中国乡村美学研究导论

An Introduction to Chinese Rural Aesthetics

作为人类的故乡,乡村,不只是地域空间,也是文化空间,是人类审美意识的重要发源地。乡村美学,理应成为美学研究的重要领域。在有着悠久历史的中国乡村生活环境中,在乡下民众的生产生活方式、器具制作、人性人情、民风民俗、民间艺术,以及相关的文献、典籍、诗词歌赋中,蕴藏着既不同于外国乡村,也不同于现代城市的中华民族丰富多彩的审美文化资源,亦深隐着民族乃至人类共通性的审美心理生成的奥秘。将中国乡村美学作为一个独立研究领域,加强对中国乡村审美人格、审美观念、审美创造、审美环境、审美价值等方面的研究,既有助于为民族振兴探寻文化之根,亦可为中国当代新农村建设与城市社区建设提供审美维度的借鉴。

As the hometown of human beings, the countryside is not only a regional space, but also a cultural space. It is the birthplace of human aesthetic consciousness, so rural aesthetics should be an important field of aesthetics. In rural living environment with a long history of China, there contain rich resource of aesthetics being different from both foreign villages and modern cities in urban people’s working and living, equipment production, humanity culture, folk customs and folk art, as well as the related literature, classics, verses. There also conceals the mystery of how the aesthetic psychology of the nation and even mankind was generated. Therefore, to take Chinese rural aesthetics as an independent research field, and to strengthen the aesthetic personality, aesthetic consciousness, aesthetic creation, aesthetic environment, and aesthetic value of the Chinese rural areas will not only help to explore the root of culture for the rejuvenation of the nation, but also provide reference of aesthetic dimension for the construction of new rural areas and urban communities in contemporary China.