The Cultural Connotation of Phoenix Pattern

The phoenix pattern symbolizes good luck and beauty.

Phoenix pattern, also known as Feng Huangwen, is abstracted from the ancient phoenix bird symbolizing 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 originated from ancient people's worship of the sky and the bird totem worship of the bright sun and 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.

After experiencing the changes of the times, it became a favorite pattern of the royal family and 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.

Other important decorative patterns:

Yun Leiwen 1

Yun Leiwen has such expressive techniques as printing, stamping, scribing and painting, and the composition is usually developed in a four-way continuous or two-way continuous way. Appeared in the late Neolithic period. By the late Shang Dynasty, Yun Leiwen was relatively scarce, but Yun Leiwen was still the main decorative pattern on white pottery, hard pottery printed in Shang and Zhou Dynasties and primitive celadon.

2. Xiangyun pattern

Xiangyun pattern first appeared in Chu area in the middle and late Zhou Dynasty. From the middle and late Zhou Dynasty, the decorative style mainly based on moire gradually formed in Chu, especially the variant moire combining animals with moire. It means auspicious clouds, expressing good luck, jubilation and happiness, as well as a beautiful yearning for life.

3. Flat texture

Pan-pot pattern is a traditional decorative pattern, which is the decoration on Chinese bronzes. The gnat is a legendary horned dragon, with its mouth open, its tail curled and its head bent. Some are arranged continuously in two directions, and some form a continuous pattern in four directions. Generally, it is the main food. Prevalent in the Warring States Period.