扬州盐商与板桥风格

Salt Salesmen and Artistic Style of Zheng Banqiao

郑板桥杰出的艺术成就与清代扬州文化和商业相关。清代扬州盐业和漕运的繁荣 ,为“扬州八怪”的出现提供了社会舞台 ,同时也使郑板桥的艺术风格呈现出商业化、市俗化的审美特征。首先 ,“板桥风格”反映了一种平民思想 ,具有自我表现、自我娱乐的色彩。其次 ,“板桥风格”中具有一种化雅为俗 ,以俗为奇 ,雅俗共赏的艺术风貌。第三 ,“板桥风格”体现出一种美丑互见、立异标新、取悦商贾的价值取向。

Remarkable achievement of Zheng Banqiao artistic style has something connection with the culture and commerce of Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty. The prosperity of salt business and the transport of grain by water gave birth to eight odd talents, giving Banqiao's style commercial and vulgar style His style reflect a feature concerning the poor class' thought, self-exposure, and self-amusement; a feature of turning grace into common, making common out of strangeness, combination grace and common; a feature of binding beauty together with ugliness, creating something new and original, and pleasing salespersons.