唐卡符号在社会变迁中的建构与解读——以德格八邦噶玛噶孜唐卡画的田野调查为例

On the Construction and Interpretation of Thangka Symbol in Social Vicissitudes——Taking Thangka Paintings by Gamagazi School in Degebabang Tibetan as an Example

唐卡是藏族艺术的一朵奇葩,有着丰富的宗教内涵,是一种典型的民族文化符号。本文以甘孜德格八邦藏族噶玛噶孜唐卡画为例,论述了随着社会变迁,唐卡这种民族文化符号也处于不断的建构中。现代传承中的一些变异不利于唐卡的继承和发扬,而新的符号意义的嵌入,对传统文化符号的重新解读和文化符号作用的转型是民族文化重生的重要条件。

Thangka paintings, as a charming flower amongst Tibetan arts, boast rich religious connotations and are a typical national cultural symbol. This paper takes the Thangka paintings by Gamagazi school as an example, argues that Thangka as a national symbol is under new constructions with-social vicissitudes.Some variants in modem inheritance don＇t conduce to the development and passing down of Thangka paintings. The embedding of new symbolic meanings is an important condition for the reinterpretation of traditional cultural symbols and transformation＇of the functions of cultural symbols.