论日本人"以小为美"的审美意识与文化特性

日本人对美有一种特殊的感受,无论是日语单词“うつくしい”的涵义,还是日本文学以及其他艺术形式都表明了日本人“以小为美”的审美意识。另外,他们的这种意识也反映在他们的日常生活中。“以小为美”是日本民族传统的重要的审美意识之一。他们的这种审美意识主要根源于日本的自然地理环境和日本特有的自然景观。并且,日本人的这种审美意识一直发挥着重要作用,一方面体现在日本人对外来文明的改造,另一方面则是此种意识促使日本人凡事从小处着眼,注重细节。

On Japanese Aesthetic Sense of "Small Is beautiful" and Its Significance

Japanese people have a special sense of beauty.The meaning of Japanese word "utukushii",Japanese literature and other art forms indicate that Japanese people regard "small is beautiful".This sense exists in their mind of daily life,too.That "small is beautiful" is one of Japan's important and traditional aesthetic sense.Their aesthetic sense of "small is beautiful" originates in Japanese natural geography and its unique landscape.This aesthetic sense plays an important role throughout its history.And it has great significances in two aspects.One is that Japan's reconstruction of foreign civilizations,and the other is that Japanese people pay more attention to details in every field.