周末了，這邊強(qiáng)勢(shì)輸出一波表情包，不好笑算我輸丨Weekend Where to Go

Are you getting excited as the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday approaches and the National Day holiday is in just 20 days? 

中秋假期近在眼前，國(guó)慶黃金周也就還差20天，想到這里大家有沒(méi)有很激動(dòng)哇。

▲ 做夢(mèng)都要笑醒！

What are your plans for the holidays? 
雙節(jié)大家都怎么計(jì)劃的呢？

Traveling, or meeting friends? 
旅游還是會(huì)友？

Feasting or shopping? 

吃吃吃還是買買買？

▲ 小姐姐在直播開箱，大哥們?cè)谥辈ァ安颉币环N失傳的棋局。

Or simply lying down and doing nothing?

或者直接躺平、啥也不干。

▲ 再叫個(gè)外賣它不香么

The photos above show interesting pictorial tiles, or huaxiangzhuan, dated between the third and fifth centuries. They are on show at the Picturing All Beings exhibition, at the National Museum of China until Sept 14 (Tuesday).

上面的圖是不是很有意思呢？這些都是畫像磚，燒制時(shí)間在公元3到5世紀(jì)的魏晉時(shí)期，目前展出于國(guó)博的《圖畫眾生》展上。

▲ 東王公是西王母?jìng)髀勚械腃P（哼哼，沒(méi)想到吧。）

Here are some basic facts:

先簡(jiǎn)單知識(shí)科普下~

What is huaxiangzhuan? 

什么是畫像磚？

Huaxiangzhuan

 is a sculpted brick or a brick depicting vivid pictures and patterns. 

如名所指，就是雕刻有圖案、或者直接在上面畫了花紋和圖像情節(jié)的磚。

When did huaxiangzhuan begin?

畫像磚什么時(shí)候出現(xiàn)的？

The art began in the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), boomed in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), and continued throughout the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).

我國(guó)在戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)期開始出現(xiàn)畫像磚這種工藝，兩漢時(shí)最為興盛，并一直延續(xù)到元代。

▲ 這四位大仙兒的名號(hào)你們說(shuō)的出來(lái)不？

What subjects are normally painted on huaxiangzhuan?

畫像磚上一般都畫的什么呢？

Craftsmen drew inspiration from the material and spiritual worlds of ancient China. They captured almost all aspects of people’s social life: farming, rearing silkworms, hunting, feasting and entertaining, among many other activities. They also visualized deities and animals from mythologies. 

畫像磚反映了古人的物質(zhì)生活和精神世界。工匠們大多取材自社會(huì)生活的方方面面，包括農(nóng)耕、養(yǎng)蠶、狩獵、宴會(huì)和娛樂(lè)等等場(chǎng)景；同時(shí)也有表現(xiàn)神話、刻畫仙人神獸的內(nèi)容。

▲ 睫毛精和委屈寶寶

What messages can we learn from huaxiangzhuan?

畫像磚傳達(dá)了什么信息呢？

The views on life, death and the afterlife held by ancient Chinese, as well as their religious beliefs and understanding of the universe.

小小的一塊磚凝結(jié)了古人的生死觀、宗教觀，對(duì)于死后世界的想象和寄托，以及他們對(duì)宇宙空間的感知。