清代焦秉贞《百子团圆图》的文化内涵

The Cultural Meaning of Hundred Kids Playing Games by Jiao Bingzhen of Qing Dynasty

"图像"已经成为当代人文社科研究的一个热点话题,尤其是美术史中的图像,它不仅是人类审美情感的一种符号,更是蕴含了诸如哲学、民俗学、伦理学和教育学等文化内涵的载体。如清代焦秉贞的《百子团圆图》,正是这类图像的典型。该图以生动、鲜活的艺术形象,叙述了游戏在古代儿童教育中的重要作用,进而彰显了其所传递的文化信息。

The word ＂image＂ has become a popular topic in contemporary humanity and social science research. Images in the history of fine arts, in particular, are not only a kind of symbols of human aesthetic emotions but a kind of culture vehicles containing philosophical, folkloristic, ethical and educational meanings. Hundred Kids Playing Games by Jiao Bingzhen, a traditional Chinese painting master of the Qing dynasty is an epitome of such images. The painting illustrates the importance of games to early childhood education of ancient China using vivid and lively images and thus highlights the cultural meaning it conveys.