What did Chinese flower arrangement art mainly inherit from ancient times?

In ancient China, flower arrangement was used to worship Buddha. Later, it was spread to Japan by monks, and it was further developed and applied to different corners of different classes. As early as the edo period in Japan, floral art was very popular. In the society at that time, almost all floral workers were men. Times have changed. There are many female workers in Hong Kong today, but among floral workers, men, women and children abound. On the international stage, many famous floral designers are even men. If you travel to Japan and meet an old man in traditional clothes, he doesn't smoke or drink. He says he studies flower patterns. The average Japanese will definitely think that he may be a well-known doyen of Huadao. If floral art is regarded as a kind of knowledge or art, and floral works as a kind of work, it is really suitable for anyone.

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Like the tea ceremony, flower arrangement, also called flower arrangement, is one of the traditional arts that declined in China and flourished in other places. Chinese flower arrangement art sprouted in pre-Qin, and there was a small atmosphere in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At this time, this art is mostly a "flower-offering Buddha"-the Southern Dynasties and the Six Dynasties said: "There are people who offer lotus flowers to the Buddha, and the monks hold water in the bronze kiln and dye their stems in order to be Han." After the Tang and Song Dynasties, flower arrangement became more and more popular. Luo Qiu, a man in the Tang Dynasty, described in detail the containers, scissors, immersion liquid and flower stands of flower arrangement at that time in "Nine Tin Flowers". Every spring in the Tang Dynasty, Li Houzhu (Li Yu) built Liang Dong's window wall and column arch steps in the palace, which were densely covered with flower arrangement works, calling them "golden holes". If the flower arrangement in the Tang Dynasty was just an elegant art in palaces and temples, it had become a common practice among the people in the Song Dynasty. Ouyang Xiu wrote in "Luoyang Peony Story": "The custom in Luoyang is that flowers are as good as flowers. In spring, people all over the city are arranging flowers. " By the Ming Dynasty, monographs on flower arrangement had been published, including Zhang Gande's Record of Flowers in Bottles and Yuan Hongdao's History of Bottles. This book was translated into Japanese on 1696, which had an important influence on the development of Japanese flower arrangement art and was regarded as a "big trend" by Japanese flower arrangement artists. Yuan Hongdao said in a poem entitled "A Bottle of Flowers in Chinese Zodiac": "Look at a bottle of flowers early, but look at a bottle of flowers later. Although cuttlefish is shallow, it is fortunate to help the poor. One branch, two straight branches, three branches and four oblique branches; Straight is better than curved. Brush Yang Jishui and pour in a bowl of buttermilk tea. In this way, strict Zhai Jun. Shuang Yanhua. " It only took a few strokes to describe the flower arrangement vividly. The records of flower arrangement in Qing Dynasty include: the flower cultivation method in Bian Min Guo Bian by Kuang Kun, the flower cultivation method in Hua Jing by Chen Haozi, and the leisure method in Six Chapters of a Floating Life by Shen Fu. Modern wars are frequent, people's livelihood is depressed, and floral art is naturally deserted.

The biggest difference between China's traditional flower arrangement art and the western flower arrangement art is that the west emphasizes modeling, while China emphasizes ideology. China Floriculture emphasizes: the truth of nature-keeping the natural ecology of flowers and trees and modeling them according to seasons; The goodness of human nature-paying attention to the social benefits of harmonious interpersonal relationships; The sanctity of religion-flowers are sacred things that help to realize the Tao, and flowers are often used for offering Buddha and practicing Buddhism; The beauty of art-from material selection to collocation, pay attention to harmony, elegance and Ming Xiu.

The art of flower arrangement in Japan has a history of 1000 years. In the 6th century A.D., a girl named Sister Xiao Ye brought Tang Shi back to Japan with many traditional skills of China: calligraphy, painting, sculpture, literature, drama, gardening ... and "vase flowers" for the Buddha. After returning from China, Sister Xiao Ye started a Japanese flower arrangement school. Chifang, the oldest original flower arrangement school in Japan, has now spread to the 45th generation.