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Auspicious cloud symbolism

Auspicious clouds refer to clouds that symbolize good fortune, the colorful clouds driven by the legendary gods.

Auspicious clouds. Auspicious clouds. Yu Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, "The Sacred Dao Stele of Guangrao Gong Yuwen Gong": "Auspicious clouds entered the country and walked down to follow the carriage. "Zhao Yanzhao ("奉和人天清晖阁宴请群臣遇到雪应制") of the Tang Dynasty: "Auspicious clouds should be a year early, and the snowy snow awaits the early spring." ?

Ming Dynasty's Xie honestly "Four Favorite Records. Double Gui Lianfang": "Fragrant mist Qing dissipates, auspicious colorful clouds surround.

New China's Chen Yi's poem "New Year in Kunming": "China-Myanmar Friendship Adds New Pages, Auspicious Colored Clouds Surround the Flotilla". "New China Guo Xiaochuan's poem "Xiamen Style": "The long streets and alleys all seem to be covered in the aura of auspicious colorful clouds."

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The appearance of the "cloud pattern" is another major breakthrough in the design of the Olympic torch. Throughout the design process, the design team was looking for the most representative symbols and elements of Chinese culture. In the end, the cloud pattern, which symbolizes "origin *** birth, harmony *** integration", came into view.

"The cloud pattern has a long history in Chinese culture and is widely used in architecture, sculpture, vessels, furniture and graphic design, and can be seen everywhere in the lives of the general public today."

Qiu Jiayu, one of the designers, said the cloud pattern throughout the torch design, the top torch mouth and the bottom of the basic shape of the air intake also used the "cloud" style, which is echoed with the torch carving the cloud pattern, the "auspicious clouds" concept of the integrated.

The "auspicious cloud" pattern first appeared in the middle and late Zhou Dynasty in Chu. From the middle to late Zhou Dynasty, gradually formed in the Chu to cloud pattern, especially the combination of animal and cloud pattern variant cloud pattern based on the decorative style. This trend by the time of the Qin and Han Dynasties was already replicated throughout the country and reached its peak.

The clouds are magical and wonderful, and they make people think, and their natural forms have extraordinary charms, and the clouds and the sky are separated from each other, which makes people think infinitely. Therefore, in the view of the ancients, the cloud is a symbol of good luck and exaltation, is the creation of the holy sky.

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