By using symbolic and structural approach,the article tries to explore the afterlife ideoeogy during the Qin and the Han period in terms of two kinds of typical burial objects--tomb guardians and figurines It is argue...By using symbolic and structural approach,the article tries to explore the afterlife ideoeogy during the Qin and the Han period in terms of two kinds of typical burial objects--tomb guardians and figurines It is argued that the function of tomb gurdians might have brought tomb-owner’s soul to the Heaven Due to the ideological change that tomb might have been regarded as the final home of tomb-owner’s soul,tomb guardians gradually were discarded and展开更多
文摘By using symbolic and structural approach,the article tries to explore the afterlife ideoeogy during the Qin and the Han period in terms of two kinds of typical burial objects--tomb guardians and figurines It is argued that the function of tomb gurdians might have brought tomb-owner’s soul to the Heaven Due to the ideological change that tomb might have been regarded as the final home of tomb-owner’s soul,tomb guardians gradually were discarded and