Classical furniture carving assembly pattern encyclopedia

Carved patterns of plant and flower types.

This kind of pattern is often based on the prototype of life, through homophony, as well as the growth characteristics of the plant and its own attributes, to give meaning. Such as pine, curly grass pattern, passionflower pattern, plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum, etc. Taking Meilan, bamboo chrysanthemum as an example, these four plants are known as the "Four Gentlemen of Flowers", which express the literati's perception of the order of time and the meaning of life.

Plum blossoms, noble and proud, orchids are elegant and ethereal, bamboo is modest and modest, and chrysanthemums are cold and chaste. The Chinese carry their own true feelings in a flower, a grass, a stone and a tree, so that the flowers, trees, grass and stones detach from or expand the original meaning, and become a symbolic metaphor of personality, and their common point is self-improvement. The peony flower represents grace and nobility, and is a symbol of noble character.

Animal ornamentation.

It also uses the homonym of the animal's name, combined with the characteristics of a certain part of the animal's body, such as bat pattern, unicorn pattern, sheep pattern, deer pattern, dragon pattern, phoenix pattern, fish pattern, etc. Bats, is the use of homophony, the bats in the bats are "Fu", meaning the meaning of blessings, if there are five bats, it means that it is the five blessings. The unicorn, for the benevolent beast, is a symbol of auspiciousness, can bring heirs to people, in the folk there is a saying that the unicorn sends children.

Textual and geometric themes.

Texts and geometric figures give auspicious meanings. Such as the word back pattern, the swastika pattern, the word longevity, if a word of longevity is the center, there are five bats around, there are five blessings to hold the meaning of longevity.

Fairy stories, and celebrity anecdotes of the past dynasties as the theme.

The most famous of these themes is the Eight Immortals. The Eight Immortals are divided into the Eight Immortals of the Light and the Eight Immortals of the Dark. The Eight Immortals of the Ming Dynasty refer to the images of the eight immortals, each showing their magical powers.

The dark eight immortals refer to the treasures held by the eight immortals. Among them, the gourd of Tie Guan Li can make alchemy and medicine, which has the meaning of saving all sentient beings; Lu Dongbin's sword can help the demons, and the fan can bring the dead back to life; The fish drum can be used for astrological divination and life; The flute is the power of all living beings; The yin and yang board, the fairy board roars, so that all sounds are silent; Lan Caihe's flower basket is wide through Shen Ming; He Xiangu's lotus can be self-cultivation and meditation. There are many themes about fairy stories, and you will find them when you pay attention to some antique furniture.

In addition, there are some carved patterns, which are combined with the main body of several materials, such as two dragons holding longevity, three sheep Kaitai, phoenix wearing peony and so on. There are also Chinese and Western patterns, such as cool spoon leaves, passionflower patterns, large shells, roses, etc. The combination of Chinese and Western ornamentation is ingenious and natural, and the meaning is rich.