The Research On Aesthetic Characteristics Of Figure Ornaments Of Objects Of Tomb Of Marquis Yi Of Zeng State

Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng state is one of the most major hundred archaeological discoveries of China in 20th century, which is famous for its great amount of archaeological finds, full range, highly skilled and high value of academic research. Unearthed large chimes is called "the eighth wonder of the world," which is well-preserved and magnificent. The exquisite zun-pan and mysterious lacquer painting inside coffin are unprecedented important discovry in archaeological history, music history. and bronze metallurgy history in china, and are full of distinctive characteristics of the times. Tens of thousands of unearthed precious artifacts with great historical and cultural research value have become of the data for researching the brilliant achievements of Chinese history, culture, and art of the fifth century BC and the basis for analysing the historical origin and social background of these achievements. And as the important culture background of Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng state, Chu culture also has the important historical and cultural research value.The symbols, patterns, and color of objects from Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng state are not only playing a purely decorative role, but also containing a huge meaning and aesthetic essence of the times and representing arts characteristics of a specific age and regional. And these arts characteristics also reflect of life, art and cultural values, and aesthetic ideas of the whole community in arts. The research of aesthetic characteristics has important significance for correct understanding the traditional cultural characteristics, aesthetic values, philosophy and cultural thought, unique art style features and social development in the period of Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng state. And the figure ornaments of objects in tomb reflect artistic style characteristics of Chu. So through the summary of aesthetic characteristics of figure ornaments of objects in tomb, we could learn colorful, unique art charm of Chu and art having different styles with the North Central Plains Region and further deepen our understanding of art and culture style of the tomb and Chu culture. The figure styling of the tomb provides a good reference for modern art design, and the analysis and summary of aesthetic characteristics of figure ornaments of objects in tomb are practical guides to the construction of modern art design system.This article chooses the representative lacquer and bronze ornaments as objects of study, sort out and summarize the academic research contents about the tomb. The author use field visits method, historical literature method, image analysis method, and comparative analysis methods. The article involves the shape of bronze, the classification and combination of figure ornaments and patterns of bronze and lacquer, performance of decorative art style, decorative art style and color performance. The article compares the figure ornaments of Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng state with the one of other Chu tomb in northern area in space and time, and sort out and summarize aesthetic characteristics of figure ornaments of objects in tomb. We conclude that the aesthetic characteristics are Chu-style beautiful with brisk, flow and pretty, mysterious and romantic beauty, the view of red and black color tone and discuss the root of forming aesthetic characteristics. Through the summary of aesthetic characteristics, we could learn life style of public, aesthetic values, aesthetic ideas, philosophy and cultural thought, unique art style features in the period of Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng state, and hope to bring inspiration for modern art design.