What do the Dunhuang murals symbolize? What is the meaning of Dunhuang mural nine-color deer?

1. The nine-color deer in Dunhuang murals symbolizes the qualities of enthusiasm, kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, courage and justice. In the form of Dunhuang murals, Jiuse deer tells the story that Jiuse deer often helps people in trouble. After helping the snake charmer, the snake charmer told the king about the sale of the nine-color deer. The nine-color deer saved the day with their own divine power, and the snake charmer got what he deserved.

2. The first intuitive feeling brought by Nine Colors Deer is "beauty". It is different from the elegant listing of ink animation and the unique style of puppet paper-cutting. With smooth and dynamic hook lines and rich and full color filling, it creates a smart and dreamy aesthetic feeling. In the use of color, it can restore the neutral and harmonious colors of Dunhuang murals as much as possible, which can be called an advanced color matching textbook. For example, the nine-color deer is of high quality. Although it is a "nine-color", its main body is still white. It is neither too light nor too presumptuous to outline it with a light color. In the role modeling, the lines are both rigid and flexible, realistic on the basis of the original Dunhuang painting, while retaining the essence of the original painting.

3. Nine-color deer horn is gentle, not too sharp, with slender limbs, straight neck and full skull, which is an important aesthetic standard of ancient Chinese painting. Generally speaking, Nine Colors Deer combines the aesthetic features of the Western Regions and China, and feels the beauty of art and animation between painting and sketching, and between realism and freehand brushwork.