浅析“龙茶文化”的符号表征与审美意象

Analysis on the Symbolic Representation and Aesthetic Properties of Tea and Dragon in the Chinese Culture

中华茶文化内涵丰富,既是传统生活方式的重要载体,也是中式生活美学的典范。不论是茶俗茶礼,还是茶品茶器,都是茶文化中常见且重要的文化符号。本文从“神龙入礼”“神龙入茶”“神龙入器”作为切入点,梳理中华龙与中华茶的传说典故、装饰纹样等文化表征与审美意象,体现了历代人们的审美追求,展现出不同时空多种文化的交融。同时也观察到,茶与茶文化在与其他国家开展文明交流中,也不断为龙文化注入了新的符号内涵。

The multi-faceted Chinese tea culture serves not only as a significant vessel for traditional lifestyles but stands as a paragon of the Chinese aesthetics in living.Tea customs and ceremony,coupled with its varieties and utensils,constitute the icons popular in the spectrum of tea culture.This paper,from a perspective of the relationships between dragon and tea ceremony,tea varieties and tea ware,probes into and expounds the tales,decorative patterns,and other cultural representations and aesthetic properties binding the Chinese dragon and tea,reflecting the prolonged aesthetics of the Chinese people and a blend of cultures transcending times and space.The paper also interprets the plentiful existence of dragon in China's,and even the world's history and tea culture.It also sheds light on how the iconic property of such an auspicious animal in China has been augmented and refined in the course of worldwide cultural exchanges.