China traditional flower arrangement: an elegant collection of poetic and picturesque literati

Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, burning incense, making tea, arranging flowers and hanging pictures have been regarded by scholars as the four major arts of life, which are essential for people with a little education. Zhang Qiande wrote in the preface of "Orchid of Flowers" in the Ming Dynasty: "Living in seclusion is an anecdote, and the vase of flowers is extremely difficult to understand, and hundreds of millions of people can solve it." The word flower arrangement is a modern name, but it was often called vase flower and vase offering in ancient times. The ancients were not satisfied with the direct expression of flowers, and gradually introduced outdoor flowers and trees into the room to create vitality and fun in the space. Vessel flower arrangement is a reflection of the change of ancient aesthetic concept.

Traditional flower arrangement is one of the important classical arts in China. It began in the Six Dynasties and prevailed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. "The Biography of Prince Jin 'an in Southern History" records: "There are people who offer lotus flowers to the Buddha, and all the monks fill their stems with copper poppies, so that they want China without dying." This is the earliest recorded vessel flower arrangement activity, which not only provides flowers in front of the Buddha, but also skillfully uses the beauty of floral art in other aspects, which makes the artistic atmosphere flourish, whether it is court decoration or literati appreciation.

A bouquet of vase flowers is far from artistic conception.

Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, burning incense, making tea, arranging flowers and hanging pictures have been regarded by scholars as the four major arts of life, which are essential for people with a little education. Zhang Qiande wrote in the preface of "Orchid of Flowers" in the Ming Dynasty: "Living in seclusion is an anecdote, and the vase of flowers is extremely difficult to understand, and hundreds of millions of people can solve it." The word flower arrangement is a modern name, but it was often called vase flower and vase offering in ancient times. The ancients were not satisfied with the direct expression of flowers, and gradually introduced outdoor flowers and trees into the room to create vitality and fun in the space. Vessel flower arrangement is a reflection of the change of ancient aesthetic concept.

Advocating, originating from and superior to nature is the guiding ideology of China's traditional culture and art, especially its modeling creation. The highest goal of his creation is to attach importance to form and meaning, and to pursue the profound artistic beauty of both form and spirit and the blending of scene and scene. As a part of China's excellent ancient culture, traditional flower arrangement art has grasped and embodied the essence of China's traditional aesthetics in many aspects, and has been developing continuously.

Traditional flower arrangement pursues the beauty of space, and a line that can show the largest space (flat, far and high) is the most beautiful, and the curve is the most beautiful line formed by these three distances. Flowers are the basis of materials, which are suitable for things and opportunities to emphasize the integrity of natural life and spatial meaning and express the author's thoughts on beauty.

A group of elegant flower-loving literati

The flower arrangement of literati is interesting. Flower arrangement has become an indispensable part of their lives, and it is also the main activity of elegance and concentration.

Ouyang Xiu's "The Story of Luoyang Peony" contains: Luoyang's customs are generally good flowers; In spring, everyone in the city is arranging flowers, even those with flowers.

"Dream of Liang Lu" recorded the market at that time: inserting four-time flowers, painting celebrities and decorating the facade.

"Mo Zhuang Man Lu" records that the peony in Xijing (Luoyang) is famous all over the world. When the flowers bloom, the satrap will bloom a million flowers. Where banquets gather, flowers are used as barriers, Liang Dongzhu is used as arches, water is stored in barrels, hairpin flowers are hung, and flowers are everywhere.

Poetry, flowers, seclusion and anecdotes

Among the numerous ancient poems, the poems related to flower arrangement are unique. For example, Su Zhe's Chrysanthemum: "Plant chrysanthemums in early spring to help vegetables, and open pots in autumn." Liu Yuxi's "Zan Gou Ba" "Cui Dai keeps a cage of stone Weng, and Yin Hongzi cooks a copper bottle." Zhu Xiuxi) "On the fragrance of people and flowers under the window of the library." There is a poem in Mustard Seed Garden: "On New Year's Eve, you have nothing to do when you become a monk. You will celebrate the New Year with plum blossoms. " It can be seen that the wind of flower arrangement prevailed in ancient times, and it is impossible to have plum blossoms without flower arrangement. Ancient flower arranging poems not only show the poet's love for flowers and trees, but also show the poet's grasp of the flower road and the skill of giving "image" to flower art.

When many literati retreat between mountains and rivers in order to escape from reality, they express their feelings between mountains and rivers and flowers to show their hearts. For example, Cheng Hao, a student of Zhou Dunyi, said in a poem that "everything is satisfied when it is quiet, and people are happy when it is time", and he is sensitive and thoughtful about the scene of flowers blooming and falling.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a poem about begonia: "Begonia is full of poems, and countless flowers bloom in the sunset", which means that begonia is half stretched and half rolled, full of affection, otherwise it will not bloom.

When flowers and trees are used to express people's will and wishes, flowers and branches are used to express their feelings and patterns, which makes people fascinated while applauding and admiring. The ancients looked at flowers differently. Drinking wine has a far-reaching impact on flowers that grow naturally, and drinking tea has a far-reaching impact on arranging flowers in bottles. In the flowers and trees that send love, every flower and leaf contains profound meaning.