The image and deification of Long (龍)in the Han dynasty (漢代)

Long (龍)is considered the symbol of China and the ancestor of Chinese people as well. Known as a god of water and sky，Long also has a great influence to history and the way people think about the world of East Asia. There have already been several studies about the origin of Long since its deification. However the previous researches which refer to reasons and the process of long\u27s deification are not enough. And the character of Long by Han dynasty，as an important reason of its deification，is still unclear

漢代における龍文化の構造と展開 [論文要旨及び審査の要旨]

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The precedent recognition and studies of Long（龍）

This paper focuses on the precedent studies of Chinese Long （龍） and those derivative legends and cultures about it, which spread all over East Asia and even have a global influence nowadays. There are already many researches talking about the origin of Long and its spread, or about those pictures of Long picked up from excavated articles. But of these studies there are still some methodological problems such as a misunderstood starting point of what we think the Long is today, and also the easy means of combining the pictures and the historical texts.This paper shall attempt to discover a new method to find out the originof the recognition of today’s Long and those derivative legends and cultures about it.研究ノー

The tendency to diversify of attributes of Long （龍） in the Han dynasty （漢代）

This paper discusses a tendency to diversify of abstractions of Long（龍）in the Han dynasty（漢代）. Before that time, Long was considered to be a symbol of one village like a totem. By the unification of ancient China in Qin（秦）and Han dynasty, Long was elevated to be a god with sacred power and started to be diversified in its attributes according to the books of that time. It was believe to have a ability of making rain or control water, and because of that power, a soil image of Long（土龍）was used as a sacrifice to pray for rain when it was in a drought. And Long was also believed to have a function as to be a transportation between the human world and the immortal world. And it turned out that, in Han dynasty, all those abstractions of Long could once be seen in a representative sample called Qing Long（青龍）, which is a constellation in ancientastronomy of China. Almost all of the attributes of Long have been passed to until now, but some of them also had been changed their appearances when new trends of thoughts such as buddy coming to be known in the land of ancient China.文部科学省グローバルCOEプログラム 関西大学文化交渉学教育研究拠点研究ノー

The Images of long （龍） on the Stone Reliefs of the Han Dynasty ― the episode of the first distribution area

It is common to look at the Chinese Han dynasty as being unified in every aspect. However according to some recent discoveries regarding Han political and financial systems in local and central authorities, it seems that this view is untenable. And what of Han culture? Was Han culture indeed united completely under the imperial government? This paper discusses these matters by looking at the carved images of long （龍）, or dragons on the stone reliefs of the Han dynasty. Through this study, the variations of the long carvings based on differing chronological periods and regions of the Han dynasty should become clearer.東アジアの歴史と動

One the indentification of the icon of animals: Take the icon of Long (龍) on the Stone Relief of the Han daynasty for example

This paper discusses the methods of identification of the icon of animals. The problem that how to identify the icons in the pictures precisely has come up to us, as the importance of images and pictures in study of history being claimed in latest years. And the icons of animals, especially those were created by people as fictions, are facing a serious situation of hard to be identified. Usually, to identify an icon of a fiction animal, we depend on our experience built of books and historical materials. But that could cause a problem as we always tend to ignore the time and place that the images or pictures were created. This paper will take the icon of Long (龍)on the Stone Relief of the Handynasty as an attempt to find out a more practical method to identify the icons ofanimals.東アジアの歴史と動態文部科学省グローバルCOEプログラム 関西大学文化交渉学教育研究拠

漢代における龍文化の構造と展開

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