说“胜”

Talk of "Sheng"

'胜'这一概念伴随着神话传说中的西王母而出现。到了东汉中晚期,人们将西王母头上的装饰——胜图像化和实物化,在东汉至魏晋南北朝时期墓葬中常见西王母式胜或者以西王母式胜作为装饰,这不仅是西王母信仰的反映,人们似乎也赋予了其辟邪与吉祥的功能。自魏晋时期开始,在荆楚一带伴随着人日这一节日的出现,开始流行人胜和花胜。隋唐时期,各类花胜和人胜继续流行,而且遍及整个南北方地区。唐代以后,叠胜广为流行,并且影响到器物造型和装饰,瓷器上的八宝图案中常见叠胜。现代民间习俗中的各类剪纸,应该就是隋唐时期人们剪彩为人胜习俗的孑遗。

The concept of"sheng"was appeared with the myths and legends of the Xi Wangmu.To the late Eastern Han Dynasty,person made the head decoration of Xi Wang Mu—sheng demateriaUzation and visualization.In the Eastern Han Dynasty to the period of Wei Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties,it is a common occurrence about sheng of Xi Wangmu or decoration of it in the tombs.This is not only a reflection of Xi Wangmu religion,people seem to have given it the function of evil spirits and auspicious.Since Wei Jin Dynasty,hominioid sheng and floriated sheng became popular in the Chu area.During the Sui and Tang Dynasties,various kinds of hominioid and floriated sheng was popular and through out the south and north area of China.After the Tang Dynasty,overlapping sheng was popular widely and affected the modeling and decoration of implements,overlapping sheng is very common in Babao pattern on porcelain.Modern civil custom of the paper-cut should be the relict of the custom that cut the ribbon as sheng during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.