What is the symbolism of the dragon and phoenix pattern What are the origins

The symbolism of the dragon and phoenix pattern is that the dragon is happy with water, good flight, through the sky, changeable, spiritual, signs of fortune, signs of trouble, demonstration and other divinities. The phoenix is happy fire, the sun, uphold virtue, omen, sublime, clean, show beauty, metaphor and other divinities. Although the phoenix and the dragon are auspicious things, but the image and connotation of the two are very different.

The dragon gives people a majestic and mysterious, unapproachable, can only be feared; phoenix symbolizes the beauty, peace and happiness, and even love, let people feel warm, close, safe. "Dragon and phoenix culture" **** with the creation of the ancient Chinese civilization.

The complementarity and correspondence of divinity brought the dragon and the phoenix together: one is the king of the beasts, one is the king of the birds; one is changing and flying, one is elegant, beautiful and auspicious; the beautiful mutual cooperation between the two was established, and then the "dragon and phoenix present good luck". The "dragon and phoenix" mascot means that it will bring a peaceful atmosphere!

The dragon and phoenix pattern, a typical porcelain decorative pattern, depicting the dragon and phoenix relative to the flying picture. Dragon for the long scale insects, phoenix for the king of birds, are auspicious things. Dragon and phoenix match will be auspicious, commonly known as "dragon and phoenix auspicious pattern".

The dragon and phoenix pattern is the most representative image symbols of the Chinese national ornaments, is a wonderful artistic image, which constitutes the longest, most widely used in the history of China's culture, the most folk function, the strongest folklore of the longest cultural chain.

The dragon originated in the early Neolithic era, and was a product of ancient people's re-creation on the basis of a variety of animal art images. The image of the dragon appeared very early, the Yangshao culture in the pottery on the close to the lizard, gecko-like dragon pattern. The dragon pattern, also known as "kui dragons" or "kui dragons", is one of the decorative patterns on bronzes, and was transformed from the original dragon pattern into the real dragon pattern around the Shang Dynasty. In the ancient Chinese pattern decoration, the dragon pattern was decorated in jade, tooth and bone, ceramics, weaving and embroidery and clothing and many other aspects, especially in the court art is full of dragon decoration.

The primitive dragon is only for the blessing of the beast, and the wind and rain, grains and other auspicious significance; into the feudal society, the dragon has become a symbol of the emperor's power, on behalf of the emperor of virtue and heavenly power; in the folk, the dragon is not only the gods and goddesses of auspiciousness, but also become a delightful image of the art of the people.

The phoenix is an ancient ancestor of a bird totem worship, phoenix for the legendary king of birds, but also the product of people's fantasies and the sublimation of certain forms, phoenix may be the original form of the peacock or pheasants, the fusion of the eagle, and many other kinds of birds of the typical image of the art image originated from the mythological fantasies.

The phoenix was first the totem bird of the ancient Dongyi tribe. The Dongyi tribe was more advanced than the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Di tribe's culture at that time. Although Chi You led the Dongyi to fight with Yan Huang and failed, and Dongyi was conquered, the Dongyi tribe's totem of the Xuanbird was still passed down, and gradually fused with the culture of other clans, evolving into the image of the phoenix.

Phoenix pattern in the Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou bronzes, there are a large number of castings, especially during the Western Zhou period, the general pattern tends to simplify, but the phoenix pattern tends to be gorgeous, and a change in the late Shang Dynasty bird pattern for the back of the head, pendant crown of the large bird pattern, the entire Western Zhou period, phoenix and bird pattern flourished, and became a remarkable feature of the bronze ceremonial ornamentation at that time.