汉画中的人鱼形象

The Mermaid Image in the Paintings of the Han Dynasty

汉画中的人鱼形象结合了鱼和人的形象特征,从而被赋予了特殊的功能,成为汉画中一种特殊的母题。人鱼形象是对仰韶文化时期人面鱼纹和鲵鱼纹以及《山海经》中人鱼形象的继承和发展。其图像构成既是鱼崇拜信仰的反映,也是汉代生死观和升仙思想的重要体现。汉画中的人鱼形象不仅仅是简单的墓葬装饰,更是死者希冀实现灵魂不灭、生命不朽的重要载体,成为了沟通生死的重要纽带。

The mermaid image in the paintings of the Han Dynasty combines the image features of fish and human beings and is thus endowed with special functions. It has become a special motif in the paintings of the Han Dynasty. The mermaid image is the inheritance and development of the human fish pattern and the squid pattern in the Yangshao Culture period and the image of the mermaid in The Classic of Mountains and Seas. Its image composition is not only a reflection of fish worship beliefs,but also an important manifestation of the outlook on life and death and the concept of immortality in the Han Dynasty. The image of mermaid in the paintings of the Han Dynasty is not only a simple tomb decoration, but also an important carrier for the dead to hope to achieve immortality and become an important link to communicate life and death.