What are the Four Beauties of Chinese Flower Arrangement

Appreciation of the "four beauties" in Chinese flower arranging refers to the beauty of the line, the beauty of nature, the beauty of the mood and the beauty of the proposition.

I. Introduction to Chinese Ikebana

Chinese Ikebana (ikebana) is an ancient traditional cultural phenomenon, which is mostly used to satisfy subjective and emotional needs, and is also a special way of entertaining daily life. Ikebana (flower arrangement) originated from the ancient folk's love of flowers, planting flowers, enjoying flowers, picking flowers, giving flowers, wearing flowers and hairpins.

Ikebana is a way of expressing one's inner desires and emotions through the creation of new and emerging beauty, and is a way of condensing and exaggerating life. Writing, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, theater, film, and anything else that expresses beauty are all art.

Second, the characteristics of Chinese flower arrangement

The Eastern style of flower arrangement advocates nature and emphasizes beautiful lines and natural gestures. The layout of the composition of the high and low staggered, echoed, sparse and dense gathering and dispersal, the work is elegant and smooth. According to the natural form of plant growth, there are different forms of flower arrangement such as upright, tilted, curved and drooping.

Symbolism and history and culture

I. Symbolism

Chinese flower arrangement is y influenced by Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and feudal ethics and morality, which has formed the unique cosmology and aesthetic taste of the Chinese people, who believe that everything has spirituality and advocate the "unity of man and nature".

Borrowing to brighten up the mind, to support the feelings, stretch the interest. In flower arrangement, also regard all kinds of flower material is not simply the material of modeling and the main material basis for the expression of the beauty of the form, but the language and tools for the conception and transmission of feelings, is an important factor in the creation and expression of the beauty of the mood.

Since ancient times, therefore, flower arrangement to all materials must be intentional, the intention must be auspicious for the creation of the center and the theme, to the pursuit of the beauty of the branch flower rhyme, highlighting the performance of the flower flower character flower style for the highest artistic realm.

Two, history and culture

The various flowers and trees are given many symbols and meanings, for example, lotus, "out of the silt and not stained", is regarded as clean and pure, known as a friend, often used in front of the Buddha for the flower peony, large flowers, colorful, elegant, national colors, known as "the king of the flowers. The peony is a large, colorful, graceful and fragrant flower, and is called "the king of flowers".

It is a symbol of richness and nobility, and it was the main flower pillow of the Tang Dynasty court flower arrangement. Plum blossoms, with "sparse shadows" and "dark fragrance", have the character of being noble and elegant, and being proud of snow and frost; osmanthus flowers, which are the symbols of official fortune, long progress in literature, and mid-autumn festival reunion; Bamboo, a symbol of modesty and loyalty; pine, a symbol of majesty and longevity and so on.