Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2014. № 10. Part 3. P. 122-125.
IMAGE OF DEITY - PATRON OF EXAMS - IN THE CHINESE FOLK TRADITION (BY THE MATERIAL OF FOLK NEW YEAR PICTURE)
Lemeshko Yuliya Gennad'evna
Amur State University
Abstract. The article is devoted to the analysis of the iconography of deity - patron of exams. The image of Kui Xing that originally performed several functional roles in folk religion arose in the XII century. The author’s attention is focused on the main transformations of the iconographic image of the god of examinations that is shown in the Chinese folk xylographic New Year picture.
Key words and phrases: народная религия, народное искусство, традиционная ксилографическая картина, няньхуа, Куй-син, folk religion, folk art, traditional xylographic picture, New Year picture, Kui Xing
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