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Achang Husa Knife Of The Plastic Arts

Posted on:2011-08-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q Y DaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205330332478046Subject:Art of Design
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Mankind has experienced a long history of cold weapons, sword as weapons, and also as a production tool to open up the long course of development of human. It is a Highly developed technological society nowadays, armored iron railings, slash and burn of the eventful years have gradually diverged. However, there are still someone among us keeping the old and mistery"sword culture." They don't like to use modern mechanized, electronic production technology,even resist it, they like "ancestral thoroughly tempered" and "fires spread" better.Husa sword is known as "Husa sword","Achang sword", "Jingpo sword",Because of produced by Achangs live in husa village, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province Longchuan County.The Achangs have been making sword and other irons for a thousand years, after years of accumulation and improvment Husa sword spread extremely exquisite, and effected the social cultural and lives of surrounding area. It is known as China's four national iron tool, like Tibetan daggers, knives Yingjisha, Baoan knivse.So it is a rare precious cultural heritage.This paper aims to study with rich field survey data and literature-based access through in-depth as close as possible to fully reflect Husa sword's historical and cultural background scattering and many aspects of the plastic arts, then to explore the "sword culture"ceated by achangs and their Neighborhoods.plastic arts of Husa sword, based on its production process is diversified, professional,the shape and decoration of blades, knife handle and sheath are unique composition and organization can be described as each has its seamless advantages. The Colorful sword, cloisonne enamel, steel clip, bronze insert and so on,these technologys are descriding the beauty of husa sword.Shape, material, color, the basic contents of the plastic arts embodyed Achang's diversity of cultural and artistic cultivation. Visual Arts combines the aesthetic characteristics of husa sword spread the profound artistic content reflects the common folk arts and crafts another unique. "sword culture" and the minorities are forming a deep and mistery culture. As a tool to use, multi-cultural, images realism, mental demands are the general characteristics and methods of husa swords'modeling, expressing pursuit of natural beauty, arts, crafts and decorative beauty of the perfect interpretation of the aesthetic ideas, in his best shape and reflect the process of its beauty, they also have recourse to the expression of Achang's pioneering spirit and a national sentiment. Achang culture as a totem, spread sword was given a human soul-"soul of sword".Husa sword technology, culture and industrial development provides a number of internal for us some valuable ways and means, both economic and cultural forms of development, whether unconscious generation, or conscious guidance, it is able to providing some experience of protecting the non-material cultural heritage. Regardless of their own, or a majority of ethnic arts and crafts practitioners, the development of ideas are worth further study to optimize the intangible cultural heritage protection and development of the overall strategy.Husa sword went through the Millennium family history, it represents a family spreading Achang's ancient culture, but also with the local ethnic groups to maintain the friendship between the Neighborhoods, colorful arts and crafts and the profound meaning of "sword culture" are always conveying the unique thinking, expressing Achang's value of friendship and expectations of integration into modern society and the restless quest to maintain cultural diversity.
Keywords/Search Tags:husa sword, Achang, production process, Visual Arts, aesthetic characteristics, cultural connotation
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