中国明代白银本位的确立与江南园林的兴起

The Establishment of the Silver Standard of the Ming Dynasty in China and the Rise of Jiangnan Gardens

中国园林尤其是江南园林一直以来被认为是中国文化特质的代表。除了从美学艺术角度的考量,江南园林实际还承载着更广泛的社会角色,既是文人社交的场域,也是昂贵的不动产。文章尝试用历史人类学的角度跨越学科壁垒,试图揭示和梳理中国江南园林的兴起与世界范围内的白银流通、东亚地区的市场繁荣以及中国白银本位货币制度确立背后的潜在关系,进而达成一种对建筑文化边界的讨论,有助于重新审视当下建筑和历史遗存,并且更好地保护过去并指导未来的再创造。

Chinese gardens,especially Jiangnan gardens,have always been considered to represent the essence of Chinese culture.In addition to considerations from the perspective of aesthetics and art,Jiangnan gardens actually also carry a wider range of social roles,which are not only the place of literati socializing,but also expensive real estate.This article attempts to cross the academic barriers from the perspective of historical anthropology,and tries to reveal and trace the potential connections between the rise of Chinese gardens in the Jiangnan area,silver circulation worldwide,market prosperity in East Asia and the establishment of the Chinese silver standard currency system.The discussion of architectural cultural boundaries helps to reexamine the current architectural and historical heritage,and to better protect the past and guide future re-creation.