially used by the royal funerary practices , so that can glorifying the legitimacy of political authority and distinguish the difference of the authority and common people(Fig7).
In Nan Yang Han Hua Guan exhibited two statues that are found in Han Tomb. These two statuses are common in the Han dynasty. Bu (2010,p.65-67) claimed that they are the tomb guardians: one with a single horn is Bìxié and the one with two horns is Tiān Lù. (Fig8)They symbolize material success and wealthy