敦煌249、285窟的窟顶图像

On The Muraled-Ceili Images of Mogao Caves 249 and 285

本文系统梳理了莫高窟249、285窟窟顶的图像元素,并考订存疑者。作者认为两窟窟顶四披的图像正是太一出行的组合及其变化。其中第249窟增加了四神的元素,显示出更为完整的出行结构,而两窟窟顶四披图像跟下部的山林野兽和狩猎场面共同构成出行、向西披西流的意象。两座窟整顶壁画结构的出现是当时的出行制度使然,绝非偶然。

This thesis systematically reviews the muraled-ceiling image elements of Mogao Caves 249 and 285 with special examination and differentiation to some issues concerned,confirming that the content is composed of the series illustrating the procession of‘Taiyi's Trip'along with some of its modifications.Specifically,the painted-ceiling of Cave 249 is added with the elements of four deities to present a complete story about the trip.The assemblage of the four shops of paintings in the ceilings above with the scenes describing wild animals and hunters below constitutes the marching procession in the pictorial panorama tending westward.The mode of full-ceiling painting came out right in response to the kind of trip ritual of that time,none accidentally.