马王堆彩绘是西汉初高帝时代,即公元前2世纪初的产物。马王堆汉墓所在地长沙,从春秋战国开始就是南楚重镇,秦的势力在长沙仅十多年,因此在汉初仍保留了大量楚文化的气息。一、马王堆彩绘的楚文化背景楚文化是周代开始形成的一种地域文化,糅合了东方文化本流和荆蛮文化余绪的一种通俗大众文化。楚国地处南方,气象变化风云莫测,崇山峻岭千姿百态,江流大川奔腾不息,雨水充沛物产丰富。当时由于科学技术和生产能力的落后,人类对大自然的变化感到神秘莫测、茫然无助,为此加深了对自然的崇拜和对神灵的依赖,只能依仗巫术来 Mawangdui painting is the early Western Han Dynasty Gaodi era, that is, the product of the early 2nd century BC. Changsha, the site of the Mawangdui Han Tomb, was the center of Nanchu from the Spring and Autumn Period. The Qin forces remained in Changsha for only ten years. Therefore, a large amount of Chu culture remained in the early Han Dynasty. First, the Chu culture background painted by Mawangdui Chu culture is a kind of regional culture that began to form in the Zhou dynasty. It is a popular mass culture that integrates the flow of the oriental culture and the Jingru culture. Chu is located in the south, unpredictable weather changes, mountains and lofty mix, rivers and streams Pentium endless, abundant rainfall and rich products. At that time, due to the backwardness of science and technology and productive capability, human beings were mysterious to the changes of nature and at a loss and helpless. To this end, they deepened their worship of nature and their dependence on the gods, and only relied on witchcraft