Ancient China Flower Arrangement

In ancient China, flower arranging was used to honor the Buddha, and then it was spread to Japan by the monks and was further developed and applied to different corners of different classes. As far back as the Edo period in Japan, flower arranging was already very popular, and in the society of that time, almost all the workers of flower arranging were men. Nowadays, there are more women working in Hong Kong society, but there are many floral artists of both sexes, young and old, and many famous floral designers in the international arena are even men. If you go sightseeing in Japan, and you meet an old man in a traditional dress, who does not smoke or drink, and who says that he is a florist, the average Japanese person will think that he is probably a very experienced florist. If floriculture is regarded as a study or an art, the work of floriculture considered as a piece of work is indeed suitable for any person.

Flower arranging

Flower arranging, also known as flower arranging, is one of the traditional arts that, like the tea ceremony, has fallen out of favor in its native land and flourished in other lands. Chinese flower arrangement art sprouted in the pre-Qin, in the Wei, Jin, North and South Dynasties small weather, at this time, this art is still mostly "borrowed flowers to Buddha" - in the six dynasties of the southern history: "there is a lotus offering to the Buddha, the monks with a copper kiln water, impregnated with its stems, to Hua not wither. The flower will not wither." After the Tang and Song dynasties, flower arranging became more and more popular. Tang Luo Qiu in the "flower nine tin", a more detailed account of the flower arrangement of containers, scissors, dipping water, and flower platforms and so on. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Yu (Li Yu), every spring, would be in the palace beams and windows, columns and arches and steps, are densely covered with flower arrangements, called "Jin Dong Tian". If flower arrangement in the Tang Dynasty was only an elegant art in the palace and temples, in the Song Dynasty, the art of flower arrangement had become popular among the people. Ouyang Xiu wrote in "Luoyang Peony Records", "The custom of Luoyang is generally good for flowers, and in the spring time, all the people in the city are arranging flowers without any honor." By the Ming Dynasty, there were monographs on flower arranging. Zhang Qiande wrote "The Spectrum of Flower Arrangement in Vase", and Yuan Hongdao wrote "The History of Flower Arrangement in Vase", which was translated into Japanese in 1696, and had an important influence on the development of the art of flower arranging in Japan, and was regarded as a guideline for the artists of flower arranging in Japan, and was esteemed as the "Hongdao Stream". Yuan Hongdao in a poem "play title Huang Daoyuan bottle flower lounge" in the cloud, "look at a bottle of flowers, look at a bottle of flowers at night, although the branch is shallow, fortunate to be able to support the poor family. A branch of two branches of positive, three branches of four branches of slanting; appropriate straight should not be curved. The most important thing is that you should not be too extravagant. The water of the Yang technique is flicked in the side, and the tea of the Cheese Slave is added into the bowl. With this Yan Junzhai. A double to add yanhua." With only a few strokes, the flower arrangement is depicted to the fullest. Qing Dynasty records on flower arrangement are: Kuang Fan's "Bin Min Guo Codification" in the "flower method", Chen 淏子's "Flower Mirror" in the "flower arrangement vase method" and "incense kiln vase". Shen Fu's "six memories of a floating life" in the "leisure and fun". As well as Wang Hao's "Guang Qunlao spectrum", "Dream of the Red Chamber" in the description of flower arrangement is also quite a lot. In modern times, the frequent wars, people's livelihoods, flower art is naturally barren.

The biggest difference between traditional Chinese flower arrangement art and Western flower art is that the West emphasizes modeling and China emphasizes gesture. Chinese floral art emphasizes: the truth of nature - to maintain the natural ecology of flowers and trees, according to the seasonal modeling; humanistic goodness - emphasis on the social benefits of its harmony; religious saint - flowers are holy objects that help enlightenment. The flowers are the holy things that help to realize the way of enlightenment, and they are often used to offer to Buddha and cultivate the way of Buddhism; the beauty of art - from the selection of materials to the matching, pay attention to the harmony, elegance, and bright show.

The art of flower arranging has been practiced in Japan for more than 1,000 years. In the 6th century, a Tang dynasty historian named Onomeko brought back to Japan a number of traditional Chinese arts: calligraphy, painting, sculpture, literature, theater, gardening and ...... vases of flowers for the Buddha. Upon her return from China, Onomeko opened the Japanese School of Flower Arrangement. The oldest and original flower arrangement school in Japan, Ikebana, is now in its 45th generation.