一、艺术是人类情感符号的创造人是进行符号活动的动物。我们所创造的任何生存形式以及认知形式如语言、神话、艺术和科学, 都可以说是运用符号方式来表达人类的经验。人类最惊人的符号活动成果是语言。它是一种在各方面都符合符号本质规定的“纯粹符号”。但是语言绝非人类唯一的符号表达工具,因为它们不可能完全、准确地进行情感表达。那么,人类的符号能力,就必然创造出服务于情感表达的另一种符号——艺术。它是在语言之后人类符号的一种强有力的补充,它为情感的种种特征赋予了形式,从而使人类实现并且强化了对其内在生命的表达与交流。二、中国符号 First, art is the creator of human emotions Symbolic animals. Any form of life we ​​create and cognitive forms such as language, mythology, art and science can be said to symbolically convey human experience. The most striking sign of human activity is the language. It is a “pure symbol” that conforms to the very essence of the symbol in all respects. But language is by no means the only symbolic expression tool for human beings because it is impossible for them to express emotion completely and accurately. Then, the symbolic ability of human beings must inevitably create another symbol serving the emotional expression - art. It is a powerful complement to human symbols after language, which gives form to the various characteristics of emotions, enabling humanity to fulfill and reinforce the expression and communication of its inner life. Second, the Chinese symbol