我国传统木雕艺术中的图腾文化特质

The Cultural Characteristics of Totem from Traditional Wood Carving Art in China

我国早期先民的原始木作,是生存劳作之余的性情传递与心理护佑,率意、夸张而质朴的形式、内容承载了纳福招祥、消祛祸灾之祈盼。伴随各地域原创木雕图腾文化的生发、演进,面貌纷呈的木雕图腾柱、木俑神像、木质面具等木雕刻件成为图腾祭祀活动的重要物质媒介,厚重的精神力量与神秘的宗教情结蕴含其中,具有不可忽视的心理意义与审美价值。

The original wood works by our early ancestors were the emotion expression and psychological support beyond living and laboring,with direct,exaggerating and simple forms showing the meanings of taking in auspicious omen and getting rid of disaster.With the appearance and evolution of regional original wood carving totem,the various totem poles,wooden figurines,and wooden masks became important material medium for sacrifice,involving heavy mental strength and mysterious religious complex,with psychological significance and aesthetic value.