Circle Has Its Own Route

Circle is the simplest one among all the figures. Round ball is also the simplest one among all the objects. The art of circle and circular is not stably existing in ideology and reflecting in our daily life. From the practical use of the colorful pottery in Neolithic to the symbolic meaning of the tools in sacrifice during Shang and Zhou Dynasty, and then the simple decoration on the instruments used in daily life. The changeable roles of "Circle" in the ancient society show us its change in the ideology. For the research of circle, all the experts and learners both in and out or ancient and modern draw their conclusion from different aspects and angles. But all of them put their attention much to the cultural meaning and philosophic meaning. The experts of researching the technological design do their analysis only on the pattern itself or the round object itself.The importance of this article is the periodic conclusion for the development of circle in ancient times and tries to have some sense on the development of .circle and circle patterns. The cognitive for the beauty of circle of Chinese is from the initially simple imitation to the carefully design later. Circle is gradually changed in ideology, which becomes the symbol of Chinese nation's appreciation of the beauty.Then, this article introduces several concrete forms of expression of circles, from the respect for the sun, the circle of the sky, the circle of samsara, the circle for perfect to the circle of Taiji. Through the combination of the ideology at that time, we try to find the developmental regulations of the circle and find out the special functions of circle in art design.In ancient China, circle attracts many main-trends of thought and sub-trends of thought in contention of a hundred schools of thought. So despite the time, circle always can get refined taste, or get people's great favor. This specialty of circle also provides good references in art design for modern people. Its functional value on the modern art design is worth of our good understanding.