Research On Tibetan Traditional Packaging Design

The long period from the primitive society to the establishment of the Tubo Dynasty,is the initial stage of the Tibetan packaging and packaging style forming.At this stage,with the help of local rich natural resources,the Tibetan ancestors explore and initially establish a unique style of Tibetan packaging and decorative style,showing a strong snow resort style,just as the same as other parts of the world's ancestors.The Tibetan nationality possesses the survival culture of advocating nature,the religious culture of piety,the multicultural of openness and inclusiveness.As an important carrier of culture,The traditional Tibetan packaging was deeply influenced by religion.From the developing venation,the Tibetan packaging has gone through four periods:embryonic period,development period,communication period,and finality period.And This paper analyzed how regional geography,economy and trade,religious beliefs,customs,and political communication affect the Tibetan packaging.The Tibetan packaging can be divided into three types,religious artifacts packaging,daily necessities packaging,cultural articles packaging.And its major categories were subdivided,with religious artifacts packaging containing Sudra packaging,ritual implements packaging;daily necessities packaging containing Tibetan medicine packaging,tobacco packaging,female products packaging,male supplies packaging;cultural articles packaging containing ink bottles packaging,small blackboard packaging,seals packaging and so on.By means of analyzing the Tibetan traditional packaging design based on the relevant literature and pictures,we can find that the Tibetan not only reserves its unique national art features,but also takes reference of other areas' cultural elements through exchange with Han,Mongolian,India,and Nepal and other peripheral regions.That adheres to the design spirit of “pluralistic integration and compatible inclusiveness”.Finally,combined with the development of modern packaging in China,we had better advocate the traditional Tibetan packaging,so that the national characteristics can be handed down meaningfully.