Research On Exported Ivory Carving Packaging Design Of Canton Thirteen-Hongs In Qing Dynasty

Ever since the Qing government decreed in 1757 that foreign merchants could trade only in Canton,Until 1842,Canton was the only legal port for foreign trade in China,the import and export commodities must be transacted through Canton Thirteen-Hongs,western consumers like to buy Chinese specialties,such as silk,tea,ceramic medicines and so on.Packaging is one of the exported goods of Thirteen-Hongs and comes in many forms,Some are made of ceramic,lacquer,metal and so on,Some are carved from wood,bamboo,ivory and so on,Most of the ivory carving packaging is done in Canton area,because the production of packaging was restricted by outdated transportation conditions and production technology.These ivory packages not only reflect the extraordinary workmanship of Canton ivory carving,but also has a strong Chinese style.Therefore,it is strongly pursued by Chinese and western merchants,craftsmen and consumers.The positioning of Exported Ivory Carving Packaging of Canton Thirteen-Hongs in Qing Dynasty is luxury.For function,it can symbolize the status of the user,Package contents,protecting content and so on.For culture,it has certain artistic value,aesthetic value,spiritual value and collection value.This article adopts the research methods of multiple disciplines,this thesis aims to study the exported ivory carving packaging of Canton Thirteen-Hongs in Qing dynasty and divided into the following five parts to study it.In the first part,This article elaborate the historical background,natural environment and social environment of Canton Thirteen-Hongs in Qing dynasty according to the history of Canton foreign trade,ivory trade and the development process of the art of Canton ivory carving,Introduce the formation reason and development process of exported Canton ivory carving packaging,and then analyzes its inducement factors and the political,historical,geographical,economic and technological factors that restrict its development,Finally,analyzes the communication of Chinese and western design art in the Thirteen-Hongs Period Guide by the Chinese style trend popular in the western countries in the 18th and 19th centuries.Part two,in this paper,Functional types of packaging was reviewed by clue of the sales and evolution in western countries of Canton exported ivory carving in Thirteen-Hongs in Qing Dynasty.On this basis,its academic concept is constructed.Furthermore,the paper analyzes the life habit,cultural reference and aesthetic orientation of packaging consumers.Part three,The article summarizes its artistic characteristics and discusses the characteristics of Chinese art and western art style within exported ivory carving packaging of Canton Thirteen-Hongs in Qing Dynasty.Part four,Based on the principle of beauty,this paper discusses the design aesthetic features of exported ivory carving packaging of Canton Thirteen-Hongs in Qing dynasty,including the beauty of material,the beauty of craft,the beauty of form and the beauty of implication.The last part,Guided by the One Belt And One Road policy,Chinese cultural self-confidence advocate and the cultural construction of city clusters in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao greater bay area construction,This thesis Explore the inheritance strategy of exported ivory carving packaging of Canton Thirteen-Hongs in Qing dynasty into modern packaging design,And then analyzed its application in modern packaging.