It has been generally accepted by the academic circle that the Sogdian tombs recently unearthed at Xi’an,including the Northern Zhou tombs of An Jia, Shi Jun and Kang Ye,are tombs of Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians had th...It has been generally accepted by the academic circle that the Sogdian tombs recently unearthed at Xi’an,including the Northern Zhou tombs of An Jia, Shi Jun and Kang Ye,are tombs of Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians had their special funeral custom,therefore.it is necessary to examine the burial manner before generalizing their Zoroastrian attributes. As to this point,An Jia Tomb is of particular importance.This article demonstrates the obvious conflict between the burial mode of An Jia Tomb and that of orthodox Zoroastrians.The author believes that it is difficult to trace the burial mode of these Sogdian tombs to orthodox Zoroastrian doctrine.If these Sogdians,such as Anjia,Kang Ye and Shi Jun, are figured as Zoroastrians come from the Central Asia,is noteworthy to distinguish their burial form that of Persia Zoroastrians and that of Zoroastrians in Central Asia.These clear differences indicate that the Zoroastrians of Central Asia is noteworthy to distinguish their burial form from that of Persia Zoroastrians and that of Zoroastrians in Central Asia.These clear differences indicate that the Zoroastrians of Central Asia can not be identified with the Zoroastrians of Persia, the Zoroastrian immigrants in China can not be simply identified with their fellowmen in Central Asia.展开更多
This paper compares the wall-painting of Mani with the statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light of Yuan Dynasty The wall-painting was discovered in Tufan in the beginning of 20 th century, and the statue was located in Q...This paper compares the wall-painting of Mani with the statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light of Yuan Dynasty The wall-painting was discovered in Tufan in the beginning of 20 th century, and the statue was located in Quanzhou in1950’s The author believes that Mani’s statue in Quanzhou backed by a halo,sits in Buddha-like pose and adopts the appearance of a Taoist That is to say, Manichaeism has been combined with Buddhism and Taosim However,the portrait of Mani in Tufan preserves original Manichacan features in central Asia, showing the appearance of non-Han Mani wears a nimbus composed of moon-crescent and sun It gives Prominence to the tall cap which is symbolic in Manichaeism The distinct divergence between these two images illustrates that a religion will steady Change in ‘alien god localized’fashion in different展开更多
文摘It has been generally accepted by the academic circle that the Sogdian tombs recently unearthed at Xi’an,including the Northern Zhou tombs of An Jia, Shi Jun and Kang Ye,are tombs of Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians had their special funeral custom,therefore.it is necessary to examine the burial manner before generalizing their Zoroastrian attributes. As to this point,An Jia Tomb is of particular importance.This article demonstrates the obvious conflict between the burial mode of An Jia Tomb and that of orthodox Zoroastrians.The author believes that it is difficult to trace the burial mode of these Sogdian tombs to orthodox Zoroastrian doctrine.If these Sogdians,such as Anjia,Kang Ye and Shi Jun, are figured as Zoroastrians come from the Central Asia,is noteworthy to distinguish their burial form that of Persia Zoroastrians and that of Zoroastrians in Central Asia.These clear differences indicate that the Zoroastrians of Central Asia is noteworthy to distinguish their burial form from that of Persia Zoroastrians and that of Zoroastrians in Central Asia.These clear differences indicate that the Zoroastrians of Central Asia can not be identified with the Zoroastrians of Persia, the Zoroastrian immigrants in China can not be simply identified with their fellowmen in Central Asia.
文摘This paper compares the wall-painting of Mani with the statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light of Yuan Dynasty The wall-painting was discovered in Tufan in the beginning of 20 th century, and the statue was located in Quanzhou in1950’s The author believes that Mani’s statue in Quanzhou backed by a halo,sits in Buddha-like pose and adopts the appearance of a Taoist That is to say, Manichaeism has been combined with Buddhism and Taosim However,the portrait of Mani in Tufan preserves original Manichacan features in central Asia, showing the appearance of non-Han Mani wears a nimbus composed of moon-crescent and sun It gives Prominence to the tall cap which is symbolic in Manichaeism The distinct divergence between these two images illustrates that a religion will steady Change in ‘alien god localized’fashion in different
