The Phoenix with Elephant Trunk: the First Study of Mythical Creature on the House Ridge of Dai Nationality in Jinghong

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10.2991/icadce-16.2016.86How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Dai nationality in Jinghong; Buddhist temple architecture; Mythical creature on the house ridge; Handmade earthenware

Abstract

This paper adopts research method of anthropology of art and conducts field study on "mythical creature on the house ridge" of Dai nationality in Jinghong. Through introduction to the most representative "phoenix with elephant trunk" and other mythical creature pictures on the house ridge of Buddhist temple of Daile(Water Dai) in Jinghong, this paper summarizes usage of "mythical creature on the house ridge" in Buddhist temple of Dai nationality and current situation of handmade "mythical creature on the house ridge" as an earthenware in Dai nationality.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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