| Chinese traditional patterns which have distinctive national characteristics,unique aesthetic value and rich cultural connotations are immensely popular with people throughout the world.These exquisite,simple or mysterious patterns contain a large quantity of patterns of Chinese character combinations with fanciful shapes and ingenious designs.With a long history,the patterns of Chinese character combinations also indicate forebears love for life and their pursuit of beauty.They also reflect the spirit world of ancient civilians from another angle.Thus,they show high value for research.This topic first discusses the concept and origin of patterns of Chinese character combinations are discussed in detail,which is followed by particular classification.According to different cultural attributes endowed by the decoration,patterns of Chinese character combinations are divided into four categories in the study:decorations with auspicious meaning,decorations with religious meaning,decorations reflecting folk culture and decorations recording political and historical events on the basis of plenty of collections,analysis,comparison and induction of related graphic materials.Secondly,the paper summarizes the artistic characteristics of patterns of Chinese character combinations in combination style,form rules,color expression and so on through a comparative analysis of the development and evolution of the decorative style as well as its form of expression.Moreover,the design philosophy of patterns of Chinese character combinations could be found further including watching for image,the worship of nature,eclecticism and getting clear meaning from vague description.Thirdly,according to specific design cases,it explains the value of the applying Chinese character combination decorations to modern graphic design,coupled with new development of Chinese character combination decorations in this domain.Finally,the innovative direction of patterns of Chinese character combinations in modern graphic design are summarized.First,adding decorations needs to be consistent with shapes to reflect the beauty of patterns.Second,design needs to follow the traditional five-color concept and use Chinese traditional colors subtly to present oriental aesthetics.Third,it is necessary to be innovative and active in breaking the old themes and common decorative patterns.Fourth,designers need to express humanistic care and tell Chinese stories well in virtue of beautiful connotations after comprehensively understanding the symbolic meaning and design philosophy in patterns of Chinese character combinations,endowing modern graphic design with more traditional cultural connotations. |