The history of the development of the art of Chinese flower arrangement can be divided into which stages, and what are the characteristics of each?

Can be divided into ceremonial flower arrangement and artistic flower arrangement

Ceremonial flower arrangement refers to the flower arrangement for social etiquette, celebrations, weddings and funerals with specific purposes. It can convey friendship, affection, love, can express welcome, respect, celebration, condolences, mourning, etc., the situation is often more fixed and simple.

Artistic flower arrangement refers to the use of social etiquette without special requirements, mainly used for artistic appreciation and beautification of the environment of a class of flower arrangement.

Style

Can be divided into eastern flower arrangement, western flower arrangement

Basic flower arrangement modeling

Eastern flower arrangement is divided into Chinese flower arrangement and Japanese flower arrangement

Eastern flower arrangement is represented by China and Japan, and the pursuit of geometric modeling is different from the western flower arrangement, the oriental flower arrangement attaches more importance to the dynamic beauty of the lines and shapes.

The flower pattern of oriental flower arrangement consists of three main branches, which are called "Lord, Guest, and Envoy", "Heaven, Earth, and Man", or "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty" depending on the genre. Despite the different titles, they all express the philosophical thinking of the Oriental people.

In Chinese floriculture, we call the longest branch the "make branch". With reference to the "branch", the basic flower types can be categorized into: upright, tilted, flat out, flat and upside down.

Upright type

Make the branch stand upright and insert it at an angle of up to 30 degrees. The flower type is calm and steady, and the upright type is often used in formal and grand occasions.

Tilted type

The branch is tilted and inserted at an angle of 30-60 degrees. The flowers are laid back and beautiful, and the casual style is suitable for everyday life.

Flat flower arrangement

Flat type

The branch is inserted at an angle of 60 to 90 degrees from the mouth of the flower container. The flowers are free, have a strong sense of movement, have personality, and are inserted on special occasions.

Flat type

The branch is different from the other types of flowers in that it is inserted directly on the edge of the flower vessel or on the water surface. The flower is calm, comfortable and satisfying.

Upside-down type

The branch is bent below the edge of the flower vessel after standing out from the flower vessel. It has a strong sense of adventure, and shows a strong sense of life.

Characteristics

Truth of nature: Based on the natural ecology of flowers and trees, mastering the changes of the seasons.

Goodness of humanity: economic utility, harmony, and the virtue of flowers (flower culture).

Religious Sacredness: offering flowers to Buddha, practicing monasticism with flowers, and worshipping flowers.

The beauty of art: the art of flowers, the art of flowers, the art of integration.

Types

Garden Flowers: planted in the garden, consider the growing gesture of botanical art.

Pot plants: planted in pots and pans, with roots remaining to match the flowers.

By the flowers: flowers as jewelry, the matching of clothing and flowers.

Pei Hua: flowers on the head or lapel, focusing on the relationship between flowers and clothing.

Basket flowers: placed in a basket, pay attention to the flowers and the basket of pro-support effect.

Bottle flowers: folded flowers placed in a water dish or vase, more contemporary significance, is the world's main category of floral art, disk flowers, bottle flowers.

Fruit offerings (flower offerings): fruit-based, extremely edifying and artistic.

Chinese Flower Arrangement

Chinese flower arrangement had its original idea and prototype nearly 2,000 years ago. Ikebana became popular in the Tang Dynasty and was popularized in the court, and in temples as a flower offering in front of the Buddha in the altar. During the Song Dynasty, the art of flower arrangement was popularized among the people and loved by the literati, and there were a lot of poems about the appreciation of flower arrangement in various dynasties. To the Ming Dynasty, the art of flower arrangement in China is not only widely popularized, and there are monographs on flower arrangement, such as Zhang Qiande's "Bottle Flower Spectrum" and Yuan Hongdao's "Bottle History" and so on. The development of Chinese flower arrangement art to the Ming Dynasty, has reached its heyday, in technology, theory are quite mature and perfect; in style, emphasizing the natural lyricism, beautiful and simple performance, elegant and bright colors, simple modeling. During the Qing Dynasty, the art of flower arrangement was not emphasized, developed and popularized among the people. In modern China, due to many factors such as war and chaos, the art of flower arrangement basically disappeared from folklore. Until recent years, with the development of the national economy, reform and opening up, people's living standards gradually improved, flowers gradually returned to people's lives. Eastern-style flower arrangement advocates nature and emphasizes beautiful lines and natural gestures. The layout of the composition is staggered, echoed, sparse and dense, and the works are elegant and fluent. According to the natural form of plant growth, there are different forms of flower arrangement, such as upright, tilted and drooping.

