Cultural Connotation of Moire Pattern (Satisfying Pursuit)

There are many speculations about its origin, such as imitating the colorful clouds in the sky and producing various moire theories; Some ancient people inadvertently left patterns on their fingers as decorations when making pottery. There is also a vortex that imitates the flow of water, referring to the ground instead of the sky. In short, spirals and scrolls can be seen everywhere in nature, which is enough for the ancients to describe lines as arcs according to arcs and gradually unfold them like clouds. The circle drawn along the spiral direction can be infinitely rotated and unfolded. In this infinitely rotating figure, the ancients can realize that moire spiral is an indispensable form of life generation and development from the growth and development of many natural and biological forms, especially shells, animal horns, bird beaks, inflorescences and leaves. In this sense, moire is a totem pattern that human beings worship the birth of life, fear death and pray for the infinite continuation of life.

It changes with the times, from simplicity to reality. After the changes of moire patterns in past dynasties, there are roughly the following types: Gouyun pattern, Yun Leiwen pattern, Yun Qi pattern, Yuntou pattern and cross moire pattern.

According to China's ancient academic thought, a circle is a figure representing the basic principles of the universe. The circle is also a figure showing the duality of Yin and Yang, and everything in the universe can be established because Yin and Yang complement each other. As the energy motive force of mutual rotation, Yin and Yang produce the phenomenon of rotation. The spiral curl extending from point to outside in moire may be exactly where the ancients knew the origin of the universe.