Flower and window decoration and pattern classification

Geometric patterns

Where a variety of straight lines, curves, and circles, triangles, squares, diamonds, trapezoids, etc., constitute a regular or irregular geometric patterns for decoration, collectively referred to as geometric patterns. Doors and windows on the geometric pattern is the most important means of decoration, which includes a variety of variants and a variety of combinations. Geometric patterns in the most simple four-square, hexagonal, triangular and other forms, but also starlight, windmills and other literary meanings of the form, as well as the corner of the rounded treatment of what is commonly known as a vine, tugging on the symbolism, the form of good luck, coupled with a variety of geometric forms of combinations such as the outer square and inner circle, a large area of ice cracks, and so on.

The strength of geometric patterns as the main body of the decoration is that the regularity is strong, and therefore rich in rhythmic rhythms. Large areas of neatly organized decoration, strong visual impact. Especially when the number of window sashes, partitions, single piece, the effect is very obvious. Geometric pattern is an abstract pattern, so the literary allegory is not so direct, more difficult to understand.

Trees and flowers

Trees and flowers are often used in ancient auspicious motifs, the ancients gave life to the literature of plants, focusing on the intrinsic qualities of various types of plants, to advocate. For example, "plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums" four gentlemen, "pine, bamboo and plum" three friends and so on. Here, the personality of plants is a specific portrayal of the social norms of morality. In the Ming and Qing dynasty doors and windows, a large number of plant motifs.

Animal motifs

In the painting, where the birds are collectively known as plumes, where the beasts are collectively known as beasts. Animal motifs here also include the dragon, phoenix, unicorn and other mythical beasts, fish, turtles, frogs and insects, etc. The dragon was created by the Chinese over thousands of years. Dragon is the Chinese people thousands of years to create a sacred animal, representing the supreme power of the emperor. The appearance of the dragon is a combination of various types of animals, crocodile head, antlers, python body, eagle claws, fish scales, shrimp eyes, the dragon is capable of clouds and fog, turning rivers and seas, into the sky and into the ground, come and go without a trace.

Throughout the ages, all kinds of animals on the depiction of the dragon, especially in the royal building on the use of endless. As for the folk building doors and windows of the occasional dragon pattern, but also in the performance of the people's faith in the dragon. Phoenix, unicorn and other mythical beasts pattern appeared for the same reason as the dragon pattern. Other beasts, can be roughly divided into poultry and wild animals. All domesticated animals, such as horses, cows and sheep, represent the era of material prosperity; all wild animals, such as tigers, snakes, monkeys, etc., to support the good wishes. Zodiac culture is a unique ancient Chinese culture of counting the year, the Chinese traditional zodiac in the door and window decorations are sometimes expressed. As for poultry and wild birds, or to take its auspicious, or its auspicious, all changes have not left their roots.

Scenic landscape

Fondness for landscape is a kind of addiction of Chinese literati throughout the ages. Life is rich, political disillusionment, can be found in the landscape between the support. Or distant mountains near the water, or a water and two mountains, the typical layout of the Ming and Qing dynasty landscape paintings, windows and doors can be found on the relief plate traces. The use of landscape as a door and window decoration of the absolute minority, the reason is that the landscape painting for the literati higher level of pursuit, and the ordinary people are considered too elegant and unpleasant to the eye, so it is abandoned.

Characters fairy

Characters refers to the history of people, generations; fairy refers to religion, myths created by the characters, women and children, but there are also nameless and anonymous people, such as fishermen, woodcutters, farmers and scholars, but only a true depiction of the people's lives. Doors and windows in the flower plate, the center of the main part of the plate, often y carved figures. These figures in the subject is broadly divided into historical figures, such as Confucius, Laozi, Su Dongpo, Li Bai, etc.; literary figures, such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in Liu, Guan, Zhang, etc.; immortal figures, such as Maitreya, the Eight Immortals, etc.; and auspicious figures, such as longevity, God of Fortune, etc., this part of the characters with the highest frequency, is the overall social mentality of the feudal society is the most direct reflection.

The story of the opera

Whether it is recorded in writing or orally transmitted by the people, the story of the vitality of the story is very strong, especially in the Yuan Dynasty, the rise of opera, so that the storyline becomes easy to remember and long-lasting. After the Ming Wanli with illustrated edition engraved with the popularity of the novel, which played a role in promoting. At that time, the novel illustrations, as well as opera, liquor licenses, ink scores, etc., are from the Anhui Xin'an School, Jiangsu Jinling School, Fujian Jian'an School and Zhejiang Wulin School, especially the Xin'an version of the engraving for the most.

These stories can be divided into four parts: First, historical events, such as the Peach Orchard, Mother-in-Law, etc.; second, fabricated stories, such as the Garden of Dreams, fishing and killing family, etc.; third, folklore, such as the Twenty-four Filial Piety, the Three Heroes of the Dust, etc.; fourth, God and monster themes, such as Zhong Kui catching ghosts, Chang'e Run to the Moon, and so on. Among them, operas and stories are the most popular among the people, which are the spiritual pillars they rely on for survival in the long feudal society.

Bogu Miscellaneous Treasures

Bogu can be interpreted as erudite and ancient, and the wealth left behind in the course of history is culture. After living in affluence in all dynasties, they are interested in the historical remains of their ancestors. The most typical are the Northern Song Dynasty, the late Ming Dynasty and the Qianlong Dynasty. Especially in the Qing dynasty Qianlong period, the government advocated, so that good antiquity has become a national hobby, the people are proud of the ancient. Bogu pattern is similar, just because of different personal preferences, focus is not the same. Bronze, antique jade, ceramics, elephant jade, rhinoceros horn, etc., are Bogu subject matter. In addition, the seven treasures eight treasure nine chapter, eight auspicious, dark eight immortals, etc., these are Bogu miscellaneous treasures subject matter, in the door and window decorative subject matter, elegant but not vulgar, easy to approach.

Other subjects

Ancient window and door decorative subjects, in addition to the above categories, there are still many subjects belonging to not easy. For example, text decoration, Chinese characters are hieroglyphics, only text itself is art. Calligraphy art formed over the centuries, the calligraphy style of real grass, scribe and seal script, each with its own style. Using text as a means of decoration, except for the special type, the content is also very important, for example, Fuk Luk Luk Hei, focusing on good luck; and, for example, Zhu Zi family training, focusing on the code; there are also deformation of the embellishment of the font, such as the group of life, etc., and other subjects there are bagua, taiji, fangsheng, five bats to hold the birthday, lucky to celebrate the surplus, and so on, and so forth, and the list goes on and on.