文化传承视阈下《红楼梦》中家具的美学价值阐释

Study on the Aesthetic Values of the Furniture in A Dream of Red Mansions from the Perspective of Cultural Inheritance

从文学视角看,《红楼梦》中的家具对人物形象塑造、故事情节发展都有一定的推动作用。这也是大多数红学研究者的关注重点。而从家具制作、使用的视角看,《红楼梦》中的家具还有较高的应用美学价值,也就是从用材、设计、工艺、文化四个方面的外在特征和审美内涵,深入探讨可知的自然与人文高度融合的材质之美、功能与艺术和谐统一的设计之美、自然与匠心无限合一的工艺之美、厚重感和认同感充分的文化之美。这些不同的美感特质体现出较为鲜明的时代意义,对今天的家具制作、家具行业发展具有一定的借鉴价值。

From the perspective of literature,the furniture in A Dream of Red Mansions plays an active role in the character portrayal and plot development,which is also the study focus of most researchers.From the perspec-tive of furniture production and use,it also has high aesthetic application values,which are analyzed from material,design,craft and art based on the external features and internal connotation.The values include the beauty of mate-rial with high integration of nature and humanity,the beauty of design with harmonious unity of function and art,the beauty of craft with perfect combination of nature and ingenuity,and the beauty of culture with full sense of profoundness and identity.These different aesthetic characteristics reflect distinct era significance,which provides references for today's furniture production and furniture industry development.