Research About Aesthetic Thought Of Chang Ren Xia Who Propagandize Aesthetic Culture

Mr. Chang renxia, a famous eastern arts historian, archaeologist and poet, is alearned aesthetieian. As an important aesthetic culture transmitter in East Asia andSoutheast Asia, he rises the study up to the theory's level. So, we think it is essentialto study and explain systematically his thought, especially in the aspect of aestheticculture.On the origin of the word "beauty", Mr Chang thinks that the words of "dance"and "beauty" are in the same origin, and stresses beauty originates witchcraft, whichestablishes durable basis. for the viewpoint of "people with goat horn are beauty" byMr Li zehou.Mr Chang thinks that dance, a kind of culture which is created by labouringpeople, is evtiblely produced from work, and asserts that people in New Stone Agehad already created dance. He discusses the essence of appreciation of beauty ondance arts from its basis,soul and expression ways after delicate carding, taking thetime as main clause on the development of dance.On music aesthetics, Mr Chang puts up "labour say", which is to say thatprimitives always express their happiness with singing and dancing after war victoryand hunt harvest these real life. For example, the song originates the voice when peoleare working, and the music originates rhythmical sound with cheer. The ancient songof "zhu cheng xiang chu", based on the working sound of "yahu", proves that theorigion of arts prior to the conscious of appreciation of music.Religious aesthetics is broad and profound. Mr Chang thoroughly elaborates therelationship between the religious and esthetics from their origin, performance ofemotion and the esthetics, corrects the ridiculous standpoint of "the religion have noesthetics", and carries on the careful elaboration to the esthetic value of Chinesereligious "chan".On opera aesthetics, Mr. Chang, from the bottom of a matter, elaborates theorigin of opera beauty, and points out some opera's types, even in its prosperous time, which all are remaining the religious culture traces from the performance form to thecontent, specifically explaining the esthetical value and expression ways of operaesthetics. For example, puppet show is the best cut point to research. "jiaodi"and"danan".On drawing aesthetics, Mr. Chang studies the aesthetic value of fine arts of Han,which includes charm and ideal condition, dispersed perspective and lined model,and explains the historical culture value of Han drawings.Mr.Chang, a person witted by 20th, is not only a history witness, but also arevolutionist. In essence, he is also a cultural scholar, an artist who plays the great rolein the exchange of Eastern culture, which is his spiritual home. Even during therevolutionary career, he had never gave up the attention and transmission of Easternculture. Therefore, Mr. Chang is worthily a diligently cultural ambassador.