Fuxi Nuwa Image Page

[Fuxi Nvwa Image Page]

Fuxi Nvwa Image Page, Tang Dynasty, silk edition, color setting, 199.6 cm left, 175 cm right, 82 cm horizontal, 53.7 cm lower. Paintings left by Turpan
In this picture, two men and women are painted with human head and snake body. They are both wearing long-sleeved skirts and Ruhan clothes. They are connected by waist. They are wearing a white skirt with cloud head patterns on the white skirt corners. The man is on the left, with a moustache, a high bun, a straight left hand, and a scissor-like object on the woman’s shoulder in his right hand. The woman is on the right, wearing a high bun, holding a rule in her right hand, and a scissor-like object in her left hand on the man’s shoulder. Men and women embrace each other in the upper body, and the lower end plate intersects into two spirals. There is a round wheel on the head of the two people. The wheel is damaged and can’t be seen clearly. A circle is drawn around the wheel, which is connected by a line to symbolize the day. There is a crescent moon under the tail of the two people. The inside is painted with a jade rabbit, and the circle around is painted with a line to symbolize the moon. The picture is surrounded by circles of equal size, connected by lines to symbolize the stars
In 1959, the Palace Museum set up the art museum of the past dynasties, and this “Fuxi Nuwa Statue” was displayed in the basic display as an art treasure of the past dynasties. Included in the List of Historical Art Museums of the Palace Museum.