What does the phoenix pattern mean?

The phoenix pattern means good luck and beauty.

The phoenix pattern, also known as the phoenix pattern, is abstracted from the ancient phoenix bird that symbolizes auspiciousness. As one of the many traditional patterns in China, the phoenix pattern has always been popular in patterns with its beautiful meaning and long history. It occupies an important position in the Chinese culture. It originally evolved from totem culture. After experiencing the changes of the times, it developed and became a pattern favored by the royal family and nobles, such as "dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness", "phoenix flying together", "phoenix piercing peony" and many other patterns. The composite pattern created by the combination of phoenix patterns has pushed the development of phoenix patterns to a new peak.

The phoenix pattern originally originated from the ancients' worship of the sky, the sun worship of the radiant sun, and the bird totem worship of birds soaring in the sky, which gave birth to another product. ——Phoenix. Some of the bird patterns depicted on the painted pottery of the Neolithic Age are the prototype of the image of the phoenix. From then on, the phoenix pattern began to appear in human life.

The artistic characteristics of the phoenix pattern

1. Neolithic Age

The bird pattern on the painted pottery during this period is the prototype of the phoenix. The pattern unearthed from the Hemudu Cultural Site in Zhejiang Province An ivory dish-shaped vessel is carved with a group of symmetrical bird patterns, which can be considered as a pair of phoenix patterns. They face an aperture shape opposite each other, with their heads and tails raised, and they are full of energy. The joyful yearning and pursuing expressions of the two phoenixes in the painting can be said to be the expression and portrayal of the good wishes of our primitive ancestors.

2. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties

At this time, the phoenix patterns were almost all crowned with flowers. The plump wings, long tail feathers, and wide and powerful claws showed a strong and powerful warrior. For example, the jade phoenix unearthed from the Yin Ruins, the phoenix pattern on the belly of the bronze ware Ding You and Yi Gong are all representative in style. Most of the phoenix patterns in the Shang and Zhou dynasties were distinguished by their majesty, solemnity and stability.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - Phoenix Bird Pattern