中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第144期:價值轉變

The Change of Value

價值轉變

Jade articles induced by a primitive and hazy sense of beauty appeared and have undergone twists and turns in their development of more than 7 000 years from simple decorations to sacrificial 5 ritual articles in ancient times and to symbolic fittings for lofty morality , and finally for art works of various types and varieties. They profoundly reflected the social consciousness of different historical stages. Especially in a certain stage of development, people made the natural properties of jade moralized, enabling it to play special role in political, religious, ideological and cultural spheres and develop a unique function that other art works could not do. In the world cultural history,this cultural phenomenon has never been known in other countries and regions,and embodies a distinctive national character.

玉器的出現始於原始感和朦朧感，並且都經過了曲折的超過7000年的發展，由簡單的裝飾品演變成古時5種祭祀物品，並象徵高尚的道德境界，最後成爲不同類型和品種的藝術作品。它們深遠的意義反映了不同歷史階段的社會意識。特別是在發展對一定階段，人們把玉的自然屬性道德化，使其能夠在政治，宗教，意識形態和文化領域發揮的特殊作用，形成了其他藝術作品沒有的獨特功能。在世界歷史文化中，這一文化現象從未在其他國家和地區熟知，和體現了鮮明的民族性格。