汉画中“吐火”形象考

On Breathing Fire Scene Carved on Han Sculpture Stone or Brick

汉画内容丰富,题材多样。表现"吐火"形象的汉代画像在中岳汉三阕启母阙上,及南阳、成都、山东等地的汉墓都有所发现,本文通过对汉画像中"吐火"图案的深入解读,进一步理清吐火术与幻术、汉代百戏的关系,并论述了"吐火"表演在汉代中外关系中的作用等。

The Han Dynasty pictorial stone art features rich contents and various subjects. The illustrations of＂fire-breathing＂on Han pictorial stones have been found on the Qimu Tower,one of the three Han Towers in Zhongyue Mountain and some Han tombs discoveried in Nanyang, Chengdu,Shandong etc. Based on the interpretation of the illustrations of ＂fire- breathing＂ on the Han pictorial stones, this article aims to work out the relations between ＂fire- breathing＂ art and magic, Baixi（musical dance,acrobatic show） in Han Dynasty,and demonstrates the impacts on the foreign relations of Han Dynasty.