四川博物院藏11幅格萨尔唐卡画的初步研究——关于《格萨尔》史诗的故事系统

A Preliminavy Study of 11 Gesar Tangka Painting in Sichuan Museum The Story About the Opic “Gesar” System

关于《格萨尔》史诗的"连环画"(或故事画)由来已久。16—17世纪以后,西藏绘画中选取《格萨尔》史诗作为题材,绘成故事画,已经是司空见惯的事了。但是比较完整全面地用绘画展示《格萨尔》史诗的"全部内容",还是要数本文介绍的四川博物院所藏11幅格萨尔唐卡画。这套系列绘画总共讲述了33个有关《格萨尔》史诗的故事,可以说它全面讲述了《格萨尔》史诗的18大宗,也即它是20世纪以前比较完整的《格萨尔》史诗,形成了一种独立的具有康区型《格萨尔》的故事系统。

The ＂picturestory book＂ of the Epic King Gesar is for a long time in Tibetan cultural history. Especially after 16-17 century,the Epic King Gesar is selected as subjects in the Tibetan paintings,painted storybooks,is already a commonplace thing. But the eleven Thangka paintings in Sichuan Museum are better at describing the whole content of the Epic King Gesar＇s story than other works. In my opinion,this serie of paintings tells total 33 stories of the Epic King Gesar. That is to say,it tells 18 episodes thorough of the Epic King Gesar and that is the is full Epic King Gesar＇s story before the 20th century. That＇s means that it＇s a Unique story system of the Epic King Gesar forming in Khams district