Guofeng originally referred to the folk poetry in the Book of Poetry. With the development of the times, the national style has more meanings. When modern people refer to the national style, they often refer to dances, costumes and handicrafts with the imprint of traditional culture. The brand of traditional culture is like a seed buried deep in the soil, and when the time is ripe, it can be revived and break out of the soil. If you want to understand the traditional culture and understand the national style, the auspicious pattern is a good entry point. The desire for good wishes in cultural heritage is condensed.
Generally speaking, the meaning of the national style pattern is mostly contained in four aspects, namely power, wealth, longevity, and happiness. Among them, the pattern representing power, the dragon pattern and the phoenix pattern are the most typical. Dragons and phoenixes are legendary animals, and it is difficult to determine when they originated. Judging from the field of archaeological excavations, it is at least thousands of years old.
The dragon pattern in the picture below is the Qing Dynasty pattern "five-clawed dragon pattern", after the development of successive generations, people have reached a consensus on the concept that only the five-clawed golden dragon can represent the royal weather. Five claws do not refer to five claws, but to the claws of a dragon with five fingers. The same pattern, if it has only four claws, can only be called "python". The difference in titles implies the inheritance of traditional culture.
The pattern below is very interesting, the phoenix pattern is symmetrical, forming a pattern like a dragon pattern. It is hard to believe that there are many different understandings of the legendary sacred bird of the phoenix. Phoenix, there are male and female, male birds called phoenix, female bird called phoenix. However, there is a saying in folk tales that the dragon and phoenix are auspicious. As a result, some people mistakenly believe that the dragon and the phoenix are "a couple".
Perhaps based on this misconception, folk artists designed this ornament, which contains the characteristics of a dragon and phoenix. The phoenix pattern is deformed into a dragon pattern, and such brain-opening works can often be seen in traditional ornaments.
Many people will wonder why the ancients created the national style pattern of lion rolling hydrangeas. Do they think that lions are like cats, full of interest in balls? The "Book of Han and Li Lezhi" records the lion dance, and historians analyze Zhang Qian's passage through the western regions, opening up the road of trade and cultural exchanges between the East and the West. The Zhongyuan people had the opportunity to see lions, so they met lions.
According to the mighty and fierce appearance of the lion, people think that it can drive away evil spirits and avoid harm, so there are many beautiful imaginations. People hoped that the lion could drive away bad luck, so there was a cultural image of the lion rolling a hydrangea ball. In the final analysis, the lion rolling hydrangea contains people's pursuit of wealth, health, and happiness.
Introducing a knowledge point, many people do not know what the "dumb hair" on the top of the phoenix's head is. According to the description in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the phoenix has a "German character pattern" on the top of its head, a "Xi character pattern" on its wings, and a "ceremonial character pattern" on its back. In the evolution of the phoenix pattern, the German character pattern became the shape of the ganoderma lucidum, known as the phoenix crown. As for the pattern of the wings and back, replace them with colorful feathers.
This change shows that in the evolution of the national style pattern, the participation of folk artists played a pivotal role. Pattern changes pay more and more attention to popularity, and pay more and more attention to beauty.
Looking at such a beautiful national style pattern, I feel the rich cultural tradition. Let people feel based on tradition, in order to find a sense of beauty that everyone can accept. Patterns are works created by designers and painters, and it is the purpose of creation to make people feel happy. Mandarin ducks playing in the water, birds perching flowers, beauty is everywhere, and the national style pattern makes people addicted.