Ancient Chinese Literature Peach Theme And Image

The Peach was a widely distributed, early developed and employed plant in Chinese ancient times which kept close relationship with the ancient daily life. Therefore, it entered into the literature field earlier. The recordation and the representation of peach both had relative and absolute numerical advantages in the literature of every times . This dissertation focused on the peach blossoms in the Chinese ancient literature works, trying to conduct a deeper and more systematical exploration on its graphical arts, literature and cultural implications on the basis of capacious cultural background.The dissertation altogether divides top and bottom two arranges. Arranges first chapter to the fourth chapter narrates the development and evolution historical process of the peach blossom theme and the image. Next arranges for the fifth chapter to the eighth chapter, is to peach blossom's vivid characteristic and the literature and cultural significance explaining.The full use of peach fruits stems and blossoms in the pre-Qin days was the basis of the generation of literary and cultural implications of peach. Peach spirit ( A poem in the Book of songs) was the beginning of eulogizing beauties with peach blossom in Chinese literature. Specialized peach Fu and poems appeared in Wei and Jin Dynasty. Fu Mainly described the biological tribute and spiritual characteristics of the peach. While poems were full of cosmetics power scent of women and neglected the physical beauty of peach blossoms. The flowery beauties of the peaches were fully displayed in Tang Dynasty. Full description of the physical and natural beauty of the peaches and the deep probes into the imaginary application of the peaches showed the characteristics of development progress and prosperity in Tang Dynasty no matter in aesthetics and art. Song literature in the knowledge of peach blossoms tended to be deeper and more mature. It devoted to the study of the virtue and quality of peach blossoms instead of stressing its sensational characteristics. At the time of belittling them as "being vulgar" and " being seductive" , it disclosed the peaches have a kind of silent attractions. The intellectuals of Song Dynasty who go after refined life taste exaggerate greatly the immortal and spiritual role of the peaches, thus embodying the cultural characteristics of times of the knowledge of peach blossoms.Under the Chinese traditional cultural background of harmony of nature and human. Peach blossom was the symbol of the youth, the beauties and the life. This symbolic implication gave birth to different cultural connotations in different times. Peach blossoms and running water, peach blossoms and beauties'faces, and peach blossoms and the women were the typical representations ofthese connotations. The idea of immortal peaches in folk customs verifiedthe important position of the peaches in Chinese traditional culture with the deep and broad social background. The fountain of peach blossoms spring was the outcome of the peaches' various traditional culture implications, becoming the spiritual home the intellectuals eulogized and longed for.