To Explore Chu Lacquerware Art Under The Influence Of Chu Customs

There is a saying “whether Chu people dead or alive,cannot without lacquerware”, in Chu, lacquer runs through every aspect of people’s lives. The Chu lacquer art inherited the ancient tradition, at the same time learn from the external culture, famous for romantic style and magnificent colorful decoration,it is an important chapter in the Chinese ancient art.The Chu lacquerware is an important part of the Chu culture, it’s also a manifestation of Chu customs and is the first peak period of the development of Chinese lacquer, is also an exotic flower in the Chinese art history. The Chu witch custom spawned some strange bizarre funeral equipment, laid a mystery style of Chu lacquer. Chu people’s worship influence the modeling and color of Chu lacquer. Chu people like slender waist, dance, militancy and other special interests create a different kindof prosperity to Chu lacquer. Even though with the rapid development of the technology, more and more synthetic and new materials has been developed,lacquer still occupy a place in people’s life.The problem take the Chu lacquer’s performance under the Chu custom impact as the research target, by combining some ancient books and archaeological finds, to discuss the specific performance of Chu lacquer in the influence of Chu Custom, then to explore the relationship between the Chu lacquer and the customs and, and extend to the relationship between custom and design. Then to narrate the modern interpretation of Chu lacquer art, in order to let more people know Chu lacquer art and inspired for the contemporary design.Expand the discussion from five parts. The first part introduces the background of the Chu customs, specific performance and salient features. The second part focuses on the current situation archaeological,the cause of prosperity and the development process of Chu lacquer.The third part focus on analysis the specific performance of Chu lacquer with the influence of Chu custom, mainly from the state of the Wu culture, totem worship and special interest of Chu people,focused on the display of Chu lacquer under the influence of Chu Customs,include shape, decoration and color. On the basis of the third part, the fourth part is summed up the relationship between Chu lacquer and Chu customs, to explain how the Chu customs influence Chu people’s thinking of design 、purchasing needs and the preference for lacquer’s style, then to extend the relationship between customs and design. In the fifth part, describes the contemporary Chulacquer and design elements of Chu lacquer applied for the contemporary design,then to reveal the activity of Chu lacquer to the contemporary design.