An Evolutional Research Of The Fish Emblazonment From Emblematic Meaning To Ornament Meaning

The fish emblazonment is full of original vitality. In the history of emblematic emblazonment of China, when it comes to certain subject that develops for a lasting time, contains a plentiful content and takes a strong emblem, it is only the fish emblazonment. Under the direction of idealism and romanticism of our ancestors, the fish emblazonment is an artistic pattern that shows a happy life through the symbolic way. When we put the fish emblazonment into the emblematic area of the whole China, we can find that the extreme worship to the genital organs and the strong sorcery meaning have disappeared gradually. However, its emblematic meaning to life has been converted into a unconscious idea that hides in our national culture, and it results in a deep effect on our national art and the aesthetic pursuit. Taking the symbolic evolution of the fish pattern as the foundation, this article expounds the evolutional course of the model of the fish emblazonment from the originally natural form to the abstract form and the evolution from the originally emblematic meaning to decorative meaning, which mark the gradual progress of the way of thought in the traditional design from the elementary stage to the advanced stage. The fish emblazonment has gone towards the real life from the idea of sorcery and religion and has taken off the original nature of sorcery. In modern designs, the fish emblazonment emphasizes more about its decoration and its decorative meaning still contains a kind of desire to the fish symbolizing good omen. We can use the ancient designing ideas that are embodied in the evolution course of the fish emblazonment for reference of modern designs. The designs should not take culture as ornaments that can improve status. It is not enough to only use traditional emblazonment and marks. We should understand the predecessors' knowledgement to the world and themselves after their creation. Traditional emblazonment and marks is not our pursuing aim, but the ideas of traditional design have important enlightenments to our modern design. Maybe today we dare not assure our demonstration can make history reappear, but we must show the points of our own accurately as possible as we can. Through the evolution research to the fish emblazonment reflecting the ideas of ancient designs, it is indispensable contents to the theoretical research of modern designs.