The Decorative Art of Neolithic Pottery in China, edited by Mr. Wu Shan, not only regards the painting pattern on the painted pottery basin with fish face pattern as decorative art, but also refers to the fish face pattern and 1-grid net pattern as "fish face net pattern". It can be seen that some later works and drawings in research directly adopted Wu Zhu's paintings, and its mistakes are inevitable. Some researchers have noticed that the decorative pattern along the mouth of painted pottery basin with fish pattern on human face may be related to the representation of eight squares and four seasons and eight festivals (for example, Qian Zhiqiang's On the Fish Pattern Art of Painted Pottery in Banpo Period, and Sun Xinzhou's Cultural Decoding of China's Original Art Symbols on pages 119-12) or that 1 grids reflect the geometric knowledge of Yangshao ancestors (for example, Gong Qiming's Yangshao Culture on page 21), but Decoding the gobbledygook: Revealing the patterns of ancient painted pottery by Mr. Shu Qing is the first book that pays attention to the structural and quantitative analysis of painted pottery patterns so far. However, he regards 1 grids as "the crisscross of lines in two directions" and the grid becomes "the symbol of the crisscross of yin and yang", so he has not made an accurate model for the 1 grids of the fish face basin. In his book Mythology and Archaeology, Mr. Lu Sixian made a special analysis and research on the 1-grid pattern, and thought that it was related to the vertical pole shadow measurement and astronomical calendar, that is, the shadow of the summer half year was above three sections and six sections, and the diagonal line drawn by the sun through the projection space of the table wood was equal to five sections and ten sections, that is, ten equal parts, so the number of 1×1=1 was used, and it was also related to "xi he" In the General Theory of Astronomy and Archaeology co-authored with Mr. Li Di, although Mr. Lu still holds the theory of astronomical calendar, the specific meaning has changed. He no longer thinks that it is related to the vertical pole surveying or "xi he was born on the tenth day", but quoted "Bi, Tian Wang Ye" from Shuowen, thinking that it is related to the nets used for hunting, fishing and hunting, and also symbolizes the relationship between Bi Su and the rainy season. Therefore, It can be seen that whether the painted pottery pattern is modeled strictly and accurately is related to the understanding and understanding of it by researchers and painters. The distortion of the model painting will inevitably hinder the research, while the preconceived ideas and tendentiousness will easily lead to the distortion of the original model painting.
The author thinks that the meaning of the 1-grid pattern in the basin of fish face pattern is related to the astronomical calendar: the number of 1 grids represents the sum of the number of river maps 55 and the number of Luo Shu 45, that is, one of the mathematical expressions of the number of Luo Shu in the river map (the river map and Luo Shu were originally the arrangement of 1-1 digits, which originated from the ancient people's worship of the October solar calendar. See Chen Jiujin's New Theory on the Origin of Yin and Yang five lines of gossip. Liu Mu and Zhu Xi, the Song people, may have produced the Hutu Luoshu in the Neolithic Age, or they may be related to astronomical phenomena at the same time. However, "Hutu" and "Luoshu" have various forms of expression or may exist in history. The undifferentiated map of Heluo in Zhu Xi's Enlightenment of Yi Studies is represented by 1 dots arranged in a 1×1 square matrix. Or we can think that as long as the regular arrangement of 1 numbers or 1-1 natural numbers is "river map" and "Luo Shu", its essence is the worship of 1-1 natural numbers, the October solar calendar and 1 numbers. Because the black-and-white lattice river map Luo Shu schema transmitted by Liu Mu and Zhu Xi is more authentic, the ancients attached many profound and rich meanings to it, so it became a river map Luo Shu. The four triangles on the four corners of 1 grids are paired with each other, which is actually caused by the fact that two mutually perpendicular patterns of yin and yang (a common pattern of half-slope fish patterns) are broken in the middle and then put into 1 grids; This treatment should mean that the river map and Luo Shu originated from the ten numbers of the October solar calendar, and the solar calendar is related to the vertical pole survey, which is very consistent with the mysterious and chaotic way of thinking of primitive humans. This understanding of the meaning of the 1-grid pattern can also be proved by the expression of other decorative connotations of the face fish pattern basin: Mr. Lu Sixian systematically studied the face fish patterns unearthed in Banpo and Jiangzhai sites and thought that they were related to the expression of the moon phase (Lu Sixian wrote "Mythology and Archaeology" on pages 121-125; General Theory of Astronomy and Archaeology by Lu Sixian and Li Di (pages 68-7). In A New Exploration of Man-face Fish Patterns on Banpo, Mr. Qian Zhiqiang thinks that the symmetrical connection of the mouth of the man-face fish pattern basin along the exposed ground lines constitutes the characters "A" and "Gui" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions, representing ten stems, and the square octet distribution of the mouth along the exposed ground lines may also be related to the representation of four seasons and eight quarters. Mr. Sun Xinzhou agrees with Mr. Qian's understanding and thinks that the ten dry stems are related to the October solar calendar (Sun Xinzhou wrote "Cultural Decoding of China's Original Art Symbols" on page 12), and Mr. He Xin also thinks that the ten dry stems originated from the October solar calendar (He Xin wrote "The Origin of Gods" on page 223, current affairs press, 1st edition, January, 22). The author also believes that the four | lines in the exposed ground lines of the face fish basin mouth mean forty, and the four | lines mean twelve, which is related to the December calendar of four seasons and eight festivals, and the total number of fifty-two is closely related to the moon phase cycle, that is, a year is fifty-two seven days. In a word, all the decorative patterns of the face fish basin can be completely and reasonably interpreted from the perspective of astronomical calendar.
There are several statements about the representative meaning of the fish pattern on human face:
Totem theory: Some experts believe that totem worship is a symbol of spiritual life and primitive belief in primitive social life. Therefore, in people's artistic activities, totem emblems are often engraved on some objects. Banpo people live by water, so the fish pattern on Banpo painted pottery may be the emblem of Banpo totem worship. People and fish are painted together, which means that people and fish are inseparable. You have me, I have you, and * * * lives * *.
Power symbol theory: Some experts believe that the fish face tattoo is an authoritative and specific image in a certain range, and it is a symbol of power to a great extent. In the clan tribe, whoever holds this image will become the leader of the clan, and will have absolute ruling ability and sacred power to dominate others.
The mask said: In primitive society, people were puzzled by many natural phenomena. In order to banish inner fear or pray for God's blessing, a "wizard" specialized in praying and exorcising evil spirits came into being. The "wizard" should wear a mask to show holiness, solemnity and mystery. The mermaid basin is such a mask.
Alien image: There are still many people who think that the image represented by the face fish pattern does not exist on the earth. It is possible that some aliens visited the earth more than 6, years ago, and this face fish pattern is their image. It is also possible that the face fish pattern basin is their hat.
Ancestor image says: In primitive society, ancestors were very mysterious about where they came from. Because they live near the water, they think that their ancestors were originally the image of fish. In their minds, they worship their ancestors as "fish gods" to show their respect.
"Different people have different opinions, and so far, no one view has been accepted by most people. At present, the research on the fish pattern on human face and related left-hand evidence is still very limited. In addition, it is not surprising that it is mysterious and there are so many viewpoints, but this is the magical charm of the pattern. "