As a part of the most positive meaning and content of traditional Chinese culture, auspiciousness is the eternal pursuit of our nation and contains the wisdom and emotions of the ages. The auspicious motif is the medium created by human beings in thousands of years of productive labor to convey the voice of the heart. The auspicious culture in Ming and Qing porcelain contains people's good wishes and expectations, giving people psychological hints through its artistic modeling and painting ornamentation, using the unique harmonic or allegorical function of Chinese characters, Quyi implicitly expresses blessings and various appeals, forming the characteristics of "painting must be intentional, intentional must be auspicious". At the beginning of the New Year in 2022, the Jinan Municipal Museum specially held the "Ancient Porcelain Intentional auspiciousness and stopping - Collection of Ming and Qing Porcelain Auspicious Culture Exhibition", inviting you to walk into the world of porcelain painting that is full of spring and auspicious celebrations from all over the world, and taste the charm and style of ancient ceramic art in the mainland.
The fish dragon is a traditional Chinese ornamental pattern with auspicious meanings, also known as "ichthyosaur mutual change", the fish is transformed into a dragon, and the ancient metaphor of the gold list is inscribed, and the steps are flat. It can be found in many traditional Chinese techniques such as New Year paintings, porcelain paintings, wood carvings, and jade carvings. One of the images of the fish body of the dragon head is also one of the forms of "ichthyosaur interaction". The historical interpretation of the respect for fish culture is also an intuitive fulfillment of the artistic expression of "ichthyosaur-dragon interchange", and its historical origin can be traced back to the fish totem worship in the banpo type period of prehistoric Yangshao culture.
Qing Tongzhi Pastel Fish Dragon Changing Basin (grade III cultural relics, now in jinan museum)
In the Great Wilderness Of the West, there is: "When the wind comes from the north, the heavens are great water springs, and the snakes are turned into fish." "This is the earliest record of a fish metamorphosis. The origin of the dragon is mainly from the gradual transformation of the snake. The Cloud of the Overseas Southern Classic: "Insects are snakes, and snakes are fish." And folk customs have long been said to fish into dragons. In the "Confucius Family Language", it is recorded that Confucius was happy to have a noble son, and Lu Zhaogong rewarded him with carp, and Confucius named his son Carp, the character Boyu. There is also a record in the "Saying Garden" that "the cold abyss under the white dragon in the past turned into a fish". Volume II of the "Records of Fengshi's Hearings and Seeings" has a record that "therefore, the contemporary Jinshi Dengke is the Dengmen of the Dragon Gate," and Li Bai's "Book with Han Jingzhou" says: "Once you ascend the Dragon Gate, you will be ten times the price." "Pipa Ji Nanpu Farewell" Yun: "The child went out today, the father and mother came to send each other, I hope to get the fish into a dragon, and the clouds will go straight up."
Folk have always believed that in the Yellow River upstream, when to the Hukou Waterfall, anyone who can bravely advance in the rapids and jump over the dragon gate can be reborn, step flat, and transform the dragon from the fish. "Flying immortals to travel, holding the bright moon and ending long". This is actually to give encouragement and encouragement to those students, driving them to study diligently, work hard, and be successful, and to be named in the gold list in the imperial examination. The cultural origin of "fish and dragons" is very early, but it was really valued and used by feudal emperors, which should be closely related to the implementation of the imperial examination system and the recruitment of officials. On the porcelain screen, the fish dragon pattern appeared late, and it was only during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty that the fish dragon pattern really appeared. This official culture that emerged during this period was mainly to encourage Han scholars to take the exam and serve to consolidate the dominance of the Manchu Qing regime. "Fish" here is homophonous with "Yu", and "Dragon" is homophonous with "Long", so "Yuhua Longsheng" can also be read as "Yuhua Longsheng".
Qing Kangxi imitation Ming Qinghua dragon fish pattern plate (third-level cultural relics, now in the Jinan Museum)
Qing Kangxi blue and white fish dragon pattern plate along the washing (now in the Palace Museum)
In the ceramic paintings with long artistic conception, profound meaning and interesting meaning, it leaves a vast space for unlimited reverie and artistic appreciation. As the saying goes: It is better to hear than to see, I hope you have the opportunity to visit the Jinan Museum in person, and come together to witness the unique style of "Ancient Porcelain Intentionally Auspicious Stop - Collection of Ming and Qing Porcelain Auspicious Culture Exhibition", and welcome the New Year in the millennium pattern!
Exhibition time: Spring Festival in 2022 - early June
Exhibition venue: Jinan City Museum on the first floor of the third exhibition hall
(Dazhong Daily client reporter Tian Kexin correspondent Yu Xiaozheng reported)