镇四方，避不祥——四神十二生肖镜

艺术博物馆 | 美术展览 | 文创 | 公共教育 | 综合服务

四神十二生肖镜(隋）

四神十二生肖镜最早出现在北魏，流行于南北朝和隋唐时期。铜镜纹饰将四神做四方配列，外围区域为十二生肖，整体造型匀称而不呆板，均衡而不繁复。所谓四神，就是我们经常讲的：朱雀、玄武、青龙、白虎。“四神”也被称为“四灵”、“四象”。四神作为具有神话意为的图像，代表东西南北四个方位。铜镜外区十二生肖纹指的是我们熟知的十二种动物的纹饰，十二生肖也代表一天的（子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥）十二时辰。所以这面铜镜反映出古人较为原始的时间与空间表达方式。同时，随着阴阳五行学说的流行，四神“镇四方，避不祥”的守护神职能为人们所重视，十二生肖也同样被赋予了神性，所以四神十二生肖铜镜在一定程度上也被古人看做是辟邪驱凶的吉祥之物。

Four gods twelve zodiac mirror

The first thing to see is the mirror of the Twelve Gods in the Sui Dynasty. The four mirror twelve zodiac mirror first appeared in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was popular in the northern and Southern Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties. The bronze mirror pattern Arranging the four gods in four directions, and the peripheral area is the zodiac. The overall shape is symmetrical but not rigid, balanced and not complicated. The so-called four gods are what we often talk about: rosefinches bird, Xuanwu, Qinglong, and white tigers, as images with mythological meanings, representing four orientations of East, West, North and south. The twelve zodiac marks on the outside of the Bronze mirror refer to the twelve kinds of animal patterns we know well. The twelve zodiac marks the twelfth hour of the day . So this bronze mirror people ancient people's primitive ex At the same time, with the popularity of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theory, people attach great importance to the guardian function of the four gods "town bi sides, avoid evil" and the twelve zodiac signs are Also endowed with divinity, so the bronze mirror of the four gods and twelve zodiac signs is also enjoyed as a mascot to some extent by the ancients to ward off evil and drive away evil.

陕西亮宝楼艺术博物馆位于曲江新区雁引路35号，毗邻大雁塔、大唐芙蓉园，地处大雁塔旅游风景区核心位置，是国家级文化（美术）产业示范基地、中国美术家协会西安展览中心、市文明单位、中国博物馆协会团体会员单位、陕西省博物馆教育联盟会员单位，五十余家文化艺术单位和大专院校在此设立学术交流基地。2015年6月“亮宝楼”被国家工商总局商标局认定为“中国驰名商标”。博物馆展陈面积3500平方米，以民俗、民间文物艺术品和美术作品展览展示为主，分基本陈列、专题陈列和临时展览三部分。立足陕西本土文化，体现周秦汉唐特色，注重地域文化，突出文化艺术普及教育。开馆以来一直坚持免费接待参观群众，举办上各类文化交流活动，进行中华优秀传统文化的社会实践和公教体验。