丝绸之路上的嗅觉符码与气味审美——以茉莉花香为中心的考察

Olfactory Symbols and Scent Aesthetics on the Silk Road——An Investigation Centered on the Fragrance of Jasmine

丝绸之路亦是香料之路、香味之路,丝路物质的交流不仅关涉到视觉表征和审美文化,还关涉到嗅觉符码与气味审美。在丝路文化交流中,茉莉花以香气作为微介质,在丝路沿线多元文化语境中呈现出不同的嗅觉符码。茉莉香气形成独特的审美环境,人们需要通过身体的内感知得到审美体验。身体的审美建构受到习性、地方仪式、特定文化语境的影响,是气氛美学的重要体现。茉莉花香气形成香水、香疗等新形式的物感体验,与审美消费、审美时尚、审美认同等阐连,并在丝路审美文化生产中形成新的符号形象。

The Silk Road is also a perfume road and a fragrance road.The material communication of the Silk Road is not only related to visual representation and aesthetic culture,but also includes olfactory symbols and scent aesthetics.In the cultural exchange of the Silk Road,jasmine uses aroma as a micro-medium and presents different smell symbols in the multicultural context along the Silk Road.The fragrance of jasmine forms a unique aesthetic environment,and people need to get an aesthetic experience through the inner perception of the body.The aesthetic construction of the body is influenced by habits,local rituals,and specific cultural contexts,which is an important manifestation of atmospheric aesthetics.The fragrance of jasmine forms some new forms of physical experience such as perfume and aromatherapy,which are connected with aesthetic consumption,aesthetic fashion,and aesthetic identity,and forms a new symbolic image in the production of aesthetic culture along the Silk Road.