What does symbolic meaning mean?

One of the basic artistic techniques of artistic creation. Refers to the artistic technique of expressing the artist's profound thoughts or expressing things with special significance by means of the external characteristics of specific things. There is no necessary connection between the ontological meaning and symbolic meaning of a symbol, but through the artist's prominent description of the characteristics of the ontological things, the art appreciator can have such associations and understand the meaning that the artist wants to express. In addition, according to traditional habits and certain social customs, choosing familiar symbols as ontology can also express a specific meaning. For example, red symbolizes happiness, white symbolizes mourning, magpie symbolizes good luck, crow symbolizes bad luck, dove symbolizes peace, and Yuanyang symbolizes love. Using the artistic technique of symbol can concretize and visualize abstract concepts, simplify complex and profound things, extend the connotation of description and create artistic conception, thus arousing people's association and enhancing the expressive force and artistic effect of works. Symbols can be divided into implied symbols and implied symbols. Symbol is different from metaphor and more profound than general metaphor. The artistic image of some works is even expressed by symbolic means. The word "symbol" first appeared in ancient Greek, which means "a wooden token divided into two halves", but with the continuous derivation of the meaning of the word, the meaning of "symbol" has gradually evolved into a form representing an abstract thing.

Symbol: Use concrete things to express some abstract meanings.

Exodus: The cross symbolizes martyrdom and sacredness.

Symbol: a visible sign of intangible things, such as concepts or customs.

Exodus: Balance and blindfold are symbols of Supreme Court judges.

detailed description

1. Express a special meaning with concrete things.

Inscription on the monument of the Yangtze River Bridge: "It symbolizes peace, it symbolizes happiness, and it symbolizes the glory of labor."

2. refers to using something to represent the whole.

Lu Xun's Gai Hua Collection is not a letter: "Just as China used four ranks to symbolize a hundred thousand troops."

3. A specific thing used to express a special meaning.

Bing Xin's Miscellaneous Notes in the Mountains to a Young Reader (10): "Here, the snow has not melted, and birds are swarming. The first one is the bluebird. Westerners regard the bluebird as a symbol of happiness, which I think is the most appropriate. " Ba Jin's Autumn in Spring X: "Lily, that is the symbol of our love."

4. An expression technique in literary and artistic creation. It refers to expressing similar or similar concepts, thoughts or feelings through concrete and concrete images. For example, at the end of Lu Xun's novel Medicine, the wreath on Yu Xia's tomb symbolizes the prospect or hope of revolution.

5. signs; Features.

Ye Zi's harvest: "The blazing sun makes the existence of the universe angry. Everything, at this time, also shows a symbol of withering due to heat. " Bing Xin's "Dong Er Girl Our Wife's Living Room": "The most symbolic thing for an artist is her eyes that are always as confused as a dream."