Pattern Analysis of Images of Queen Mother of the West and Music-Dance in Shrine of the Han Dynasty
In the images of shrines in central and southern of Shandong,northern Jiangsu,and northern Anhui,the simultaneous appearance of the Queen Mother of the West(Xiwangmu)and music-dance has often been interpreted as a depiction of"singing and dancing in honor of the Queen Mother",which is associated with the phenomenon of the worship of the Queen Mother prevailed in the Han Dynasties.However,in recent years,the excavation of small shrines portraits in Huaibei City,Anhui Province has provided clearer evidence for the reinterpretation of the relationship between the Queen Mother and music-dance images.The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the relationship between Queen Mother of the West and music and dance images in the Han Dynasty shrines by combing the main image patterns of Queen Mother of the West and music-dance images in shrines from central and southern of Shandong,northern Anhui,and northern Jiangsu,and to illustrate that the meaning of an image should be interpreted not only according to its depiction but also according to its structural approach.
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