符号学是新兴的边缘性交叉学科,法国文学理论家罗兰·巴特将符号学划分为语言系统和神话本身构成的系统。但在笔者的观点中,符号学所包含的系统远大于这两类系统。在景观设计领域,符号学理论的运用可作为一个系统进行阐述,特色符号是符号学理论中的表现方式之一。特色符号在当代公共设施与城市景观小品中的运用十分广泛,将设计与特色符号联系起来能够创造出具有识别性、造型性、故事性、延展性与时代性的公共设施与城市景观小品。 Semiotics is a new and emerging interdisciplinary subject, and French literary theorist Roland Barthes divides semiotics into a system of linguistic and mythological per se. However, in my opinion, the system of semiotics contains much more than these two types of systems. In the field of landscape design, the application of semiotic theory can be described as a system, and the characteristic symbols are one of the manifestations in semiotic theory. Characteristic symbols are widely used in contemporary public facilities and urban landscapes, and linking design with characteristic symbols can create public facilities and urban landscapes with distinguishing, styling, storytelling, extensibility and time characteristics.