The Implication of Blue and White Porcelain Feng Huangwen

Blue and white porcelain Feng Huangwen symbolizes good luck and beauty.

Phoenix pattern, also known as Feng Huangwen, is abstracted from the ancient phoenix bird symbolizing good luck. As one of many traditional patterns in China, phoenix pattern has always occupied an important position in patterns with its beautiful meaning and long history. It evolved from totem culture at first, and then developed with the changes of the times, becoming a pattern favored by royal nobles during the period of high concentration of imperial power. A variety of composite patterns, such as "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Auspicious", "Phoenix Qi Fei" and "Phoenix Wearing Peony", are combined with the phoenix pattern, which pushes the development of the phoenix pattern to a new peak.

Phoenix pattern originated from ancient people's worship of the sky and the bird totem worship of the brilliant sun and birds flying in the sky, from which another product-Phoenix was born. Some bird patterns depicted on painted pottery in Neolithic age are the embryonic form of phoenix image, and phoenix patterns began to appear in human life.

Introduction of Common Varieties in Feng Huangwen

1, phoenix pattern of Shang bronze wares

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, in addition to depicting the image of the phoenix, there were various divine birds, such as Suzaku, Luan Bird, Hong Niao, Changli and Peng. The images are similar, which are the variation and alienation of phoenix birds and the colorful expression of phoenix patterns.

2. Phoenix pattern in Han Dynasty

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the formal features of phoenix patterns were further developed on the basis of the Han Dynasty. Because of the prevalence of Buddhism at that time, the image of phoenix bird was injected with new spiritual concepts. Decorative themes have been expanded, and bouquet patterns have been widely used. Fengduo adopts the image of spreading its wings and flying in the pattern of flowers.

3. Phoenix patterns in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties

Phoenix ornaments on porcelain appeared in the Tang Dynasty. At this time, the phoenix pattern has a fixed pattern and more and more beautiful morphological changes, and some shapes are more like birds. Pairs of "couples" and singing greetings are common, symbolizing happiness, which is closely related to the material and cultural life in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.