What is the difference between Chinese flower arrangement and Japanese flower arrangement?

Chinese traditional flower arrangement and Japanese flower arrangement

Features:

The gesture and charm of flower arrangement are emphasized, and the modeling focuses on lines, dashing and natural, mostly asymmetrical and balanced compositions, which are leisurely and elegant, and transcendent.

One, the long history of Chinese flower arrangement:

Chinese flower arrangement pays special attention to the expression of the natural form of plants, simulating the natural growth posture of plants, the use of flowers, leaves, branches and other floral materials, so that the lines have the straight and curved, high and low, long and short, thick and thin, horizontal and diagonal, tilted, sparse and dense and so on the differences, is a kind of asymmetric equilibrium, so as to create all kinds of modeling of flower arrangement. Chinese Ikebana pay attention to the charm, respect for nature, light colors, advocate sparse, focus on the mood, the pursuit of poetry and picturesque. According to the different ways can be divided into the following three categories:

A, natural flower arrangement:

According to the inherent traits and attributes of the plants themselves, artificially endowed with a variety of qualities, character, in order to express the pursuit of the people and their aspirations. For example: the plum's snow and frost, the orchid's purity, the bamboo's elegance, are all sentiments in the object.

Natural flower arrangement, according to the living room environment, the color of indoor furniture, choose the container with the interior decoration, such as: ceramic vase, cloisonné vase, glass vase and so on.

Natural flower arrangement is very concerned about the mood, the mood should be reflected through the types of flowers, posture, form, color and composition, configuration, utensils, accessories, objects and other specific things.

The choice of flowers is very wide, with the characteristics of spring, summer, fall and winter seasons, the use of different flowers. Example: Magnolia, begonia, peony combined into a flower arrangement, symbolizing the Jade Hall of wealth; peony flowers and bamboo configuration, symbolizing wealth and peace; pine, bamboo, plum as a companion to each other, celebrating the gentleman's style; shallow pots of water features with a branch of lotus, a few pieces of lotus leaves, means a clean, clean body; single with the pines and green branches of the insertion, said that the uprightness, defying the strong, chaste and unyielding noble spirit; yellow waxberry with the Yellow plums and red fruit of the southern bamboo with insertion, is a symbol of New Year's luck and prosperity; the southern bamboo as the main branch next to the firecrackers and apples, known as the "Bamboo Annunciation of Peace". Natural flower arrangement is very important to have an apt title, which is based on the theme chosen by the flower arranger, the theme of the stack and the mood of the content and the name. The title of a flower arrangement can get people's favorite works, play a very important role.

B, bonsai-style flower arrangement:

Bonsai-style flower arrangement is a form of flower arrangement that imitates the layout of a bonsai. Most of the flowers are selected from the gnarled branches and trunks or weeds and flowers, supplemented by rocks and ornaments accessories, decorated with moss and grass, with the help of cut flowers in the posture of the mountains and the water, constituting a wonderful miniature of the natural scenery. A fist of stone is the same as a mountain, a tree is like a piece of forest, small in the big, in order to fake the real, can be said to be a pot of realistic poetry and paintings. Bonsai-style flower arrangement pay attention to the "scene" and "meaning" of the integration of the two mutual penetration, mutual transformation, so that people view the scene and the floating thoughts, understanding the meaning of the interest and full of fun!

C, wild type flower arrangement:

This type of flower arrangement to highlight a "wild" word to reflect the natural flavor, characterized by wild interest. It is the natural grass, flowers, branches, vines, wild fruits and garden fruits and vegetables as the main flower arrangements, such as dogwood, reeds, thatch, polygonum, eustoma, wild chrysanthemums, calamus, wolfberries, Mascotte, wild azalea, ferns, aquatic plants and so on. The vessels used are simple, simple and rugged clay pots, pots and bowls, bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, bamboo tubes, and kettles, teacups, rice bowls, wine bottles, and so on, which are rich in the flavor of life. Natural stoneware, or coconut shells, shells, gourd ladybugs, etc. for the insertion of tools, the wild flavor is more intense, the effect is better Oh! The wild style flower arrangement advocates the natural gesture of barren grass, mountain flowers, without special artistic processing and modeling, to ensure that the flower arrangement to maintain the scene of nature. Can make a "barren" and chapter, "wild" and orderly, the flower arrangement is considered to be the best!