无炉不香:宋代文人焚香炉的美学意蕴

Beauty of the Perfume Burner:The Aesthetics of the Perfume Burner of the Literati in the Song Dynasty

香炉是宋代文人香事活动的物态表征,诗画作品中的香炉意象则是今人遥想古人焚香盛景的审美凭借。宋代文人焚香所选用的炉具,既保持着汉魏以降的香事传统印记,也在自身文化意趣影响下呈现诸多新的审美特征。据诗画艺术观,宋代文人焚香所涉香炉虽材质、造型各异,但以铜质和瓷质炉最具典型,又以敞口香炉、古制香炉与仿生香炉为代表,在营造理想香事意境的同时,寄寓切切实实的生活意趣。

The perfume burner is the symbol of the literati's perfume culture in the Song dynasty,while its image in poems and paintings are aesthetic mementos for us to depict Song's perfume culture today.The perfume burners used by the Song literati were not only influenced by past dynasties since Han and Wei but also aesthetically innovative in its own ways.According to ancient poetry and paintings,the perfume burners used by the Song literati varied in materials and shapes,copper and porcelain being the typical materials while open,antique,and animal-shaped the representative styles.The Song literati's perfume burners were tools to create an ideal aromatic environment and to live a joyful lifestyle.