山东聊城师范学院美术系讲师、青年画家张宪昌,经过长达六年的苦心搜集整理,创作绘制了民俗系列绘画《神话百图》。对于弘扬民族文化特别是华夏民俗文化,可说是一次有益的成功的尝试,所以引起有关专家学者与同仁的广泛注意,有关新闻媒介也及时进行了报道。为引起热心于民族文化研究者们的进一步关注,笔者特加简要评介,以飨海内外读者。神话产生于原始社会,是世界各民族民间艺术的永恒题材。神话是原始人类在万物有灵观念和浑沌思维方式支配下对宇宙、世界与自然的浪漫而瑰丽的形象解释,艺术地记载了人类早期创造世界的历史实践。这些神话,反映了人类的性格和意志,使人得到精神寄托、心灵慰藉和心态平衡。人类创造了自己的人类社会,同时又创造出主宰自己命运的神的世界。从最初的神诞生之日起,人的世界便再也没有离开神。中国是个富有造神传统的国家,可谓源远流长,品种齐全。在相当 Lecturer of Fine Arts Department of Shandong Liaocheng Teachers College and young artist Zhang Xianchang, after painstakingly collecting and arranging for six years, he created and painted the “myth 100 map” of folk painting series. To carry forward the national culture, especially the Huaxia folk culture, can be a useful and successful attempt, which aroused widespread attention of relevant experts and scholars and colleagues. The media also timely reported. In order to arouse further attention of the researchers who are zealous to the national culture, I briefly review them to readers at home and abroad. Myth originated in primitive society and is the eternal theme of folk art of all nationalities in the world. Myth is a romance and magnificent interpretation of the universe, the world and nature under the control of the primitive human beings’ spiritual ideas and chaotic thinking ways. The art records the historical practice of mankind’s early creation of the world. These myths reflect the character and the will of mankind, bringing spiritual sustenance, spiritual comfort and mental balance. Mankind has created its own human society while creating the world of God that dominates its own destiny. From the very beginning of the birth of God, the human world never again left God. China is a country full of god-making traditions and has a long history and a full range of products. In quite