最近，一只“穿荷葉邊短裙的蝦”走紅網絡。畫里的這只蝦特別潮，穿著層疊的荷葉短裙，甚至還有“打底褲”。

A shrimp-like figure wearing a layered ruffled skirt has sparked widespread discussion online, drawing renewed attention to a centuries-old Chinese painting.

《揭缽圖：鬼子母的皈依》（局部）

據傳，它是明代大畫家仇英的著作《揭缽圖》中的經典形象。網友紛紛震驚“這也太抽象了吧！”“500年前的畫怎么能這么潮？”，有的網友還玩起了梗，腦洞大開，比如：

據悉，這幅畫原作現藏于美國弗利爾美術館（Freer Gallery of Art），原名叫《揭缽圖：鬼子母的皈依》（Raising the Alms-Bowl: The Conversion of Hariti the Mother of Demons）。

不過要注意一點：館方目前將其定為清代作品（館方原載：1644-1911），標注“舊傳仇英”，并非確定的仇英真跡。

The character appears in Raising the Alms-Bowl: The Conversion of Hariti the Mother of Demons, a work now housed at the Freer Gallery of Art in the United States. Although the painting is often attributed online to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) painter Qiu Ying, the museum currently identifies it as a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) work and notes that the attribution remains unconfirmed.

《揭缽圖：鬼子母的皈依》全圖，滑動觀看??

畫里的鬼子母原本性情殘暴，專吃小孩。為了勸她向善，她最疼愛的小兒子被扣在金缽底下。于是，救子心切的鬼子母體會到了失去孩子的苦痛后，發誓不再殺人，后來，她成了保護兒童的神。

《揭缽圖：鬼子母的皈依》（局部），講述了故事的來源

畫中出現的各色妖怪都是來幫鬼子母“揭缽”的——蝦精就是其中的一個小兵。這只擬人化的蝦兵，被作者畫得極其出圈——上半身是蝦，下半身是穿搭博主。

The painting depicts the story of Hariti, a demoness who later repented and became a protector of children. The shrimp figure is one of several fantastical creatures portrayed as helping her recover her son.

《揭缽圖：鬼子母的皈依》（局部）

此外，還有蛙精、蟹怪、蛇妖等，它們都被畫得荒誕又可愛，難怪網友打趣說這堪稱“現代漫畫的鼻祖”了。比如，穿荷葉裙的魚精——

穿著褲衩、互相聊天的樹妖、竹子精——

這幾只妖精神似“雷震子”，射箭的樣子又讓人聯想到“丘比特”，可以說是十分近似《山海經》中“羽人”的形象（雷震子的原型也是它）——

飄逸、互相纏繞的蛇妖——

舉著大旗的鳥怪——

還有其他形象特異的鬼怪——

種種形象，讓人忍俊不禁、印象深刻，也讓人感嘆：幾百年前的畫作，也可以這么“潮”啊！

Frog spirits, crab monsters, snake demons and other imaginative beings also appear throughout the scroll. Their vivid, whimsical designs have amused many viewers, with some expressing surprise at how playful and striking artwork created centuries ago can still seem today.

你在博物館里看到過什么很“潮”的文物呢？評論區分享一下吧！

來源：光明日報

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