Three Friends of Winter: Traditional Chinese Patterns and Modern Visual Design

Author: Hang Jian He Jie Le Dai Qiang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: "The Three Friends of Winter" in decoration refers to a combination pattern of pine, bamboo, and plum blossoms. It is widely used in arts and crafts, commonly appearing in decorative techniques such as dyeing and weaving, metalwork, lacquerware, and sculpture. Most traditional Chinese decorative patterns carry specific humanistic meanings. The use of pine, bamboo, and plum blossoms to form a series combination is a major characteristic of traditional patterns. Arts and crafts serve as the primary artistic means to express this. If architecture is cold music, then arts and crafts are rhythmic poetry. Arts and crafts pursue decoration, hence the importance of rhythmic beauty. This book collects articles by art and design experts from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. It reflects on tradition from a global perspective, traces the lineage of traditional patterns, reinterprets their meanings, and transforms their spirit into modern visual language.