A product for the ancient court officials, with lotus homonym incorruptible, indicating advocating the spirit of the first incorruptible. "Lotus"Also called"Qinglian", there are in Buddhism"There is a green lotus in the fire pit"The lotus flower is often used as a metaphor"Honesty and integrity", folk use a lotus flower symbol"A clean and honest product", I hope that politicians will be honest and upright.
Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty is a bottle of green lotus.
Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), known as Uncle Mao, was a philosopher of the Northern Song Dynasty. Author of "Ai Lian Said":"To love the lotus out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, straight through the outside, not vines and branches, fragrant far and clear, pavilions and quiet planting, can be seen from a distance and can not be blasphemed"。From the Yuan to the Qing Dynasty, Jingdezhen kiln porcelain was often painted with this theme of ornamentation.
Taipei National Palace collection Yongle bouquet of lotus**.
China is a country that cherishes porcelain, and porcelain has become a national symbol in China's history. As a bright pearl in Chinese porcelain, blue and white porcelain has spread widely, evaluated so high and influential that it has reached a height that no other porcelain can reach. Blue and white porcelain is unique in its freshness, showiness and brightness, and it has created a new visual field of blue and white porcelain with the characteristics of character stories as the decorative theme. The blue pattern and the white carcass complement each other, like a beautiful ink painting, which can always be impressive.
It is rumored that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, rewarded his ministers with blue and white painted with "a bouquet of lotus", which means "incorruptible" and warned the ministers to be innocent and upright. Since then, successive dynasties have had a great influence and actively advocated such blue and white plates. Let's take a look at the famous blue and white lotus pattern plate in history.
Ming Yongle a bouquet of lotus blue and white flowers**.
Ming Xuande a bouquet of lotus blue and white flowers**.
A bouquet of blue and white lotus pattern plates of Yongxuan in the Ming Dynasty is now in the Changshu Museum.
Shandong Museum also has a particularly perfect Xuande lotus **. The plate is open, shallow belly, circled foot, and the bottom is unglazed. The center of the plate is painted with aquatic plants such as lotus, lotus pod, and mushroom, which are tied together with silk ribbons and spread out up and down. The upper flowers and leaves dance in the wind, and the lotus fragrance is long;The lower roots ripple with the waves, and the demeanor is in all directions. The color of the whole ** blue and white is suitable, and the luster is soft and not dazzling, like a fresh and elegant lotus appreciation picture.
Ming Xuande blue and white bouquet lotus pattern**.
It is now in the collection of Shandong Museum.
Height 6 cm, diameter 34 cm, bottom diameter 245 cm.
The porcelain plate is large in size, the wall thickness is heavy, and the decoration in the center of the plate is delicate, vivid and natural.
The blue and white bouquet lotus pattern ** is the most common blue and white porcelain plate in the Yongxuan period. The center of the plate is painted with a "bouquet of lotus" pattern. Lotus flowers, lotus pods with aquatic plants such as mushrooms, red knotweeds, cattails, etc., tied together with ribbons, it is "a bunch of lotus". At that time, this plate was made using the homonym of blue and white and lotus, implying the meaning of "incorruptible", which means that officials must be incorruptible.
In a bouquet of lotus, the lotus, the mushroom, the red knotweed and other plants have their own meanings. The lotus flower is a traditional Chinese pattern, which means noble and clean, and indicates that the mud is not stained. The leaves are very sharp, but they do not hurt the hands, and although the flowers are not dazzling, they open silently. The ancients used the word "cihu" to imply good conduct. Red knotweed is stimulating, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Yue Goujian "eyes lie down to attack it", which means that when you are too sleepy, take the knotweed flower to spicy eyes, and you will not be sleepy. The "salary" of lying on the salary is knotweed. Knotweed means that the gentleman does not forget his roots. Cattails can be eaten when they are young, and they can be used to weave tables when they are old, implying a simple life. This "incorruptible" style had a great influence on later generations, and both the Ming and Qing dynasties advocated this style of blue and white porcelain plates.
Qing Yongzheng is a bouquet of lotus blue and white flowers**.
The blue and white pattern is rich and colorful, and the blue and white lotus pattern is a unique blue and white pattern, also known as "a bunch of lotus". The lotus pattern refers to the painting of a bouquet of lotus flowers, lotus pods and lotus leaves tied together with ribbons on blue and white porcelain. This kind of decoration first appeared in the Yaozhou kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty, and has since been widely used in various types of blue and white porcelain. The lotus pattern forms include "a handful of lotus" placed in the water waves, "two lotus" of staggered symmetry, "three lotus" and "scattered lotus" of three parts of the world.
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