The Dissemination and Sharing of Cultural Symbols——A Case Study of the Sun and Moon Images of Shalu Monastery and Gongkar Cho Monastery
In the murals of Shalu Monastery and Gongkar Cho Monastery,there are images of the sun and moon represented by a golden crow and jade rabbit respectively.The images of the golden crow and jade rabbit are a fixed schema used to represent the sun and the moon in Central Plains culture.Since the Han Dynasty,the myth of Queen Mother of the West and folk beliefs have been continuously mixed,and it was absorbed into the Buddhist image system in the Tang Dynasty.With the prosperity of Tibetan Buddhism and the frequent cultural exchanges in the later period,the Tibetan Buddhist paintings absorbed this image motif of the sun and moon.The Han-style sun and moon images in Tibetan murals not only renew the expression paradigm of Tibetan Buddhist art,but also break through the interpretation of simple religious art and highlight the presence of central imperial power.The sun and moon images of Shalu Monastery and Gongkar Cho Monastery are the result of the exchanges,interaction and integration of Han-Tibetan culture,highlighting the power of frequent interaction among various ethnic groups in the Yuan and Ming dynasties,as well as the overall social structure of mutual integration and coexistence of cultural symbols under the multicultural communication.
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