宇宙知识与个人转变:再论良渚文化玉琮

Cosmology and Human Transforming:A New Discussion on Jade Cong of the Liangzhu Culture

良渚文化玉琮独特的造型蕴含了萨满式的宇宙知识,它是一种仪式中的“通道”,承载着一段通往不同界域的转变之旅。玉琮上面雕刻的兽面等主体纹饰是良渚人在玉器上反复刻画的人、兽、鸟的结合与转化,这种转变状态恰如蝉之蜕变,被以弦纹的形式标识出来。

The unique shape of the jade cong from the Liangzhu Culture connotes a Shamanic view of the cosmos that the tube of the cong is a"passage"carrying a transformation journey leading to other worlds.The main motifs carved on the surface of the cong such as animal faces were formed from the combination and transformation of humans,animals,and birds that had been repeatedly portrayed by the Liangzhu people.This transformation state is just like the metamorphosis of cicadas,which is marked in the form of string patterns on the jade Cong.