傣族佛寺“象鼻凤凰”脊兽审美价值初探

An Aesthetic Study on Vertebrates through the Statue of a Bird in the Elephant's Head in a Buddhist Temple of the Dai People

脊兽作为中华数千年文化积累的一种表现形式,蕴含着丰富的文化内涵、民族审美情趣和思维模式。中国屋脊装饰通过谐音、寓意和变形的手法象征吉祥的符号,表达了人们对美好生活的殷切期盼。屋顶上的装饰兽在中国传统建筑中具有不可替代的地位,西双版纳傣族佛寺的脊兽"象鼻凤凰",因为象头鸟身的奇特造型而别具特色,重檐斜山式屋顶与造型精美的象鼻凤凰巧妙结合,共同构成了傣族佛教建筑一道亮丽的风景线,具有特殊的审美价值。

As a manifestation of Chinese culture accumulated for thousands of years,vertebrates contain rich cultural connotation,national aesthetic taste and thinking mode. Chinese roof decoration symbolizes auspicious symbols by means of homophonic,implied meaning and deformation,and expresses people’s eagerness for a better life. The decorative beast on the roof plays an irreplaceable role in traditional Chinese architecture. The elephant-nosed phoenix,the ridge beast of the Dai Buddhist temple in Xishuangbanna,has its own characteristics because of the peculiar shape of the elephant-headed bird body. The roof of the double-eaved inclined hill is ingeniously combined with the elephant-nosed Phoenix with exquisite shape,which together forms a brilliant landscape of the Dai Buddhist architecture. Line. As a special kind of decorative beast on the roof of Dai architecture,it has special aesthetic value. This article will explore its aesthetic value from the shape,image,color,material and layout of the Elephant Trunk Phoenix.