Design Thought Research On Bronze Wares Of Shang And Zhou Dynasty

As one of the four great ancient civilizations of China,created a rich and splendid Chinese civilization.Its extensive and profound thoughts of design deserve us to explore.Bronze as the spiritual treasure of ancient Chinese,it's sparkling.Shang and Zhou dynasty is the heyday of bronze ware development,as the representatives at the top of the material culture,bronze wares fell into slave owners to maintain their rule of politics,therefore made the bronze grave,mystery,majesty.With this kind of feeling,some people experience our great national spirit of Chinese and her majestic,strong strength,it is distinctive artistic appeal of bronze craftsmanship,and made people excited deeply.Shang and Zhou period bronze industry production quickly,bronze ware development reached the boom.It has many functions,strange shape,beautiful decoration and so on.The style is dignified but full of mystery,it contains very profound cultural connotation,and become a national symbol and power tools.This paper based on bronze of Shang and Zhou dynasty,used in literature and historical materials to research bronze design thought,it aimed to find artistic charm of bronze culture and carry forward the fine traditional culture of the Chinese nation.Civilization advanced during this period,the bronze casting boom,gradually came into people's horizons.Firstly it is not the spiritual and sensual pleasures for people,but as a part of people's life.It is a practical appliance,and people use to entertain god.Such as the weapon of defending territory,the tableware of filling meat dishes,the drinking vessel of holding wine,the important value of bronze is useful.And the wizard culture popular during this period,people afraid of the end of life,they pray for the ancestor to protect their future generations.The basic system of round and square,the gluttonous grain,dragon grain,phoenix bird patterns and so on,as well as the ancestor worship implies profound life value.The rulers in order to reveal the kingship is inviolable,through hierarchical ritual system to strengthen personal dictatorship,and a carrier to show by bronze ware,given its "priority in rank" meaning the different identity.It is "the ritual and level" to reach top.This idea contains ritual civilization bring about "a state of ceremonies" reputation.