Chinese Peony Pattern Chart

Author: Chen Luxia
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: This book mainly introduces Chinese peony pattern charts. In folk art, peony patterns are even more colorful and diverse, not only in forms but also in the materials, styles, and decorative items involved, which are countless. Moreover, their symbolic meanings are clearer and more direct, with prosperity and good fortune being their main connotations. Patterns composed of peonies and elements like longevity rocks, peach blossoms, primroses, white-headed birds, vases, and peacocks also carry meanings such as "longevity and prosperity," "ten aspects of prosperity," "prosperity through the seasons," and "prosperity and peace."
The most iconic is the "Phoenix playing with peonies" pattern, which, in addition to symbolizing prosperity, is also used for weddings and to represent love, becoming an important theme for depicting folk romance. Whether in historical or modern folk art, peonies, as natural flowers and decorative patterns symbolizing auspiciousness and beauty, have not only become an important form for people to express happiness and fulfillment in life but have also gradually evolved into a richly symbolic artistic motif.