时间与空间:文化符号“十”的象征意蕴及审美表现

Time and Space: Symbolism and Aesthetics of the Cultural Sign of the Cross

"十"字作为世界性与民族性文化符码,可被视作世界上的各民族所创造的辉煌璀璨的文明史的显性表征,并且成为现代人眺望与回溯远古文明的文化焦点,从而激起了有不同学科背景与持不同文化价值观的学者们对这一文化符号的破解,其中都指向了人类共同的历史记忆和文化指涉。不过,对"十"字形符号的象征意义同时也折射出的民族审美经验等领域的研究却有所缺失,因此,有必要对"十"字形符号做纵深拓展。也就是说,"十"字形符号并不仅仅是远古人类对太阳的崇拜这一单向度的意义指涉,而是反映了各民族民众对物质生产与精神生活的时空观理论的建构和践行所依赖的多向度的审美经验的汇聚和融通。

As a global and national cultural sign, the Cross is a reflection of the glorious history of civilization of different peoples in the whole world. It has become a focus of contemporary people in their retrospect of the ancient civilization, stimulating scholars of different academic backgrounds and cultural values to make interpretations of the cultural sign by foeuing on historical memories and cultural references shared by human beings. Nevertheless, the studies on symbolism of the sign to reflect national aesthetic experience are scarce. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the studies in this field, in other words, the Cross not only contains referential meaning in worshiping the sun by ancient people, but also shows that through integrating multidimensional aesthetic experiences, people of different nationalities have constructed and practiced theory of time and space in their material production and spiritual life.