Aesthetic Value Of Phoenix In The Chu Lacquer Ware Of The Warring States Period

China is a country with thousands of years of history and profound cultural heritage of ancientcivilizations. As early as in the primitive society period, a large number of mainly life toolhandicraft products appeared. Lacquer art is a kind of Chinese traditional handcrafts, whosedevelopment has a seven thousand year’s history. It showed the extremely strong orientalverve to the world with its unique material and process, which established its unique aestheticvalue. Lacquer art in the Warring States period became the first prosperity in the history ofChinese lacquer because of its large output, variety, exquisite quality, which was much morethan the previous generation. Most of the excavated Warring States lacquers are from the Chutomb. Therefore, the Chu lacquer ware is a representative of the Warring States periodlacquer.In the Chu lacquer ware of the Warring States period, phoenix is a most common art image,which was the leading role in decoration. People in that period used their superb skills, richimagination and passion of art creation, showing us vivid charm of the phoenix, and the Chuunique wisdom and spiritual pursuit to us as well.Based on the phoenix image of Chu lacquer ware the in the Warring States period, this articleis to expound the background of the development of the Chu culture and the phoeniximage in the other art designs, combining with the unearthed the background, and the sameperiod of other art phoenix image, combined with the Chu lacquer ware objects, to discuss thethree-dimensional modeling, decorative pattern, color by using the method of narration,argumentation, comparative analysis and reasoning of phoenix. So that we can establish theawareness on phoenix image and explore the unique wisdom and spirit of people in Chu. Wehope it can provide some inspire and promotion to the modern art design creation.There are five parts of this article:1. The research background and significance, expounding the current research situation, and the method of discussion.2. Overall analysis of the origin and symbolic significance of the Phoenix.3. The Chu cultural background and artistic expression of the Warring States Period.4. Starting from the Chu lacquer ware, to analyze shape, pattern and color and explore itsaesthetic spirit.5. Enlightenment of the phoenix image in Chu lacquer ware and significance to moderndesign from the Warring States period.