西域贡狮对中国狮子造型艺术的影响

The Influence of Western Tribute Lions on the Plastic arts of Chinese Lions

文章对西域贡狮入华时间、中国狮子名称的由来进行了考证与研究,对西域狮子造型艺术的特点进行了实证分析。认为西汉时期丝绸之路开通以后,野生狮子作为贡品进入我国;中国狮子的名称源于西域,“师子”一词从一出现就很明确地指向为狮子。西域贡狮入华之后西域狮子造型艺术对中国狮子艺术产生了重要影响:中国早期的狮子造型在保留本土神兽造型风格的基础上,逐渐融入了西域狮子的造型元素。

This paper examines and studies the origin of the western tribute lion’s entry into China,and empirically analyzes the characteristics of the plastic arts of western lions.It is believed that after the opening of the Silk Road in the Western Han Dynasty,wild lions entered China as tributes.The name of Lion in China is derived from the west,and the word“shi Zi”has been clearly pointed to as lion since its appearance.After the lions from the west entered China,the plastic art of lions from the west had an important influence on the plastic arts of Chinese lions:the lion modeling in the early stage of China gradually integrated the modeling elements of the lions from the west on the basis of retaining the local animal modeling style.