中国传统音乐之“壮美”与“优美”审美风格探析

On the Aesthetic Style of"Splendour"and"Elegancy"of Chinese Traditional Music

壮美与优美是中国传统音乐的两大基本风格类型。壮美不仅具有壮观激越的感性特征,更有彰显生命意义的理想境界,这是一种令人惊心动魄的美。优美则是田园牧歌式的美,和谐圆融的美,是一种令人深感亲切的美,中国古典美学对优美的追求则更加深刻,儒家"执中以为本"、"温和而居中"的审美原则使"优美"成为传统音乐的主流。壮美与优美既相对,又互补,形成对立统一的丰富性和哲理性。

＂Splendour＂ and ＂Elegancy＂ are two basic styles in Chinese traditional music. ＂Splendour＂ not only takes on splendid vehement geist character, but also shows unearthly bourn of life meaning, which is a special beauty of heartquake. ＂Elegancy＂ shows a beauty of pastoralism and harmonization, a feeling of geniality. In Chinese classicality aesthetic, researches of ＂Elegancy＂ are even profounder. Confucianism advocates that the aesthetic fundamental of ＂middle of the road is the root of things＂ and ＂ moderation＂ , which makes ＂Elegancy＂ become the mainstream of traditional music. ＂Splendour＂ and ＂Elegancy＂ are antithetic and adjustable as well. Both are contradictory but integrative with rich and philosophic character.