The The Northern Song Peony Aesthetic Culture

The concept that the peony is the king of all flowers established since Northern-song Dynasty and this was the time when the peony culture highly thrived. Cultivation career of the peony developed in a rapid way and made great changes.Not only in numbers but also in the activity and variety of the ornamental activities which were widely developed and in rich variety. All this make the peony culture come to the summit and made a huge progress. At the same time, the view of people of the time about the culture of the peony has changed a lot compared to it was in Tang Dynasty, and finally made peony a beloved and highly respectable cultural imagery.The first chapter discusses the reasons and backgrounds of the thriving of the culture of peony in this dynasty as a whole. By this we can clearly understand the reason why all the booms of the peony can happen in this dynasty; The second chapter researches the development of peony of northern song dynasty and its historical position and value; The third chapter elaborates the development of the aesthetic understanding of peony of The Northern Song Dynasty;The forth chapter refers to the scale, technology, concept and relevant theories of the planting of peony in The Northern Song Dynasty; The fifth chapter tells the real face of ornamental peony enjoyment through research about its masters, methods, theories and influences. The sixth chapter talks about the literary creation of peony of The Northern Song Dynasty which was the most strong proof of the thrive of the culture of peony; The seventh chapter describes the development of peony in the field of folk art and painting; the fifth chapter emphasis on; While the eighth chapter as a conclusion is about Luoyang peony and its course of becoming famous, its characteristics and cultural significances.