在历史博物馆陈列的商周钟鼎彝器上,经常可以见到一种凶恶猛兽的纹饰。它有着一种似鬼又似兽的怪脸,瞪着一双变化无常的大眼,更令人不寒而栗的是,它总是张着一个血盆大口,甚至大得没有下巴。那就是饕餮纹。饕餮纹是我国最早程式化了的口唇舌图案。饕餮在原始祭祀中作为一种符号,是神秘、恐怖、威吓的象征,具有超人的威慑力量,和肯定自身、保护社会“协上下”、“承天体”的祯祥意义。这些都是民俗 Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the Museum of History on display Ding Yi device, you can often see a fierce Beast decoration. It has a strange face like a beast and a ghost, staring at a pair of ever-changing eyes. What is even more chilling is that it always has a bloody mouth, or even a big chin. That is gluttonous pattern. Taotie pattern is our earliest stylized lip tongue pattern. Gluttonous as a symbol in the primitive sacrifice, it is a symbol of mystery, terror and intimidation. It has the supernatural deterrent force and its own meaning of affirming itself and protecting the society “up and down” and “celestial body”. These are folklore