上古时期中埃冥界图像色彩研究

Study on the Colors of Chinese and Egyptian Ghostdom Images in Ancient Times

灵魂信仰是自原始社会以来,不论中西先民都具有的意识。冥界是死后世界的泛称,是灵魂不死信仰的体现,研究冥界图像的用色可以反映出先民色彩观念中的宗教信仰。文章选取中国和埃及上古时期的冥界图像,对比二者的色彩异同,并分析形成原因,以窥探两国色彩观念和赋予色彩的生死观。

Soul beliefs are the consciousness that the Chinese and Western ancestors have since the primitive society.The Ghostdom is a general term for the post-mortem world and a manifestation of the soul’s undead faith.The study of the color of the image of the Ghostdom can reflect the religious beliefs in the ancestors’ color concept.This paper selects images of the Ghostdom in ancient times in China and Egypt,compares their similarities and differences in colors,and analyzes the reasons for their formation,so as to probe into their color concepts and views on life and death endowed with colors.