少数民族图案是视觉符号,它集实用、装饰和记录于一体,凝结了少数民族劳动人民的集体情感与智慧。西南少数民族刺绣纹样和民居建筑的装饰图案是这些图案的典型代表。以符号学为研究视角,以符号的传达和指示两方面的作用为切入点,对这些典型图案内容和形式的创作逻辑进行了相关的解读。 Minority motifs are visual symbols. They combine practicality, decoration and recording into one, which condenses the collective emotion and wisdom of the working people of ethnic minorities. Southwest ethnic embroidery patterns and residential buildings decorative patterns are the typical representative of these patterns. From the perspective of semiotics, this paper analyzes the creative logic of the content and form of these typical patterns by taking the role of symbolic communication and instruction as starting points.