Visiting the flower market and the flower street are indispensable traditional customs before the Spring Festival in Lingnan. At the same time that people pick new year flowers, they are also picking the good omen behind these flowers - the "new year orange" of great luck, the "peach blossom" that prays for peach blossom luck, the "good fortune pawn" that is like fire... Buying back the New Year flower is equivalent to having a good wish for the year.
There is a saying in the porcelain ornaments - the picture must be intentional, the meaning must be auspicious. In court porcelain, good omens in floral textures are particularly important. Citizens who are still sorry for the lack of a flower market this year may wish to come to the Dongguan City Museum "Huacai Palace Porcelain - Shenyang Palace Museum Collection of Qing Palace Porcelain Exhibition", visit the "Flower Market" between the Qing Palace porcelain, full of blessings also carry home.
Three fruit grains
Qingdao light pastel gold floral plate
Qingdao light pastel three-fruit pier bowl
Sanguo pattern, also known as Fulu Shou pattern, is a common auspicious pattern in the Ming and Qing dynasties. There are many combinations of three fruit patterns, mainly bergamot, pomegranate, shou peach, and occasionally lychee, pomegranate, and shou peach. The Buddha's homophony of the Buddha's hand, "Fu", means multi-blessing; peach refers to "shou peach", which means longevity; pomegranate means many children, praying for many descendants; lychee is pronounced with "li", representing auspiciousness.
Peony pattern
Qing Shunzhi Blue and white phoenix peony pattern plate
Qingqianlong pastel floral plate
Peony pattern is different from the flowers in the curly grass pattern, and peony is mostly used as the main pattern in porcelain. Since the Tang Dynasty, peonies have been loved by the world and are regarded as a symbol of prosperity and happiness; during the Song Dynasty, peonies were also known as "the flowers of wealth and nobility", and the peony pattern was also given the meaning of "flowers blooming and rich".
Camellia curly grass pattern
Qing Jia Qing style blue and white holding pot
Curly grass pattern is one of the traditional Chinese motifs, mostly arranged in honeysuckle, lotus, orchid, peony and other flowers and plants. During the Qing Dynasty, the camellia pattern became popular in porcelain and also entered the curly grass pattern. According to reports, behind the production of curly grass patterns is the tolerance of the sea and the wisdom of advance and retreat, which is an elegant pleasure pursued by ancient literati.
Nine peach patterns
Qingqianlong model Pastel nine peach pattern sky ball bottle
It is reported that the nine peach patterns were widely used in the Yongzheng period, which was related to the preferences of the Yongzheng Emperor and the unique meaning of the longevity and wealth of the peach. During the Qianlong period, the nine peach patterns were also painted on bowls, bottles, plates and other utensils for firing in large quantities, and the nine peach patterns became the classic system of the Imperial Official Kiln of the Qing Dynasty.
Passionflower pattern
Qing Kangxi style blue and white passion lotus pattern appreciation bottle
Passionflower pattern is also called "passionflower pattern". Passionflower, also known as "Western flowers", "Western purchases" and "Western chrysanthemums", is a kind of plant that grows in Europe, flowers such as peonies, light colors, summer flowers, tiled center, can be rotated, commonly known as "heart lotus". In addition, dahlias are also called passionflowers.
Honeysuckle pattern
Qing Tongzhi style Doucai floral pattern plate
Honeysuckle patterns first appeared in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and were more popular during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, often matching with lotus petal patterns as a theme ornament. Honeysuckle, or honeysuckle, is an evergreen shrub for many years, named because of the winding of branches and leaves, overwintering without withering, so the honeysuckle pattern means endless and endless.
Years of cold three friends pattern
Qing pastel year han three friends floral pattern pen holder
Qing Kangxi yellow glaze convex carved pine bamboo plum pattern three-color bottle
"Bamboo has a strong sky, cang pine is resistant to cold, plum blossoms are kui, three friends and four times happy." Composed of pine that symbolizes immortality, bamboo and plum with ice muscles and jade bones, the three friends of the year are composed of pine that symbolizes immortality, bamboo and jade bones, which are symbols of noble personality in traditional Chinese culture, and are a metaphor for longevity and loyal friendship. In addition to the common combinations of pine, bamboo and plum, plum, bamboo, stone or cypress, bamboo and plum also appear from time to time.
Bamboo pattern
Qing Guangxu type Coral red ground white bamboo pattern bowl
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, bamboo patterns became a common pattern on ceramics. Literati throughout the ages have admired the high wind and bright festival of bamboo, and used bamboo as a metaphor for the noble incorruptibility of the sages. At the same time, bamboo also has the meaning of bamboo newspaper peace, if it appears at the same time as the moon season, it mostly means "peace in all seasons".
A handful of lotus patterns
Qing Yongzheng style blue and white put lotus pattern plate
A lotus pattern is also called "bunch of lotus patterns" and "bunches of lotus patterns", as the name suggests, the pattern is a bunch of lotus flowers. In this texture, four or five branches such as lotus, lotus, lotus leaf or ci leaf are a bunch, which means incorruptibility and integrity.
【Writing/Finishing】Ma Xinjie, Zhang Qianqian, He Qiying
【Author】 Ma Xinjie, Zhang Qianqian, He Qiying
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client