Application Scenarios of Traditional Cases of Peony Patterns

Traditional furniture in China often has matching patterns of peony, lotus and bottle, which means wealth and peace.

Wealth and peace. The meaning of peony with lotus flowers and bottles on traditional furniture is wealth and peace. Among them, putting peony in a bottle means wealth and peace, and butterflies dancing on peony means good news and wealth. Lotus is also called lotus. In ancient poetry, the poet praised the meaning of lotus, which is high but not greedy, fair and upright.

There are three kinds of ancient bottles, one is an aspirator; The second is cooking utensils; Thirdly, wine vessels, that is, porcelain vases for display, became popular after the Song Dynasty. As a mascot, it is mainly the homonym "Ping" of the bottle, which means "Peace".

If you put it in a bottle, it means "peace and happiness"; The vase is inserted with three halberds, and there is a lusheng beside it, which is called "the third level of life"; Putting magnolia or begonia flowers in a vase is called "Yutang Peace". The bottle body also has modeling patterns, such as carving flower plates on both sides of the mirror screen column according to the pattern of half skeleton of the vase, which is called "bottle dust seat".

The Implication of Bamboo in Traditional Furniture

Bamboo, with its noble and pure product behavior theme, constitutes an auspicious pattern with evergreen (clean) meaning, which is widely used in life; Pine, bamboo and plum soil are called "three friends of the old cold"; The pattern of pine, bamboo, plum, moon and water is called "Wuqing painting".

The patterns of pine, bamboo, day lily, orchid and longevity stone are called "Five Ruitu"; Draw bamboo, pumpkin or periwinkle, which means "everlasting" or "Changchun in heaven and earth"; The painting of Ganoderma lucidum in Nanzhu means "natural wishful thinking".

Bamboo is also homophonic "bamboo", and the auspicious pattern "Huafeng" is the pattern of bamboo and other two auspicious flowers or two birds, which are often displayed on the screen. There are bamboo legs on the furniture, as well as pull frames carved with bamboo lines, and supporting tables and chairs made of bamboo as a whole.