Author(s)

Renying Wang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Ph. D. Program in Cultural Heritage and Arts Innovation Studies School of Culture Resources, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan, China

Corresponding Author

Renying Wang

ABSTRACT

An artwork of "The great sage Prince Nazha chased and killed the Dragon King Vasuki" from the Liao Dynasty was unearthed from Chaoyang North Tower, with the theme of "the hero slaying the dragon", that related one of the motifs in the world's mythology system. A work of art as a sign which the various elements of data in the picture constituted the form and content. The data from which this artwork was discovered had many analogies with Persian mythology. The mythological figure Nazha was similar to Nozar and Sohrab in terms of etymological transliteration or paraphrase. The mythical creatures Vasuki correspond to the thousand-year-old snake (dragon) king Zahhak and the Persian warrior Rostam, both of which had relevant intertextuality with dragons (snakes). Between myths, there was an intertextual context that was as numerous as a constellation. The test results found that although data and symbols had similarities, when exploring the expression of art in reality and imagination, truth and symbolism, revealed greater differences.

KEYWORDS

"Nezha from Qianyuan Mountain Came to This World", Nozar, Rostam, Sohrab, Zahhak

CITE THIS PAPER

Renying Wang, Research on the Sign of 'Dragon' and 'Light Image Imagination' in "The Great Sage Prince Nezha Chased and Killed Dragon King Vasuki"- From the Viewpoint of International Exchanges in Liao, Persia and the Central Plains. Lecture Notes on History (2025) Vol. 7: 77-82. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/history.2025.070112.

REFERENCES

[1] "The great sage Prince Nazha chased and killed the Dragon King Vasuki" on "The Story of Prince Nazha on the stone case". Shenzhen museum (PD). https://www.shenzhenmuseum.com/v/whtb/
[2] "Rostam kills the Dragon". Wiki (PD). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowzar
[3] "Nezha from Qianyuan Mountain came to this world". Aga khan Museum (PD). https://agakhanmuseum. org/collection/artifact/rustam-kills-the-dragon-akm100
[4] "Nozar was killed by Afrasiab". Wiki (PD). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab
[5] "Rostam and Sohrab". Wiki (PD). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab

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