On the Cultural Integration of the Northern and Southern Dynasties from the Tombstone Outer Coffin Feather Portrait of Zhang Zhilang,Mao Dezu's Wife in the Northern Wei Dynasty
The subject of the feathered men originated from the worship of birds by the ancient ancestors.Since the Shang Dy-nasty,people believed their soul would go up to the heaven after dying,so the image of the feathered men has been used as a decora-tive motif on various utensils,especially in tomb murals.Although it was excavated in Pingcheng,the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty,the skill of painting was also the Northern Dynasty style.The meaning of exquisite image of the featherd men on the stone coffin door in the tomb of Zhang Zhilang is the same as that in other tombs of the Southern Dynasties.That is the inevitable commu-nication integration product of the society and cultural life between the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
the Northern and Southern DynastiesMao Dezuthe stone coffinthe feathered men
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