Chinese Poetry Style Flower Arrangement - Tang Poetry Series (Chinese Poetry Style Flower Arrangement Series)

Author: Qi Fang
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Publish Date: 2003-02-18
Features: This is a distinctive, or rather unique, book of artistic floral arrangements. It is distinctive—because the inspiration for the floral works comes from ancient literary forms: Tang poetry and Song lyrics. It is a kind of intoxication, a kind of obsession, that takes you on a journey through the fragrant scents drifting from the fields of that bygone era, allowing you to savor the fleeting sounds of different flower crowns blooming in that space. Every flower, every stem, every leaf reinterprets the joys and sorrows of heaven and earth, the partings and reunions of the human world. The flowers are a poem, the leaves a stanza, the tips of the branches branch out into countless twigs, entwining the unbreakable sorrows in the brows and hearts, thread by thread.
It is unique—because some of the artistic floral arrangements in the book use Tang and Song porcelain collected by the author as vases. These objects from the same era as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Liu Yong, Li Qingzhao, and Xin Qiji, once again come to life with the freshness of the flowers. Among them are some broken pieces, these fragments of civilization, filled with clear water and spiritual flowers, even more highlighting the astonishing beauty of the ancient vessels and the beauty of their imperfections. The author wishes to share with you the clarity of the poetry, the ancient charm of the vessels, and the elegance of the flowers—the songs of Tang and Song.