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Wei Jin Southern And Northern Dynasties Jade Culture And The Poetry Creation

Posted on:2013-08-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T XiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2245330395952765Subject:Chinese literature and culture
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Since the ancient times, the Chinese people advocate jade. The jade culture in Chinese traditional culture plays an important role in. Chinese ancient jade mainly experienced God jade-Wang Yu-Yu San the three stages. Before the Han Dynasty, god jade and king jade play main component. Because of the need for surviving in the society, people gradually understand the difference between jade and stone, jade differentiation when completed, two each totally different social function. Stone is used in production, and jade is divorced from production, used in the superstructure of society field:namely, politics, religion, culture, etiquette, pleasure and so on social life, with a strong mystery. The age of civilization, jade was put on auspicious symbol, symbol of rank, character, moral carrier symbol, treasure treasures, object of artistic appreciation and other auras, with broad and profound cultural connotation. This paper mainly expounds the Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties period in jade culture and poetry embodied in the jade culture.First of all, the article elaborates the produce and development of jade culture before Wei Jin Southern and Northern dynasties from macroscopical angle. In prehistoric times, because of its gentle exquisite natural beauty, people began to consciously distinguish jade with stone, and processing into ornaments consciously. People’s aesthetic consciousness, lead to the production of decorative jade. As the primitive totem worship activities, jade was given a pure and noble sense of the sacred, then covered with a veil of mystery. In the hands of the theocratic wizard became a central figure in the social superstructure, jade was used as a tool to communicate with God, jade culture transition to the jade artifact stage. The Xia Shang Zhou period, slavery unified dynasty establishment, etiquette got preliminary development. The power of wizard group was weaken gradually, jade back to earth, down to be used, become essential items of the slave-owning aristocracy, to show status hierarchy, sacrificial activities. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, jade gradually into people’s daily life. The development of jade broken through the limited of jade ritual, gradually to the daily diversification development.In the second part of the article, I analysis the jade culture in the Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties. In first of all, from the overall describes this period jade cultural characteristics. Secondly, I analysis of the formation reasons of jade cultural characteristics. The turbulent society, led to the jade material source is blocked; social and economic prosperity, the development of handicraft industry has also been a great influence; at the same time, gold and silver, porcelain, calligraphy and other art, weakened the alone love of people on the jade; when the thin burial system development, also causes the reduction of this period spread in the world of jade; the prosperity of Wei Jin metaphysics and Buddhism, all of this period have influenced the development of jade culture.The third chapter discusses the Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties Poetry Creation of jade culture. First elaborated the practical significance of the jade culture in poetry, introduces three purposes of jade:ceremony, gifts and serve. At that time, Ritual jade mainly reflected in the sacrifice, car, marriage, funeral retainer four aspects. While gifts jade early in the new era is produced. Jade becomes the best witness of faithful feeling between lovers, friends, because of its moist and crystal, non-perishable. In the Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties, eating jade was to the development of the pole. So in this period’s poem, there are also many reflection. At first, this article probably introduced the development of eating jade in this time before Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties, explaining the historical background and social ideological basis. Then analysis the eat ing jade records from the "Pre-Qin Han Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties poem".During this period, poetry embodied in the jade culture not only has the practical significance, also has symbolic significance. First of all, the jade represents the level of honor. In the poem, the emergence of a large number of named Jade words, such as " Yudie"," jade hall","jade bar"," with" and so on, show the people distinguished identity. Secondly, the jade is also a symbol of morality. In ancient times, jade is the symbol of moral. Jade is exquisite, elegant color so that it became the incarnation of moral. In the Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties, people in the evaluation of the figures, often rely on to jade. Finally, jade is used to symbol the beauty. Here, beauty is not only confined to women, influenced by the aesthetic effect, this one period, the jade is often used to describe the men of great and tall. This is the Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties period peculiar scenery.
Keywords/Search Tags:Jade, Jade the culture, The Wei Jin Southern and Northern, Dynasties Poetry
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