“Icons of human-symbolizing-god” and “magnifying human nature through god icons”—the aesthetic features of the human icons of Sanxingdui Culture relics

What strikes people is the "human icons cluster", which represents the unique geographical cultural characteristics of the Sanxingdui Culture relics. Currently all the researchers believe that the "human icons cluster" is for the ancient religious purpose of sorcery and serves the theme of god-human communication. However, such opinion fails to reveal the connotation at a deeper level. Studied from their contents and forms, the icons cluster indicates the awakening of the ancient Shu people\´s self-awareness. It is Shu people\´s attempt to construct artistic world by human standards and to magnify human nature through gods by means of artistic symbols of human icons. Magnifying human nature is the rational kernel lurking in the "human icons cluster", which contributes to the formation of "Beauty of Magnifyingness" in terms of aesthetics.