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Six basic principles of Chinese flower arrangement

The six basic principles of Chinese flower arrangement include: the principle of forming a triangle with heaven, earth and people; The principle of matching three specifications: large, medium and small; Based on the principle of clear priorities; Principle of streamline structure; Dress freely; Comply with the seasonal principle.

1, the triangle principle composed of heaven, earth and man.

It is a basic principle in Chinese flower arrangement to form a triangle with three elements: heaven, earth and people. The core of this principle is through flowers

The distribution of flowers shows the relationship between heaven, earth and people and the realm of harmony and unity.

The principle of triangle is composed of three elements: heaven, earth and man. The most important thing is to pay attention to the layering of flowers. Generally speaking, each bouquet of flowers is divided into three parts, namely, heaven, earth and people. The sky represents the space of Da Lang, the earth represents the base or plane, and people represent tall and straight lines, which are stacked layer by layer to form a perfect "triangle" shape.

2. The principle of matching three specifications: large, medium and small.

The principle of matching large, medium and small specifications is a basic principle in Chinese flower arrangement. The core of this principle is to form a concise and coordinated decorative effect through the collocation of sizes, so as to achieve the best visual effect.

The principle of collocation of large, medium and small specifications mainly refers to the reasonable collocation of different specifications of flower materials, so that they complement each other and form an overall flower arrangement tree structure with obvious levels, giving people a refreshing, natural, coordinated and harmonious feeling.

3, with a clear priority principle.

The principle of distinguishing priorities is a basic principle of Chinese flower arrangement. The core of this principle is to highlight the contrast between the main flower and the auxiliary flower, so that the whole flower arrangement work presents obvious layering, thus achieving the best visual impact effect.

First of all, according to the theme and main elements of flower arrangement, the materials of flowers, leaves and branches are divided into three categories: primary, secondary and auxiliary. The main flower usually refers to the large, bright and unique central flower, and the auxiliary flowers and branches assist the main flower to make it more vivid and prominent, while the auxiliary flowers are lined with some relatively soft flowers beside the main flower to make the main flower more beautiful and natural.

4. The principle of streamlining.

Streamline composition principle is a basic principle of Chinese flower arrangement. The core of this principle lies in the use of streamline in the layout of flower materials, which makes the lines of flower materials smoother and more beautiful, and is easy to show the natural beauty, thus creating rhythmic flower arrangement works.

5. dress freely.

The principle of free dress is a basic principle of Chinese flower arrangement. The core of this principle is to give more freedom to flower arrangement designers, who can freely exert their creativity in the process of flower arrangement design and production, and can freely combine according to the characteristics and aesthetic feeling of flower materials to create unique flower arrangement works.

6. Observe the seasonal principle.

Keeping up with the season is a basic principle of Chinese flower arrangement. The core of this principle is that when choosing flowers, we should choose the corresponding flowers according to the different seasons, so as to make the flower arrangement works more traditional and adapt to the current social environment.

When designing Chinese flower arrangement works according to the principle of keeping up with the season, we should combine the flowers and plants in the season to make the flower arrangement works closer to nature and seasonality. For example, cherry blossoms, azaleas and begonia can be selected in spring, morning glory, cockscomb and chrysanthemum can be selected in summer, and Dahlia, marigold and corn poppy can be selected in autumn.