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.
Birds are auspicious
"The divine birds dance, the light floats in the Xuan of "Wanton Summer"; the birds sing each other, and the music of the leaves and the heavens."
——Tang Wang Bo, "Ode to the Qianyuan Temple"
Birds are also one of the more important themes in the auspicious ornamentation of porcelain, with beautiful and luxurious peacocks, pairs of Mandarin ducks, magpies that perceive auspicious signs, and flying cranes that symbolize longevity, defining the deep connotation of auspiciousness with beautiful posture and unique allegory.
crane
Cranes, with their high-pitched and long-pitched chirps and their leisurely flying posture, are often given the impression of the Dao Bone Fairy Wind. In Taoist thought, the crane that flies between heaven and earth flies into the legend of the gods and immortals, becoming a crane that can communicate between heaven and earth, so it becomes a symbol of high purity and elegance, so most cultivators use cranes as companions. The Huainanzi Shu Lin Xun has a saying: "Crane Shou Chitose, to swim with extremes; ephemerals live and die twilight, and enjoy themselves." "Folk regard the crane as a fairy, it has become synonymous with immortality; pine, the length of a hundred trees, evergreen immortality, the two are combined, taking the meaning of "pine crane longevity".
mandarin duck
The Mandarin duck has been a symbol of conjugal love since ancient times. The "Ancient and Modern Notes" refers to the Mandarin duck as: "Male and female have not tasted separation, and if a person gets one of them, he will die with one thought, so he is called a bird." The Mandarin duck, which represents harmony and happiness, also snoozes in the poet's poems: "If you have to become a mandarin duck and die, you are willing to be a mandarin duck without envying the immortals", "Birds and flowers are fragrant in March spring, mandarin ducks fly with their necks and doubles"; the bird with a white crown on the head is called "White-headed Man", which is said to have always lived from one end to the other, and it is very long-lived, frost stained whiteheads. People use this kind of bird and bird that represents the birds and finches from the beginning to the end, the white head and the old man, and the beautiful vision of the love of the husband and wife, the white head and the old age.
chicken
Chickens were one of the first poultry domesticated and raised by humans. From ancient times to the present, there has never been a lack of chickens in people's lives and creations. Chickens that appear in books and scrolls, cups and dishes are often accompanied by mountain stones and flowers, or bright and colorful, or fresh and elegant. Since the Ming Dynasty, the chicken bowl cup has become a plaything on top of the royal dragon case and a rare art treasure. "Chicken" and "Ji" are homophonous, and the chicken in the porcelain means "Daji"; "crown" and "official" are homophonous, and the rooster and the cockcomb flower are combined together, which means the yin yin feeling of "official and official". The most common poultry in life, with its varied harmonic sounds and allegorical methods, constitute a whimsical jiyu series.
This piece of porcelain is densely decorated with its inner pattern, a circle of "Daji" ornamentation in the pot, birds and finches on the bottom of the pot, flowers and grasses, lush vegetables, and a brightly colored lantern hanging high, a prosperous scene. All of these are taken from the meaning of "rich", "rich", "numerous", "lamp" and "deng" homophonous, expressing people's beautiful long-cherished wish of "grain abundance".
The rooster and the cockscomb flowers on the bottle are combined together, and the "crown" and "official" are homophonous, implying the yin yin feelings of "official plus official"; the blooming peony means rich and auspicious, taking the auspicious rooster to stroll in it, "chicken" and "pole" are harmonious, which is a good omen that means "rich to the extreme".
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)