A Study Of The Eight Immortals Element In Qing Dynasty Ceramic Decoration

The eight immortals myth story first appeared in Tang and Song Dynasties, and then in Jin and Yuan Dynasties combined into eight immortals, and it became fixed image and prevailed in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Eight immortals pattern is the representation form of eight immortals culture, and it appeared in large numbers of all kinds of porcelain decoration in Qing Dynasty as auspicious decorative arts, and has a profound times’ sense.The paper mainly studies the Qing Dynasty porcelain eight immortals culture decoration. The main body of the thesis be divided into three parts: the first part discusses the formation and development of the eight immortals culture, including the relationship between concept of gods and eight immortals formed, Taoism and eight immortals, eight immortals and decorative patterns. People belief that gods have magic function, and this fairy idea have a major influence on the immortality and remedy ability of eight immortals. During the period of Jiajing Ming Dynasty, the Jiajing emperor believed in Taoism, and to a certain extent it promotes the eight characters setting. Eight immortals figural ornamentation and the eight immortals treasure ornamentation is a carrier of the culture of eight immortals, commonly used in the decoration of objects in people’s lives, and loved by the people. The second part is the study of the eight immortals culture and its art characteristics, and in this part it also explore the eight immortals culture through common dishes, bowls and bottles ceramic decoration, and mainly study its form of composition and ceramic painting techniques in the Qing Dynasty, then make a comparative analysis of the eight immortals’ different pottery ornamentation painting techniques between Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. The cultural and artistic characteristics are mainly shown in figure features and characteristics of eight treasures ornamentation. A large number of eight immortals culture appears on Qing Dynasty’s disc type, bowl type, bottle type ceramics, and the ceramic patterns matching with the types. The differences between Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty’s eight immortals porcelain are mainly in blue and white ceramic painting performance techniques and colorful performance techniques. The third part discusses the cultural reasons for the prevalence of the emergence of a large number of ceramic decoration in the Qing dynasty, including social economic factors, Jingdezhen porcelain flourishing factors and the eight immortals mythology auspicious moral factors.。...