毗卢寺明代水陆壁画“五瘟使者”图像考辨

Image of“Five Pestilence Messengers”in Mural Paintings of Pilu Temple in Ming Dynasty

在河北省石家庄市毗卢寺正殿内的“主病鬼王五瘟使者”图,不但图像保存完整,而且“瘟神”形象设定夸张,造型生动,富有情态;绘画手法细腻考究,颜色对比强烈亦不失协调,在“五瘟使者”图像研究中具有典范式意义。“五瘟使者”图像内涵丰富,蕴含着人兽复合形象的心理逻辑、民间生活经验的现实观照以及心灵慰藉、道德审判、凝聚整合的社会功能。

The picture of“Lord of Disease,Ghost King,and Five Plague Messengers”in the main hall of Pilu Temple,Shijiazhuang City,Hebei Province,is well preserved.At the same time,the exaggeratedly designed image of the plagues is not only vivid but full of modality as well.It is regarded as a model of“Five Pestilence Messengers”painting study for its delicate and exquisite painting technique,strong but harmonious contrast of colors,which contains rich connotations of the psychological logic of the composite image of man and animals,the realistic observation of folk life experience,and the social functions of spiritual comfort,moral judgment,cohesion and integration.