Flowers And Life Of Literati In Song Dynasty

The Song Dynasty was a historical period in which flower affairs gradually became prosperous.The variety of flowers increased rapidly.There were numerous poems chanting flowers,and all-round development of politics,economy and culture.The implementation of the policy is to uphold military force rather than civility and the advocacy of the ruling class not only enlarged the literary group in Song Dynasty,but also led to the development of the whole society.The development of agricultural economy and the disintegration of Fang-Municipal system accelerated the development of urban culture,which changed the lifestyle of literati groups in Song Dynasty.The flourishing academic environment of"Neo-Confucianism"and the influence of the concept of"elegance"’raised the aesthetic consciousness of scholars in Song Dynasty and promoted the prosperity of flower culture in Song Dynasty.Flowers left deep traces in the material life of scholars in the Song Dynasty.When literati planted flowers,intellectuals began to contact with flower growers,to cultivate flowers and grasp flower knowledge personally,thus preserving a large number of flower literature.From the flower categories,we can find that the number of flower varieties in the Song Dynasty has been greatly developed.In addition,the flower culti’vation techniques mentioned in the literature are impressive enough.Even today,these techniques are quite advanced.Scholars enjoy flowers,they have their own unique taste,subject to the time,place,environment,taste,form,and at the same time,flower viewers should have sufficient cultural literacy,so that when they appreciate flowers,they can maintain respect for them.Of course,the purpose of literati flower appreciation is not simple,or social gatherings,or show off their achievements,or praise their merits.All these show the communication state of literati in Song Dynasty in their daily life.Literati flower arrangement is an important link in promoting literati’s material life to artistic life,and endows them with their inner accomplishment and life taste.Through the activities of arranging flowers by literati,we can fully understand the life style of these literati in the society at that time.In the process of selecting flowers,they were influenced by the thought of Song Dynasty’s agent.Flowers were endowed with human virtue,and the lattice reflected personality.Thus,the theory of"ideal flower" came into being.In the Song Dynasty,scholars paid attention to the selection of vase appliances when arranging vase flowers.Meanwhile,in the process of maintaining vase flowers,they also developed a set of advanced fresh-keeping technology,which can prolong the life of vase flower arranging.Literati hairpin flower,because of its beautiful implication,symbolizes merit,fame,status,from the point of view of material life,this is the lifelong pursuit of literati.When literati hairpin flowers,they are not confined to occasions and can be hairpin flowers at any time and anywhere.This not only reflects the aesthetic taste and characteristics of the times,but also reflects the open and free mentality of the whole society and contains rich humanistic spirit.Literati’s flower-eating refers to the relationship between flowers and literati’s hostage life from cooking,wine-making and tea-making.It is also a combination of material life and artistic life.Since ancient times,"gentlemen don’t go to kitchen",but when flowers and food are combined,gentlemen also go to kitchen.The way to keep healthy is not to precede diet.Flower diet can keep healthy.Therefore,in the view of scholars in Song Dynasty,flower diet is particularly important,hoping to achieve the effect of prolonging life.Flowers played an important role in the cultural life of literati in Song Dynasty.Scholars wrote flowers in Song Dynasty.Most of them were originated by writers.They preserved a large number of documents and materials,which had important historical value.They also paid attention to the integration of literature and art,and showed great creativity.In short,the Song Dynasty flower pedigree has an important influence in the Chinese flower pedigree and the whole cultural history.Scholars chant flowers,mainly by Xu Boqing’s statistics of the Song Dynasty:flower poetry ranking,respectively,introduced plum,osmanthus,lotus,crabapple,peony,chrysanthemum,Lao,wax plum,peach,peony,paeonia,Narcissus and other eleven flower poetry works.It can be said that flowers have accomplished literati and enriched their spiritual life in different literary forms.They vividly describe the development of flower affairs through poetry works,and combine daily life with aesthetics.It is precisely because of their emotional residence of lyric borrowings that promoted the prosperity of flower culture in the Song Dynasty,and also made the flower culture of the Song Dynasty occupy an important position in the history of ancient Chinese flower culture.Literati painting,through the introduction of plum,chrysanthemum,lotus,orchid,peony five kinds of flower paintings,and then explore the origin of the flower into painting.Flowers in the paintings,through three concepts of noble sentiment,ecological ethics and prosperity and auspiciousness,expound the ideological pursuit and inner spirit derived from the paintings of literati in the Song Dynasty,explore their thinking on the relationship between people and natural ethics in their daily life,and seek their attitude towards the richness and glory of material life.Of course,the study of flowers and the life of literati in Song Dynasty is not only to restore the daily life of literati in Song Dynasty,but also to show the prosperity and prosperity of flowers in Song Dynasty.On the one hand,it is inseparable from the extensive participation of literati in flower activities in material life,on the other hand,it is inseparable from the achievements of literati in flower cultural life.In short,the Song Dynasty literati,with their unique aesthetic concept of elegance,integrated flower culture into daily life,not only enhanced personal aesthetic taste,but also promoted the prosperity of flower events in the Song Dynasty.