Diversity of form and meaning: A study of the evolution of the twelve zodiac signs between the Tang and Song dynasties

Haoran Yang

doi:10.54097/08gnq446

Authors

Haoran Yang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/08gnq446

Keywords:

twelve zodiac signs, space, South, Song Tomb, Mingtang.

Abstract

"Dafang et al. Collection of Sutras", the twelve zodiac animals are the representative artifacts in the tomb gods and evil spirits system, arrange, decorative theme of the Song Dynasty in the Sout. Discussing the function and belief connotation of the tomb gods and evil spirits system in the Song Dynasty. The twelve zodiac themes in Song tombs in the south serve as a concept of space tombs based on the concept of "Mingtang" in Tang and Song Dynasties.

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Stacked plastic bottles are very popular in Song and Yuan tombs in Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan and other places, and often appear in pairs. Scholars also have different names for them, including plastic bottles, standing bird bottles, capped bottles, dragon and tiger bottles, refuge bottles, soul bottles, barn jars and many other names. Ming ware with bottles and cans as the main body and various shapes and contents piled on the body has appeared in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River since the Han and Jin Dynasties. The plastic bottles of the Song and Yuan Dynasties can be traced back to the five-jointed jars of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the granary jars of Wu and Jin Dynasties, and the soul bottles of the Southern Dynasties. Although these utensils have different forms, their basic functions may be the same, reflecting the styles of different times. See Liu Yi's "A Brief Description of Ming Porcelain", "Southeast Culture" 1994 Supplement No. 1 ("Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Meeting and Academic Symposium of the Chinese Ancient Ceramics Research Association").

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