民间美术产生于生活,同时也对人民的生活方式有着深远而独特的作用和影响。要理解民间美术在审美上的“根”性,就得首先从它与生活土壤的关系入手。美术之根是生活,那麽,民间美术恰恰是作为美术的一个基础层次与生活最为直接地发生联系,因而也是最典型地体现美术与生活关系的层次。本文论述的主要内容是作为其他阶层美术之根的民间美术的基本含义、本质特征等。 Folk art is born in life, but also has far-reaching and unique functions and influences on people's way of life. To understand the “root” nature of folk art in the aesthetic, we must first start from its relationship with the soil of life. Art is the root of life, then, folk art is precisely as a basic level of art and life most directly linked, and thus the most typical embodiment of the relationship between art and life level. The main content of this article is the basic meaning and essential characteristics of folk art which is the root of art in other classes.