What are the characteristics of Chinese flower arrangement?

1, the amount of flowers used is small

The linear flowers (branches) are mainly used to pursue the beauty of the lines, and the colors used are clear and elegant. Due to the influence of ancient paintings and calligraphy, the traditional flower arrangement is rooted in poems, paintings and gardens, and it is mainly based on intuitive thinking, seeking to express the good and the good meaning.

The natural line modeling is the main focus, that is, according to the natural posture of plant growth, through a variety of curves, straight line combinations, expression of poetic and pictorial mood. Therefore, the linear flower material (branch material) is the modeling framework of traditional Chinese flower arrangement. The expressiveness of lines is extremely rich, and different lines express different shapes and spirits, including soft, strong, slender, rough, beautiful and old.

2, focusing on the mood

As in Chinese painting art, "the intention is first in the brush, the painting is all in the intention", the traditional Chinese flower arrangement has the same artistic characteristics, which is a work of art that integrates the author's subjective mind with the objective scenery, and it is a work of art that combines the intention with the realm, shape and spirit, scenery and emotion, It is a work of art that blends the author's subjective mind with the objective scenery, and it is a blend of meaning and situation, shape and spirit, scenery and emotion. Therefore, each piece of art work of flower arrangement consists of two aspects, namely, the intention and the shape.

The basic elements of Chinese flower arrangement

1, flower arrangement materials

There are many kinds of flower materials in nature that can be used for flower arrangement, no matter it is herbaceous and woody, no matter it is artificially cultivated or wild, no matter it is alive or inanimate, as long as it has ornamental value, non-toxicity, no special smell, not easy to wither and wither, and it can be applied to the materials in the flower products, collectively referred to as the flower materials in the flower arrangement.

2, the classification of flower arrangement materials

Based on the shape of the flower material can be divided into linear flower material, mass flower material, special form of flower material, loose flower material, leaf material, etc., which play different roles in the traditional Chinese flower arrangement.

3, the shape of linear flowers (branches) in flower arrangement is in the form of long strips and lines, which constitutes the framework of the basic outline of flower arrangement modeling.

Some of the inflorescences are long and strip-like, such as Acorus calamus, Verbena, Forsythia and so on. Some of the branches and trunks are long, such as silver bud willow, bamboo, plum blossoms and so on. There are branches and flower clusters generate the whole long strip, such as asparagus, ivy, etc..