Detailed information of dragon and phoenix pattern

A typical porcelain decorative pattern, depicting a dragon and phoenix flying relative to each other, hence the name. The dragon is the longest of the scale insects, the phoenix is the king of all birds, are auspicious. Dragon and phoenix match will be auspicious, known as "dragon and phoenix auspicious pattern".

Basic introduction Chinese name: dragon and phoenix pattern Dynasty: Song Dynasty dragon and phoenix pattern introduction, dragon and phoenix pattern unearthed, dragon and phoenix pattern introduction Song Dynasty Yaozhou kilns for the court fired on the green glazed plates, bowls, there are engraved dragon and phoenix dance on the pattern. Yuan dynasty magnetism kiln in the pot belly two sides of the open light respectively painted dragon, phoenix pattern. Ming and qing dynasties palace porcelain, blue and red glaze, five colors, colorful dragon and phoenix decoration is especially common. Ming Wanli five-color dragon and phoenix pattern pen box, Qing Kangxi fighting color dragon and phoenix pattern cover jar are typical. Qianlong pastel dragon and phoenix pattern box cover decorated with dragon and phoenix dance play beads pattern, chic. Dragon and phoenix pattern unearthed wrong gold and silver cloud pattern rhinoceros Zun, wine vessel, Western Han Dynasty, unearthed in xingping county, shaanxi province, China museum of history collection Taotie pattern, since the Song dynasty about the bronze record, only one foot and similar to reptilian ornamentation attributed to kui dragons pattern. This kind of decoration alone looks like a dragon pattern. The Classic of Mountains and Seas - the Great Wasteland East Classic, said its "pale body without horns, a foot, in and out of the water must be wind and rain". Therefore, some people also kui dragons into the dragon pattern category, or the two collectively referred to as kui dragons, or kui dragons. This is a combination of a variety of animal images evolved from the mythological animals, in the bronze decoration, kui pattern of many changes, such as kui pattern of feet like animal hooves, head hook beak pointed , like a bird, the body is shorter than the dragon, the tail upturned, more like a beast. But most of the side of the long tail, head with horns, huge eyes and fangs, sometimes two and two opposite, the head joined together, looks very similar to the Taotie motifs. The image of the dragon appeared very early, yangshao culture pottery on the lizard, gecko close to the dragon pattern, legend has it that yanhuang two emperors where the tribal alliance that the dragon as a totem, so the dragon later became the symbol of the Chinese nation. The dragon is also a combination of various animal features, such as horse head, antlers, bird claws, snake body, fish scales, etc. Ancient literature also has a variety of records on the composition of the dragon, but generally to the snake as the main feature. From the dragon pattern on the bronze, there are mainly the following five forms: crawling dragon pattern, curly body dragon pattern (also known as coiled dragon pattern), two-headed dragon pattern, double body dragon pattern, cross body dragon pattern. Crawling dragon pattern of the dragon for crawling, the most common in bronze, generally open mouth and bulging eyes, raise the tail and claws, showing the vigorous and vigorous vitality. Volume of the dragon pattern is generally a circle, the dragon head in the center, the dragon body to do ring-shaped coiled. When the dragon head appears in the front, generally wider, bulging eyes protruding, with a beard to rise, dragon scales flash, let a person shudder. Two dragon pattern for a dragon body, each end has a dragon head, some of the dragon head cross, one on the next to look at each other, the dragon body was diagonal diagonal, to avoid monotonous dull, some of the double body dragon pattern is the dragon head in the middle, to the sides of each side of the unfolding of a dragon body, and the cross-body dragon pattern is generally used as the ground pattern of the bronzes, into the network of regular intersection with each other. The dragon is an auspicious deity, and in myths and legends it is in charge of rain, which may be related to the flooding in ancient times. There are Chinese myths like ****Worker's Water Remedy and Dayu's Water Remedy, which all talk about flooding. It was because of the fear and disbelief of flooding that people believed there was a water god, and thus the dragon was created to control water. The dragon is modeled after the snake, which may be related to the ancient existence of the snake as a totem, which is a product of the combination of animal worship and ancestor worship. In many ancient myths and legends, the founders of the Chinese nation were human-faced with serpents, such as: "The Nuwa clan is also known by the name of Wind, with a serpent's body and a man's head." (The Records of the Grand Historian); "The ruler of Pangu, with the head of a dragon and the body of a serpent, booed for wind and rain, and blew for thunder and lightning." In short, in ancient times, human beings regarded the snake as a god, and associated it with their ancestors, who also became a god with a snake's body and a human face, and could exert influence on the wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and sent a wish to control and master nature. Dragons cast in bronze, it is related to this function, sacrifices to heaven and earth, begging for wind and rain, a good harvest is one of the main items. These sacred objects were cast on the vessels, and the vessels were sacred objects, and the prevalence of taotie motifs was for the same reason. As religion retreated from the bronzes, the bronze trappings were replaced with more humanistic motifs and scenes of secular life, and these divine motifs were eclipsed from the stage of history. The phoenix is also a divine creature that evolved by synthesizing the characteristics of a variety of animals, and it was first the totemic Xuanbird of the ancient Dongyi regiment. Dongyi tribe at that time more advanced than the yellow emperor, the Yandi tribe's culture, although Chi Yu rate of Dongyi and Yan Huang failed to fight, Dongyi was conquered, Dongyi tribe's Xuanbird totem is still passed down, and gradually fused with the culture of other clans, evolved into the image of the phoenix, which not only has a chicken, eagle, bird components, but also a blend of the image of beasts, fish, snakes and so on. The image of phoenix is described in ancient historical legends, tribal myths, ancient rock paintings and pottery. Shun, the leader of the Eastern barbarian tribes, legend also is the phoenix changed, the ancestors of the merchants also belong to the Eastern barbarian tribes, legend is that his mother picked up the food of a Xuanbird egg was born, the "Guoyu - Zhou language" also said that the rise of the Zhou, because the "phoenix song Qishan" reason, so the phoenix pattern in the Shang dynasty and the Western Zhou dynasty bronze, there are a large number of castings, especially in the Western Zhou period, the general pattern tends to simplify, but the pattern of the phoenix is not the same as that of the Zhou dynasty. General decoration tends to simplify, but the phoenix tended to be beautiful, and a change in the late Shang dynasty bird pattern for the back of the head, hanging crown of the big bird pattern, the entire Western Zhou period, the phoenix bird pattern has flourished, become a bronze ritual decoration of the significant features. Although the phoenix and the dragon are both auspicious objects, their images and connotations are very different. The dragon gives people a majestic and mysterious, unapproachable, can only be revered; phoenix symbolizes the beauty, peace and happiness, and even love, let people feel warm, close, safe. The popularity of phoenix motifs on bronzes makes bronzes begin to have some human colors, and secular wishes begin to occupy the turf of religious sorcery. In addition to the dragon and phoenix motifs, there are also some geometric motifs, including chevron, net, cloud and thunder motifs, stealing curved motifs, tile motifs, wave curved motifs, heavy ring motifs, scale motifs, corrugated straight motifs, swirl motifs, and continuous bead motifs, etc., which are also often found on some bronzes.