1.香囊(seentedsachet),古代也称“香袋”，通常是用布缝制或彩色丝线编织的袋子，里面塞满香草(aromaticherbs)。香囊最初用来吸汗、驱虫和避邪。香囊不仅有用，而且可作装饰品。它们的形状和大小各异，有圆形、椭圆形和其他形状。它们通常配有精致的图案，每个图案都象征着特别的含义。例如，双鱼或成对蝴蝶图案象征男女之爱;莲花或牡丹花(peonyflower)等图案象征女性;松树和仙鹤图案象征长寿;石榴(guava)图案象征很多孩子。漂亮的香囊不仅是装饰品，而且含有丰富的文化和历史内涵。翻译：Scentedsachets,alsocalled“fragrantbags”inancienttimes,arebagsusuallysewedwithclothorweavedwithmulticolorsilkthreadsandstuffedwitharomaticherbs.Thefragrantbagswereoriginallyusedforabsorbingsweat,repellinginsectsandwardingoffevils.Scentedsachetsarenotonlyuseful,butalsoornamental.Theycomeindifferentshapesandsizes,suchasround,ovalandmanyothers.Andtheyarenormallydecoratedwithelaboratepatterns,witheachpatternsymbolizingaspecialmeaning.Forinstance,adouble-fishordouble-butterflypatternsmybolizesthelovebetweenamanandawoman;patternslikelotusorpeonyflowerssymbolizewomen;pineandcranepatternssymbolizelongevityandaguavapatternisthesymboloflotsofchildren.Anicescentedsachetisnotjustanornament,butmoreofsomethingthatcontainsculturalandhistoricalrichness.2. 中国民间艺术与中国哲学统一于“阴阳(yin-yang)生万物”这一理念。这一理念源于中国原始社会，是对人类的人生感悟的哲学注解。中国人祖先的哲学论断是“近看自己，远观他人”。要理解中华民族民间艺术的原始艺术，这一结论必不可少。人类的本能欲望是生存并通过繁衍(propagation)继续存在。人生来的首要本能是求生，然后是长寿。从原始社会到今天，阴阳和永生的观念始终贯穿中国的社会生活和民族文化。中国民间艺术反映了社会的所有基本哲学理念。翻译：ChinesefolkartandChinesephilosophyareunifiedinthebeliefthatyin-yangproducesalllivingthingsintheworld.OriginatedinChineseprimitivesociety,thiswasthephilosophicalexplanationofhuman'sperceptionoflife.Chineseancestorsphilosophicalconclusionwasto“lookatoneselfupcloseandothercreaturesfromafar”，whichisessentialtotheunderstandingoftheprimitivearttothefolkartofthenation.Tol...