Japanese flower arrangement

Sixth century A.D., the Pushcarte Emperor sent special envoys (equivalent to today's diplomats) Ono Meiko to China to do cultural exchanges and goodwill visits, and he returned to Japan with a lot of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, sculpture, literature, theater, as well as horticulture and vases of flowers for the Buddha and so on. Ono Meiko was a Buddhist monk who lived in Dobutsuji Temple in Kyoto next to a small pond in Rokkakudo, where Japan's first flower arrangement work was done. Since then, there has been a school of flower arrangement in Japan. The name "Ikebana" is derived from the meaning of the pond. Ikenobo is the oldest and original flower arrangement school in Japan, and the current director is Mr. Ikenobo Tomonaga, the 45th generation of Ikenobo.

Theme

Dedication: The selfless offering of flowers and trees to mankind in the same way that nature offers the best of itself.

Flower Arrangement

Patience: It takes a serene mind to place a flower in the most appropriate place.

Energy: Gathering flowers and handling branches, stems, and leaves requires an abundance of energy.

Concentration: It takes dedication to put aside the tediousness of the task in order to truly create the perfect piece of work, as the saying goes, "Where the spirit is, the stone opens the door.

Wisdom: Self-training to the extent that flowers and people become one, to the extent of pure tranquility, the Japanese floral art has developed quite a number of schools of flower arrangement according to different concepts of flower arrangement, such as Matsuwan-ryu, Nissin-ryu, Kohara-ryu, Saga-ryu, and so on, each of them owns a piece of heaven and earth and a completely different style of flower arrangement from Western floristry, and it can be said to be the influential art in the world of floriculture.

Western flower arrangement

Western flower arrangement generally refers to the traditional flower arrangement art form of European and American countries. Flowers and colorful, mostly geometric composition illustration system, here to introduce a few commonly used Western-style flower arrangement of basic flower type.

Hemisphere

This is the most common type of flower we have seen, right? Flowers are cut to the same length and placed in clay to form a hemisphere shape. The hemisphere is a four-sided flower type, soft and romantic suitable for weddings, festivals and many other occasions.

Triangle type

Subdivided into symmetrical triangle and asymmetrical triangle. In ancient Egypt and other ancient civilizations, it is often used as a decorative application. The symmetrical triangular type is more stable, but are one-sided view of the flower pattern, often used on wall table tops or corner furniture.

Horizontal type

Horizontal flower is also a four-sided view of the flower type, originated from the ancient Greek ritual altar decorative flowers, and is now commonly used in conference tables, dining tables, lecterns. Similar to the hemisphere type, the horizontal flower is also a flower type that looks good on all sides, and is luxurious and opulent.

Fan-shaped flowers

Fan-shaped flowers for the radioactive semicircular flower shape, luxurious and beautiful, like a peacock open screen. Originated from the court noblewoman often held in the hands of feathers, lace made of fans. It's perfect for entryways, wall decorations, and tables set against a wall.

Waterfall type

Like a cascading waterfall, waterfall-type flowers are inserted from the top down, providing a sense of flow, softness and romance. This is also the most commonly used flower type for bridal hand bouquets other than spherical, right?

Western flower arrangements are also "cone-shaped", "oval", "ball-shaped", "vertical

Western flower arrangement also has "cone type", "oval type", "ball type", "vertical type", "horizontal type", and "S type", "T type", "L type" and so on in the shape of letters, all of which have their own charm. Let's take our time to understand it!