The Research Of Song Dynasty’s Festival Paintings

In Chinese history,the Song Dynasty is a period of unprecedented prosperity and development ofurban economy. With the development of social, political, economic and cultural systems, the publicsectors rised in the Song Dynasty as a new social class. As the spiritual and cultural requirements of thepublic sectors increased, the folk pleasure-seeking culture flourished. Festival activities tend to be matureand improved in the Song Dynasty and its diverse activities, various contents, deep cultural connotationprovides a fertile ground for the growth of the festival paintings in the Song Dynasty. The Geographicaland periodical characteristics of the Song Dynasty gives the seasonal painting rich artical language andunique artistic temperament.Festival painting in the Song Dynasty is valuable. And its historical value andcultural value are also underestimated. It gives us not only the reproduction of the image data of the Songfestival folk life, but also enough thought-provoking modern signifiicance.This essay was written with the social background of the Song Dynasty, using folklore, literature, arttheorys and results, in order to anlyze the reasons of the flourish of the Festival painting in the SongDynasty and its artistic characteristics, historical values and significance.The essay is written in four parts:Chapter Ⅰ: The source of festival painting. In academic area, referring to the festival painting, peoplegenerally think it is just the New Year paintings. The understanding of the festival paintingis limited andnot correct. This essay points out the correct concepts and definition of festival painting, using the oldTwenty-four solar terms and the traditional folk festivals as a starting point to explore the origins anddevelopment the festival painting, preparing for the study of the Song Dynasty festival painting;Chapter Ⅱ: Festival activities in the Song Dynasty and Festival painting. The development of festivalpainting must be closely linked to festivals. This chapter has two aspects. One is Folk Customs andFestivals of the Song Dynasty, the other is the participation of various class in the Song Dynasty in thefestival of festival activities, analyzing the reasons for the flourish of festival painting with social factors;Chapter Ⅲ: Artistic features of the Song Festival painting. This chapter analyzes the artistic featuresof Song Festival painting on the geographical and periodical characters of the Song Dynasty. Find out common characteristics of the existing Festival painting of the Song Dynasty and summarize the artisticfeatures of the Song Festival painting;Chapter Ⅳ: The modern significance of seasonal paintings of the Song Dynasty. Based on the firstthree chapters, this part reveals the historical value of the Festival paintingof the Song Dynasty, pointingout that Seasonal painting of Song Dynasty has great meaning to the lack of modern festival activitycultural.