汉画像石中射鸟图像的宗教认识

汉画像石中，射鸟图像是个特别的现象，目前学术界的认识有待商量。汉画像石的鸟图像具有三个意义：一是一般的象征意义，鸟即西王母世界的灵禽、成仙的先导和工具，等等；二是原始神话的复述，如后羿射日；三是表现现实和彼岸两个世界之间的沟通。射鸟图像中射鸟只是个虚拟动作，主要表现的就是两个世界的沟通。

A Religious Understanding of the Bird-shooting Pictures in thePortrait Brick of Han Dynasty

In the portrait brick of Han Dynasty, the bird-shooting picture is a specific phenomenon and today's academic understanding of it remains to be discussed. Generally speaking, the bird-shooting picture in the portrait brick of Han Dynasty has three meanings: the first meaning is its common symbolic meaning, such as the supernatural animals of the Queen in the West Paradise; the guide and tool for being immortal; the second meaning is the retelling of ancient mythology, such as the picture of HOU Yi's sun-shooting; the third meaning is the revealing of the communication between the two worlds. The bird-shooting picture is a fictitious action, mainly to reveal the communication between the two worlds.