Research On The Shape Of Jade Dragon-shaped Pendants In Chu Region Of The Eastern Zhou Dynasty And Application In Sportswear

“To endure great hardships in pioneer work for the purpose of opening the career.” Chu culture originated from Jing-Chu region is wonderful and magnificent in the historical river of Chinese civilization art development.The romantic Chu culture which inherited the Chinese civilization of Central Plains in the pre-Qin period and started the artistic rhyme of Han Dynasty had the profound and vast influence on the culture of later generations.The art of Jade Dragon-shaped pendants in Chu region,which is the important part of Chu culture gradually formed its own artistic characteristics in the development by being influenced by the style of jade dragon-shaped pendants in Central Plains.So the jade dragon-shaped pendants comes with extremely high historical value and artistic aesthetics value,reflecting the advancement and uniqueness of Chu culture,also inheriting Chinese jade culture and dragon culture.Jade dragon-shaped pendants with profound Chu culture will show up in twinkling under the times calling for greatly promoting the excellent traditional culture of Chinese nations.The thesis makes a classification research on the purpose,outline and ornamentation of jade dragon-shaped pendants by taking the jade dragon-shaped pendants of Chu region in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty as the research object.The jade dragon-shaped pendants is classified into symmetric type and non-symmetric type according to the outline.And the non-symmetric type is further divided into single curl type,double curl type,multiple curl type and mixed type based on the evolution trend of the jade dragon-shaped pendants from simpleness to complexity.Chu people had special preference to jade dragon-shaped pendants because that jade dragon-shaped pendants could be seen in daily life,sacrifice and funerals.The custom that Chu people focused on sacrifice,and adored phoenix and birds can be presented from the outline treacherous outline and treacherous details of jade dragon-shaped pendants in Chu region.The abstract carved ornamentation which is freely varied is always associated with agricultural production,which reflects the culture that Chu people advocated cultivation and agriculture.Confidence promoting,ferocious and miraculous rhyme presenting from the jade dragon-shaped in Chu region originated from Chu people's unique understanding of dragon style and image based on the Chu culture of freedom and accommodation,and in combination of the romantic and wild aesthetic philosophy formed by Chu people's long-term cohabitation with nature.In recent years,the sports clothing with “Chinese traditional element” has become the fashion trend.“Chinese Dragon”,as the most representative traditional element,appears in the podium-wear of Olympic Games and trend sports clothing.Therefore the author takes “Collection of the Podium-Wear of Olympic Games for China Sports Delegation” and “Athletic Undergarment Design Competition” as the project background to integrate the jade dragon art of Chu region into modern sports clothing by combing with the theoretic research achievements related to jade dragon-shaped pendants and the requirements of competitive competition,functional innovation and cultural connotation for sportswear design.Try to show the typical features and charm of jade dragon art in modern sportswear.so as to show the charm and connotation of chu culture and provide a practical reference for innovative design of traditional element in modern clothing.