Chinese Decorative Culture: Image and Text

Author: Zhanwangzhi
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: Your living space, the arrangement of your home, is you, it is a part of your life. As Liang Shiqiu said, "How much of a person's life, their joys and sorrows, is taken up by various objects? Without these objects, life would just be an empty framework, where would emotions then reside?" However, the mutual permeation and inclusion between people and objects lead to the cultural orientation of home furnishings and their entry into the realm of aesthetics, which is a long process.
Publisher's Note: The "Taste Life · Experience Cultural Life" series of the "Illustrated Textbook Life Culture" series is an art of appreciating and experiencing cultural life, and life itself is a form of culture. Over thousands of years of history, we have accumulated a rich and valuable heritage of life culture. How to inherit this heritage to enhance our living standards and cultural literacy has become an increasingly urgent topic for modern people. This "Illustrated Textbook Life Culture" series is primarily written by cultural scholars, imbued with their unique insights into life and profound understanding of culture. During your relaxed and enjoyable reading, you will not only appreciate the rich and profound cultural heritage of Chinese life culture but also gain unexpected aesthetic pleasure from the distinctive design of the book's cover and the exquisite and comfortable illustrations.
A home is not just a necessary place for people to live and rest but has also become a cultural form and way of existence for their lives, reflecting the owner's personality. Home furnishings are a form of art. Like other arts, they carry the meanings of time, ethnicity, and spirit. They are close to poetry, emphasizing the realm. The realm can be high or low, deep or shallow, but it must be harmonious and must contain the charm of life, making people feel joy and emotion when they are in it.