论丝绸的文化隐喻与符号特征

Cultural metaphor and symbolic characteristics of silk

丝绸文化在中国是一种高度概念化、符号化的隐喻系统,在中国古代的神话传说、风土民俗、礼仪制度、文学艺术、审美意识中无不渗透了丝绸的文化隐喻。丝绸之所以能成为民族国家符号、社会身份符号、艺术符号和国人审美理想的标志符号,是因为丝绸文化源远流长、博大精深,且具有无限的意义增殖性。

Silk culture in China is a highly conceptual and symbolic metaphor system. In ancient Chinese myths and legends, folk customs, ritual system, literature and art, aesthetic awareness, the cultural metaphor of silk is in fact ubiquitous. The reason why silk can be viewed as the national symbol, social identity symbol, art symbol as well as Chinese aesthetic ideal symbol, is that the silk culture is longstanding and profound, and is of infinite significance of proliferation.