Study Of The Dai National Jewelry

This article is from field investigations, actual samples and literature data, which purpose to study the conflict between Dai Nationality traditional jewelry and modern polarization. The research contains three parts:1,studying Dai National jewelry category, craft, pattern characteristic and sculpt character according to field investigations and literature data;2,researching root characteristic of Dai National jewelry;3,accoring to Dai National jewelry character and modern Dai National jewelry status which is disappearing, thinking the future of Dai National jewelry.Dai National jewelry has a long history, abundant content, various crafts, especially unconventional sculpt, living decorative pattern, which is very important in national jewelry. This article mainly research three kinds of crafts of traditional jewelry: twist silver/gold craft, engrave craft and gold plating craft. Embedded research jewelry pattern and sculpt according to local tattoo, fresco, temple, village, architecture and appliance of living.Basing on the above, in the light of the developing history of Dai National jewelry and Dai national living consuetude, analyze the taste trend and value conception, seek the root character of Dai national jewelry. At the beginning, Dai national jewelry has the function of magic, so Dai national jewel has the religion feature for a long time and jewel function has been changed during the evolvement. At the effect of geographical environment and war, Dai national jewelry becomes the character which contain various national cultures. The kidney and taste of Dai nationality determine that the jewelry has the character of common customs. Fully hand making is the basis high sensibility of Dai nationality.Basing on the above characters and the investigation and analysis, discuss Dai national jewelry inherit and development. According to the progress of modern society, the taste sentiment, living custom, thought consciousness, value conception have obvious conversion. Dai national jewelry and hand making accomplishment are being serious affected and is disappearing. In one side, we should actively look for away to preserve outstanding traditional hand making craft. On the other hand, this is an external inevitable phenomena, which is inevitable result of the polar conflicts of new and old, tradition and modern.