China traditional aesthetics

"There are sun and moon in the sky and yin and yang in the Tao". Since ancient times, China people have been pursuing the beauty of symmetry.

In China's national quintessence, architecture, painting, poetry, couplets, seals and calligraphy all pay attention to symmetry, with the concept of balance between Yin and Yang as the core beauty.

The so-called symmetry refers to a point or a line as the center, the shapes and sizes of both sides are consistent and symmetrical, and the colors, shades and structures of things are harmonious and unified.

The beauty of symmetry can give people a "quiet" sense of seriousness, which contains the beauty of balance and stability.

There are many forms of symmetry, such as up-down symmetry, left-right symmetry, homomorphic symmetry, homochromatic symmetry and so on.

Symmetry is often used in indoor furnishings, such as the symmetrical arrangement of furniture, the distant echo of smallpox and the ground, the same painting, column or lighting hanging on the left and right walls, flower arrangement on the dining table, candlesticks with the same size and style at both ends, etc. It is the concrete embodiment of the beauty of symmetry.

Symmetry and harmony, as a traditional aesthetic principle in China, is also fully reflected in the belief and pursuit of life; Its aesthetic connotation is closely related to Confucian culture in traditional culture and China Zen, and it exudes the humanistic feelings of China literati.

In modern decoration, people often change on the basis of basic symmetry, resulting in local asymmetry or contrast, which is another form of symmetrical beauty.

In addition, there are some ways to partially break the symmetry, or narrow the application scope of symmetry in interior decoration, and produce a variety of symmetrical beauty by means of relative symmetry.