What does the phoenix pattern mean?

The phoenix pattern symbolizes good luck.

As one of many traditional patterns in China, phoenix pattern has always occupied an important position in patterns with its beautiful meaning and long history. Phoenix pattern, also known as Feng Huangwen, is abstracted from the ancient phoenix bird symbolizing good luck. It evolved from totem culture at first, and then developed with the changes of the times, becoming a pattern favored by royal nobles during the period of high concentration of imperial power. A variety of composite patterns, such as "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Auspicious", "Phoenix Qi Fei" and "Phoenix Wearing Peony", are combined with the phoenix pattern, which pushes the development of the phoenix pattern to a new peak.

Phoenix patterns originated from ancient people's bird totem worship of the sky, the shining sun and the birds flying in the sky, from which another product-Phoenix was born. Some bird patterns depicted on painted pottery in Neolithic age are the embryonic form of phoenix image, and phoenix patterns began to appear in human life.

The Application of Phoenix Patterns in Song and Yuan Dynasties

Phoenix patterns in Song and Yuan Dynasties also have their own characteristics. Since the Tang Dynasty, with the development of porcelain-making technology in China, phoenix patterns have gained a broader development world. There are many excellent examples of phoenix bird decoration from porcelain in Song and Yuan Dynasties.

The phoenix-chrysanthemum-patterned porcelain pillow in Jizhou Kiln, Jiangxi Province in the Song Dynasty, the phoenix-patterned pot and blue-and-white phoenix-headed pot in the Yuan Dynasty, and the pot-holding pattern of Xia Feng Peony are all very typical. Phoenix patterns in Song Dynasty like to use soft lines, showing a comfortable mood. The decorative arts in Song Dynasty lay particular stress on moral in concept and form, and the phoenix bird pattern was also full of auspicious folk thoughts, wishes and breath.

For example, the phoenix peony pattern in Zheng He's period has gradually become a stylized expression. Porcelain decoration in Yuan Dynasty is mature, and all kinds of phoenix patterns are artistic. Some images are painted casually, with appropriate colors, bright and smooth.

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