民间美术与天地鬼神

FOLK ART AND THE WORLD SPIRITS

民间美术始于原始巫术,生成于人类蒙昧时期,是一切造型艺术的原始母体。民间美术长期以来相伴天地鬼神观念、使役于宗教和封建迷信。它通过艺术形象的描绘,表达对不可知的神灵精神的敬畏与祈求,也借助天国境界寄托某种理想观念,或借助神灵驱邪扼鬼,更有利用神话传说、民间故事的描绘歌颂祥和美满的生活及劳动与爱情,其间亦有不少警喻劝世的充满人情味的作品。民间美术的美学价值就在于它的人本精神的表达。

Folk art originated from primitive sorcery and came into being in the age of barbarism. For a long time, folk art is the mother of all plastic arts, accompanied by the concept of the world spirits and exploited by religion and feudal superstition. Folk art expresses the awe and desire to unknown spirits through creation of art images. It concentrates its ideals and beliefs on heaven, draws support from spirits to fight against monsters, and take advantage of myths, legends and folklore to praise harmony, contentment and hard work and love. Of all folk art works, numbers of them are persuasive and full of human emotions. The aesthetic value of folk art lies in its very expression of humanity.