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[[File:Funerary Sculpture of a Chimera (Bixie) LACMA AC1997.1.1.jpg|thumb|Funerary sculpture from the Eastern [[Han dynasty|Han]] period (25-220)]] |
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A '''''Bixie''''' ({{zh|c=辟邪|p=bìxié}}, |
A '''''Bixie''''' ({{zh|c=辟邪|p=bìxié}}, Wade–Giles: '''''Pi-hsieh'''''; Japanese: 辟邪, へきじゃ, ''Hekija'') is a type of lion-like mythological Chinese creature, or [[chimera (mythology)|chimera]]. It is considered as an [[exorcising]] animal (辟邪 literally means "Avoid Evil") and is usually hornless.<ref name="Howard">[http://books.google.com/books?id=PGuPsNCaJdwC&pg=PA169 ''Chinese sculpture'' By Angela Falco Howard p.56]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=l6ab-z8tps0C&pg=PA36 ''Text and ritual in early China'' By Martin Kern p.56]</ref> See also [[Pixiu]]. |
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The ''Bixie'' can have a pair of wings, which makes it rather similar to the ''[[Pixiu|Tianlu]]'' (Chinese: 天禄, Japanese: 天禄, てんろく, Tenroku) in following early Chinese sculptural traditions of winged celestial beasts.<ref name="Howard"/> |
The ''Bixie'' can have a pair of wings, which makes it rather similar to the ''[[Pixiu|Tianlu]]'' (Chinese: 天禄, Japanese: 天禄, てんろく, Tenroku) in following early Chinese sculptural traditions of winged celestial beasts.<ref name="Howard"/> |
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A Bixie (Chinese: 辟邪; pinyin: bìxié, Wade–Giles: Pi-hsieh; Japanese: 辟邪, へきじゃ, Hekija) is a type of lion-like mythological Chinese creature, or chimera. It is considered as an exorcising animal (辟邪 literally means "Avoid Evil") and is usually hornless.[1][2] See also Pixiu.
The Bixie can have a pair of wings, which makes it rather similar to the Tianlu (Chinese: 天禄, Japanese: 天禄, てんろく, Tenroku) in following early Chinese sculptural traditions of winged celestial beasts.[1]
The Bixie may have been an adoption from Mesopotamian art, through Persia and Bactria, as a consequence of extensive trade relations initiated by Emperor Han Wudi during the Han period.[3]
Some western scholars of Chinese art use the word "chimera" generically to refer to the bixie, qilin, and tianlu.[4]
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Celadon from the Western Jin period (265-317) -
Sculpture in the Shanghai Museum -
Stone statue from Luoyang during the Eastern Han period (25-220)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Chinese sculpture By Angela Falco Howard p.56
- ^ Text and ritual in early China By Martin Kern p.56
- ^ China: a history By Harold Miles Tanner p.129
- ^ Barry Till (1980), "Some Observations on Stone Winged Chimeras at Ancient Chinese Tomb Sites", Artibus Asiae, 42 (4): 261–281, JSTOR 3250032