The Discussion On The Flower-and-Bird Jade Of China Ancient Times

The flowered and bird's jade carving, is refers to with decorative designs in a utensil and so on ,the flowers and plants, birds and beasts, fish insect uses for the ornamental mold theme to watch or the decoration jade carving. From said essentially that the Chinese ancient times' flower-and-bird jade carving, was the glorious Chinese etiquette civilization and the West Plastic arts union product.Although China time immemorial presented the massive bird grain jade carving, but its basic function is serves for the political power rule, does not belong to flower-and-bird jade carving in the true sense. Xia Shang and Zhou generation of time, along with the national civilization's formation and the development, the jade carving transforms by the prehistoric sole myth's utensil into the prominent right ,the difference high and low rank's etiquette uses. But said from the basis that the jade carving mainly uses in the religious etiquette, with decorates the environment, the beautified life to have nothing to do with basically, therefore is not the genuine flower-and-bird jade carving. The Chun qiu Period time, the rituals of state are destroyed, pass through the Warring States several hundred year political reform movement, establishes to the Qin dynasty, China ancient times the society has completed from the traditional rituals of state society to emerging legal system society's reforming. China ancient times the traditional jade carving's function also sole revered by the past society aristocrats makes sacrifices to a god, worships the king the etiquette apparatus to start to move toward the common custom, the inflow folk, had social functions gradually and so on arrangement and decoration.To the Han Dynasty, common custom decoration patterns and so on Western society popular lotus flower gradually along with Buddhism' disseminates , but in the Chinese regional popular dissemination. China ancient times the society gradually developed presents in the independent significance artistic work, China ancient times the jade carving started to appear uses the jade from the etiquette with the jade to the common custom the transformation. The flower-and-bird jade carving in Tang Dynasty's appearance, was China ancient times in the jade carving history one time has the milestone significance significant transition, its appearance, caused the well-established Chinese tradition jade culture development sequence to complete finally has used the jade from the etiquette with the jade to the common custom the historical transformation.Liao, Song, Jin, Yuan, bright, clear time, founded the flower-and-bird jade carving development by the Tang Dynasty to present two big branches: At the same time, two Song which, the Yuan founds a nation area the area south of Yellow River, bright and Qing Dynasty's flower-and-bird jade carving, because since has received Tang flower-and-bird painting to dye and to influence subtly, has obtained the very big development. But rises in the Northeast area distant golden dynasty, in the local prairie flower-and-bird painting sends the cultural atmosphere under the influence, since buying in has received passed on the area south of Yellow River area Tang's flower-and-bird jade carving tradition, sends creates and develops the alone historical characteristics and the national characteristics take hawk seizes the swan and the wooded mountain compete as the basic creation theme"the spring crystal"and"the fall mountain jade". Its style characteristic, perishes clear after epoch Ming and Qing, because became China ancient times in jade carving history rare and beautiful flowers.