四川汉墓出土“西王母与杂技”摇钱树枝叶试探——兼论摇钱树的整体意义

A Preliminary Study on the Branches and Leaves of Money Tree with "Queen Mother Of the West and Acrobatics" Motifs Unearthed from the Tombs of the Han Dynasty in Sichuan Province-And on the General Meaning of the Money Trees

四川汉墓出土有一类摇钱树枝叶，其上的杂技（含魔术）图像与西王母图像固定地结合在一起，紧密排列在西王母的两边。这种情况尚未在其他汉代画像上看到。笔者认为这种图像并非一般的宴饮杂技场面，也非“歌舞祠西王母”的场景，而是当时文献所反映出的西域之地西王母与眩人（幻人）紧密联系这种观念的表现。这里的幻术与仙术有关，表达了当时人们死后升仙的愿望。

The leaves of a kind of ＂money trees＂ unearthed from tombs of the Hart Dynasty in Sichuan Province are very special in that the images on them combine Queen Mother of the West and of acrobatic or magic scenes together. This combination is in accordance with the close relationship between this goddess and ＂Huanren （hallucinating people）＂ as recorded in literature. ＂Huanren＂ refers to acrobats at that time. These acrobatics were mainly from or affected by the Western Regions＇ acrobatics and people thought they were related to theurgy. The money trees manifest a worship of heaven as a whole.