The Token And The Extended Development Of The Old-style Art Deco Of The Traditional Folk Houses In Anhui Province

The traditional folk houses in Anhui province took shape under the influence of different social backgrounds and humanistic factors as well as the interactions among other various theories and arts. Almost each major truceless in the central plains would cause people to flee to the south in the ancient times. With its mountainous landform, Anhui offered a perfect shelter for those people. Due to its infertile land and the extra residents, the people in Anhui had no choice but to resort to business in order to make a living. Since the middle of the Ming dynasty, the businessmen of Anhui became a reign supreme ruling the south of the river. Rich profits accumulated made Anhui a prosperous district earning a reputation of the most fertile place in the south of the river. Much of its wealth was spent on the establishment of its homeland.The businessmen in Anhui also followed the spirit of Confucius. Most of the colleges and private schools in Ming and Qing dynasty were established or rebuilt with their investment. The art of the Anhui-style architecture is featured by its sculpture as well as a harmonious and balanced art deco. The businessmen asked for magnificence, which as a result made the anhui-style sculpture art widely used in the architectural decoration and formed a grace and elegant decorative style. White wall, black tile, wall with the brick featuring horse head on the end the layout of all around dooryard, the anhui-style sculpture of wood stone and brick, architectural paintings. All these decorative elements imply people's religious beliefs, views of life, best wishes for the propitious life and prosperous family prosperity, best wishes for peaceful development, and also a symbol of a brilliant future. During its formative process, apart from the whole social background and humanistic factors, the old-style art deco of the traditional folk houses in anhui province was also influence by some other artistic classes, such as various schools of painting.The establishment of the old folk houses is the shining crystal of the art and culture of the anhui province and the whole Chinese nationality. However the fast economic development of the modern society will be bound to lead a crash to the traditional culture. But since people gradually realized the fact that our national culture is the root of our country and society, it becomes more important to protect and develop this valuable art. How to make the old-style art deco of the traditional folk houses in anhui province reveal its actuality besides its status of cultural relics is an important task lying in front of us. We should profoundly explore its protection and development from the aspects of historical continuity, cultural inclusiveness, radioactivity of cultural connotation, and revelation of art. We should not only copy the old traditions from the appearance. On the contrary, we should explore it from the derived application of the appearance and the extension of the meaning of the old-style art deco of the traditional folk houses in Anhui province. Therefore we will get a new product of the Anhui-style art deco and use it to serve the fast developing Chinese architectural and local art nowadays.This essay improves our knowledge of the art deco of the traditional folk houses in Anhui province through serious study, aiming to attract more people to pay attention to the traditional Anhui-style folk houses and their artistic connotation and, as a result, make our local unique artistic forms get out of the confine of local area and get its own development and application. This essay deepens various aspects of the knowledge of the traditional Anhui-style art deco of folk houses through serious inquiry and arrangement of texts, field trips and records. This essay explores and develops the problems faced by the local arts on the basis of systematical arrangements and recognition and makes some accomplishments, which would have certain inspiration for the protection and development of the traditional Anhui-style art deco of folk houses.