A Study On The Diet Aesthetics Of The Scholars In Song Dynasty In The Shan Jia Qing Gong

The diet culture of Song Dynasty occupies an important position in the history of Chinese diet culture.On the basis of the traditional diet concept,the scholars of Song Dynasty enhanced the aesthetic taste and spiritual style of diet.Lin Hong’s Shan Jia Qing Gong is one of the representative works of the food culture of the intellectuals in Song Dynasty.It embodies the spiritual pursuit of the intellectuals in Song Dynasty in the selection of food ingredients,the production and naming of food,the environment and the evaluation of food,thus making food an expression of life attitude and aesthetic spirit.This thought has an important impact on the aesthetic beautification of the daily life of later generations.This paper takes Shan Jia Qing Gong as the specific text interpretation object,discusses the historical background and formation reasons of the diet aesthetics of the scholars in Song Dynasty,analyzes the aesthetic performance of the diet activities of the scholars,and proposes the diet aesthetic spirit of the scholars in Song Dynasty on the basis of comparative study.The thesis is divided into three parts.The first part analyzes the historical background of the food aesthetics of the scholars in Song Dynasty from the three perspectives of aesthetic subject,aesthetic object and aesthetic activities,and introduces the uniqueness of the taxman and food in Song Dynasty compared with the previous dynasties.The Song Dynasty was based on culture,and students from poor families and ordinary people could enter the imperial Court and become officials through the imperial examination system.The background of civilian class and profound cultural accomplishment made the scholars of Song Dynasty have different characteristics compared with the previous dynasties.The commonness and literati injected refined taste into the secular life,and the food into the life of scholars also reflected the characteristics of transforming the vulgar into the elegant.In the second part,the author analyzes the aesthetic characteristics of food in Shan Jia Qing Gong,and summarizes the three major manifestations of the scholars’ aesthetic characteristics of food: clear and fresh food taste,elegant food art and elegant food interest.The contents of the book are sorted out from different perspectives,such as color,aroma,taste,shape,naming and food environment,and the food is evaluated,indicating that the scholars of Song Dynasty care about the artistic and perceptual power of food,and pursue a kind of elegant art environment.These three types of diet aesthetic performance section bear the historical background and the aesthetic spirit of The Times.The third part talks about the aesthetic spirit of the diet of the scholars in the Song Dynasty,focusing on the aesthetic spirit of the diet in Chongqing,which is also the whole aesthetic spirit of the Song Dynasty.Neo-confucianism was developed in the Song Dynasty,and it was a part of the life of the intellectuals in the Song Dynasty to find the way in daily life.In this process,the vulgar was transformed into the elegant,and the elegant and vulgar were hard to distinguish.The aesthetic spirit of the Chongqing Dynasty is the embodiment of the intellectuals in the Song Dynasty to realize the Tao in daily life,and also the result of their active practice of transforming the vulgar into the elegant.The food taste of Chongqing and light is explained from the spirit of life,which is manifested as the food for health,food for medicine and the aestheticization of life,showing the Song people’s love and cherish for life,namely,health and happiness.The intellectuals of Song Dynasty,with their clear and clear philosophy and elegant taste,made the food culture become a kind of aesthetic consciousness.The aesthetic spirit of Chongqing,elegant and vulgar,healthy and happy life was also reflected in other aspects of the life of the intellectuals of Song Dynasty,and played an important impact on the aestheticizing of daily life in Ming and Qing Dynasties.The study of the diet aesthetic culture of the scholars in Song Dynasty is conducive to the profound understanding of the contemporary life aesthetics,and the cultivation of virtue from the daily life aesthetics,to promote cultural self-awareness and confidence.