都江堰持锸石人及汉画大禹像

On the Dujiangyan Statue of a Man Holding a Shovel and on Han Portrayals of Yu the Great

近几十年来,都江堰外江河床先后出土五尊大型石人,其中之一为持锸石人,现名“堰工石像”。持锸男子形象多见于四川汉俑和鲁南苏北一带汉画像石。比对相关图像,都江堰持锸石人与汉画像石中持锸戴笠的大禹更为相似。鉴于其镇水神像之属性,应比定为大禹石像。

In recent years,five large statues have been retrieved from the riverbed of Dujiangyan.One of them holds a shovel in his hands and has thus been described as the"stone likeness of a worker".Depictions of a man holding a shovel are for the most part encountered in Han figurines in Sichuan,and in stone reliefs in Southern Shandong and Northern Jiangsu.Comparing such portrayals,the statue here discussed comes closer to the mythical Han hero Yu the Great,who always has a shovel and a bamboo hat.Since the present statue seems to have been used for the taming floods,it ought to be described as a portrayal of Yu the Great.