Qi Style & Shao Charm-The Exploration Of Visualization Of Traditional Shao Music

As the most representative court music,Shao Music enjoyed great popularity among countless celebrities and people with lofty ideals in ancient times.Originally born among the Eastern Yi ethnic groups in the Shang Dynasty,the melody of Shao Music is not only beautiful but also solemn and pleasant to listen to.Even Confucius believed that it reached the acme of perfection after listening to it.It is thus conceivable how touching Shao Music was at that time.Later,Shao Music was introduced into the State of Qi,instilling a new culture in the historical environment at that time.Such kind of reform further endowed Shao Music with a higher value of art appreciation,which formed the unique Shao Music featured by the Qi style.With Shao Music as the entry point,the paper aims to better convey the distinctive regional features and unique artistic style of the Qi culture using the visual expression of language in the historical context of the Qi culture at that time.In this way,people in the current era featuring information diversification can develop a visual cognition of traditional culture,strengthen the exploration and elaboration of the traditional cultural inheritance system,safeguard the basic elements of the Chinese national culture,and make full use of outstanding traditional culture in this new era.This is exactly the internal motivation and profound origin of the study on Shao Music to realizing modern transformation.The author urges people not to forget Shao Music and prevent it from declining because of people's decreased pursuit of traditional art.The paper conducts the analysis and creation from three angles.First,a comprehensive analysis is carried out on the historical background and cultural development of Shao Music.Secondly,the author interprets ancient and modern masters at home and abroad who create with music as their inspiration.The author analyzes their creation and then applies their experience to his/her own design and creation.In the end,the design and creation process is elaborated based on the previous investigation.With Shao Music as the visual image design,the author creates four corresponding works based on four themes and makes relevant promotion anddesign as well as the corresponding extended brand products,so that the Shao Music culture can be publicized via more channels.