Artistic Characteristics of Chinese Fragrance Sachets

From the existing Chinese folk incense packs since the Qing Dynasty, most of them use flowers and animals as the main pictures, and use metaphors and symbols to express all kinds of sentiments and good wishes. For example, the use of two fish, two butterflies, dragon, etc. to symbolize the love between the two sexes, intercourse, fertility; lotus, lotus, peony, plum blossoms and other metaphors for women; the use of plum magpies, flower-picking bees metaphorical male; pine and crane symbolizes longevity, pomegranate symbolizes the childless; and the use of Chinese characters to make a metaphor for the harmonic is everywhere: to the newlyweds of the "Early Childbirth" (jujube, flower, pomegranate), the "early birth of a child" (jujube, flower, flower, flower, flower). "(a combination of jujube, peanut, cinnamon, and lotus seed); for the long-lived elderly, "Old Age and Childhood" (a combination of a cat and a butterfly playing with peonies, a metaphor for old age, which is very interesting); and for children, "Blessed with Longevity" (a naive doll). (with a naive doll as the main body, surrounded by bats and peaches, implying that this child has a lot of happiness and longevity) ......

Turning over this layer of heavy cultural deposits, facing this colorful picture of life, what is displayed in front of us are all simple and clumsy, primitive and vivid art treasures. In fact, this is the art of revealing human desires; the art of expressing thoughts and beliefs; the art of displaying the vitality of life. It can be said to be the real Han ethnic culture, folk culture, popular culture, human culture.