On Cultural Connotations Of Decorating Pattern And Characteristics Of Art In Sanduo House

Sanduo House is a house which have many characters "shou" and was built with the theme of "more blessing,more longevity and more sons" when the CAO family was at its zenith during MING and QING dynasty. The decorating Patterns of its construction and furnitures are delicate and exquisite, and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy. It was Chinese art rarity which have both great aesthetic value of art and historical and cultural value. Ever since a long time ago, the artistic and cultural values of the decorating Patterns in Sanduo House attracted relatively little attention. And we have a severe shortage of work such as about its research, protection and inherit. We can hardly find the record no matter written materials or picture informations. Therefore, it is a very meaningful work to save some complete and precise information for Sanduo House. Hopefully these research material will contribute to the development and inherit of the decorating Patterns in Sanduo House.The decorating Patterns in Sanduo House emerged in Ming and Qing dynasty, when politically, feudalization decomposed and economically, capitalism emerged and the country is in a very healthy state. The features,under such influence, have changed from concise and decent to gorgeous in ming dynasty and from native art to mingling of East-West in Qing dynasty. The feature of ideology and culture in Ming and Qing dynasty:Native Daoism culture was shocked by the foreign Buddhism culture, and eventually, the cultural pattern which combine three regions into one was formed. Under the influence, the features of decorating patterns compromised the merits of the thoughts of three regions, which focused on form shape under the influence of mind. Local customs background have also changed from totemism in the early time to the expectation of life and the pursuit of one's own, from pursuit of God to pursuit of humanity. The subject matter on pursuit of person of noble character,in which man shows the concern of mankind to his self being, come to the fore in large numbers.The decorating patterns in Sanduo House have great artistic value. It not only inherits the quintessence of previous generation, but also presents salient features in Ming and Qing dynasty. Its Style characteristic is delicate and gorgeous, its modeling feature is complete and rich and its aesthetic image is harmonious. The decorating patterns also have profound historical and cultural connotation. The patterns present a kind of style that is concise in shape, and complex in details which reflect the social characters in Ming and Qing period. It aesthetically pursue native, complete and harmony, which proved the thought of combination of three regions.The subject matter that the decorating patterns show are mainly bats, deer, plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum and so on. They reflect the features of folk customs in that period and the concern of humanity. Its decorative art is the epitome of material and spiritual life in an era, and stamped with the indelible brand of characteristics of the times. Therefore, people should give more attention to them.Sanduo House represent the Chinese national art, which should be inherited and protected very well. With the development of modern architecture, many excellent national art like Sanduo House are disappeared quickly. So we must correctly handle the relationship between protection and development, reinforce its legal construction and make laws and regulations on Preservation of Building of Culture Relics and establish special organization who is in charge of management and conducting propaganda and carrying on education.In addition, encourage to innovate in traditional art and promote its development.Traditional decorating elements have to be processed by the way of combination of traditional culture and modern advanced technology and new material in order to pursue unity of form and spirit and an artistic conception. Chinese traditional decorating art is famous for its gorgeous patterns and rich in color and have unique Chinese style.