图像与象征:新中国以来“黄河符号”在绘画中的建构与传播

Image and Symbol:The Construction and Dissemination of the"Yellow River Symbol"in Paintings Since the Founding of the New China

“黄河符号”是指美术作品中与黄河图像相连的人、事、物,以艺术性的视觉呈现方式表达了主流意识形态的政治信念、民族道德的文化传统价值,所形成的一系列关于精神引领、价值认同、社会整合等功效的意义系统。新中国以来,在绘画中借助“黄河符号”的政治建构与传播,宣扬主流政治文化价值观,树立中华民族的精神符号,传播民众家国情怀,为实现中华民族复兴凝聚精神力量。借助“黄河符号”的文化建构与传播,构建同根同源的民族文化认同,指导时代文化发展方向,传播民族文化自信。借助“黄河符号”的审美建构与传播,树立国家形象,促进黄河文化审美精神的大众化传播。通过在绘画中构建“黄河符号”的政治性、文化性、审美性形成革命文化与传统文化、审美文化的现代融合,为主体文化价值观的大众化传播提供图像载体,其象征意义借助艺术图像的审美方式得以大众化,为主流文化建设和传播提供启迪。

The"Yellow River Symbol"refers to a series of meaning systems about spiritual leadership,value identity,social integration and other effects formed by people,events and objects connected with the image of the Yellow River in art works,which express the political beliefs of the mainstream ideology and the cultural and traditional values of the national morality in the way of artistic visual presentation.Since the founding of the People's Republic of China,the political construction and dissemination of the"Yellow River Symbol"in paintings have been used to promote the mainstream political and cultural values,set up the spiritual symbols of the Chinese nation,disseminate the people's national sentiments,and gather the spiritual power for the realization of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.With the cultural construction and dissemination of"Yellow River Symbol",we are able to build national cultural identity with the same root and origin,guide the direction of the cultural development of the times,and spread the national cultural self-confidence.With the aesthetic construction and dissemination of"Yellow River Symbol",we are able to establish the image of the country,and promote the mass dissemination of the Yellow River culture and aesthetic spirit.Through the political,cultural and aesthetic construction of"Yellow River Symbol"in painting,we are able to form a modern fusion of revolutionary culture with traditional culture and aesthetic culture and to provide an image carrier for the mass dissemination of the main cultural values;furthermore,the symbolism can be popularized by the aesthetic way of art images,which can provide enlightenment for the construction and dissemination of mainstream culture.