Song Dynasty aesthetic decoration style

2020-04-29 16:00

The popular historical drama "Qing Ping Le", which is currently being aired, revolves around the "Renzong Dynasty" in the Northern Song Dynasty and shows the period of Song Renzong historical picture.

With the popularity of "Qing Ping Le", "Song Dynasty Aesthetics" has become a topic we discuss while watching the drama.

The play’s advanced color scheme, “obsessive-compulsive” symmetrical composition, and the exquisitely restored details of costumes and props can all be said to be a good interpretation of the elegant aesthetics of the Song Dynasty.

Mr. Chen Yinke once said: The culture of the Chinese nation has evolved over thousands of years and reached its peak in the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Some people say that Song Dynasty aesthetics led the world for more than a thousand years.

The Song Dynasty is like a neglected treasure. Compared with the Han Dynasty, the Song Dynasty had no civil strife; compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was more prosperous and comfortable; compared with the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Song Dynasty was more open and peaceful. Therefore, no dynasty understood life and beauty better than the Song Dynasty.

Song paintings, with virtual and real contrasts, have endless charm, and the shades of brush and ink are full of atmosphere; Song porcelain, with smooth lines, simple and elegant, and echoes of hardness and softness, is simple and truthful; Song Dynasty poetry, philosophy It is full of interest and Zen. Among the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties" selected by the Ming Dynasty, six of them, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Che, Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong, were all from the Northern Song Dynasty. In addition, the scripts of Yuan opera, Novels and other genres of the Ming and Qing Dynasties also originated in the Song Dynasty.

These create a dignified, elegant, true and fascinating aesthetic world.

The Song Dynasty was a truly critical period in the history of Chinese aesthetics that connected the past and the future. It was its eclecticism and diversity of tolerance that started the continued prosperity of Chinese culture and art in later generations.

This TV series also allows us to appreciate the new Chinese style of a thousand years ago.

We have also discovered that the new Chinese style that is popular now is actually not "new" at all. The new Chinese style was already popular in the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago.

▲At an exhibition site, Song Dynasty furniture restored based on ancient paintings

Many people want to own a new Chinese-style home. Of course, you can do it if you have an oversized apartment and no budget. A full set of master-level furniture, but if you want to design a new Chinese style for an ordinary apartment, how can you make a reasonable budget and avoid boredom?

Follow the steps below and you will never go wrong.

01

Spatial pattern

In "Qing Ping Le", many scenes are dark in color, but the space does not appear small or crowded because most of the scenes are dark. They have all been designed with bays in mind to reduce partition walls as much as possible.

This is also an important point of the new Chinese style home - ensuring open space.

However, this is also due to the architectural characteristics of the Song Dynasty. Different from our modern reinforced concrete structures, the buildings in the Song Dynasty were mostly wooden structures, and the supporting structures were mostly pillars. There were generally no walls between pillars. , but use vertical partitions.

Whether the partition is open or closed, it will form a rhythmic, movable, virtual surface, forming a contrast between the virtual and the solid surface of the wall.

How should modern houses be designed with new Chinese-style features?

First, knock down unnecessary partitions and make the space as open as possible.

Second, in terms of space separation, you can try to integrate Chinese elements into screens and windows to cut the space and create different functional areas to fully demonstrate the "hidden" and "exposed" aspects of traditional culture. Deep meaning.

02

Color matching

We can see that in the processing of tones, "Qing Ping Le" firmly grasps the word "elegance" without high saturation. The intensity is dazzling, and the overall atmosphere is soothing and tranquil, neither gaudy nor vulgar.

From this we can see the color matching secrets of the Song Dynasty people:

? People of the Song Dynasty liked to use cool colors. Black, white, gray as well as brown, blue, green, and purple dominated the color pattern of the Song Dynasty.

? The aesthetics of people in the Song Dynasty was similar to that of modern people, and they were more low-key and elegant.

? Yellow, red, and orange, which were originally highly saturated, became calmer in the Song Dynasty, appeared with low saturation, and blended harmoniously into the cold colors.

? Choose colors with low saturation and low brightness as color matching.

In general, Chinese aesthetics pays special attention to harmony. Zen-like Chinese colors are all retro colors with grayscale, not large areas of pure tones.

The range of colors used in new Chinese-style homes is very wide, and there are roughly three types:

First, the gentle wood color is the main color, which perfectly displays the leisurely and elegant style of the occupants. character.

Second, use elegant tones rich in Chinese painting artistic conception, mainly natural colors or white with low saturation, to reflect the calmness and reserve of the residents.

Third, add some bright colors, such as indigo, azure, pale green, bright yellow, cinnabar and other traditional Chinese colors, to inject some vitality into the new Chinese style.

03

Blank space

Just the right amount of blank space will give people space for imagination and artistic beauty, and will also show the breadth of the world in a small area. The larger the surrounding white space, the more obvious the sense of space will be.

The popular frigidity and minimalism may have originated from the blank space in China.

It is said that blank space is the essence of traditional Chinese painting. It broadens the hierarchical layout of space and leaves room for imagination.

▲Wu Guanzhong’s paintings

White space is very important in new Chinese home design.

What New Chinese Style emphasizes is not addition, but subtraction. This is the key point that must be drawn.

White space is used in new Chinese-style homes. It uses a large area of ??blank wall as a carrier and is embellished with few decorations to guide the viewer to visually pay attention to the elements surrounded by white space and enrich the space. level.

When you are not sure about the decoration, fabrics, and lamps in your room, you would rather choose solid or beige ones, or skip them altogether. It is better to leave the wall empty than to hang a arty painting that does not match the atmosphere of the room.

"The moon waxes and wanes, and the water overflows." The shape and material of Chinese furniture must be used together with white space to appear smart and simple.

04

Landscaping

The ancients loved mountains and rivers, so they wanted to find the shadow of mountains and rivers, whether in the courtyard or indoor scenery. For example, background screens and bonsai are all designed to achieve this. Therefore, building several landscape walls indoors to create a secluded environment is a nostalgic reminder of the style of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty that has been lost for thousands of years.

However, our houses are basically commercial houses now, so to achieve landscaping, we should use space borrowing and flower arrangements.

The simplest way to borrow scenery in a space is to enjoy the rotation of the four seasons with the help of spring, summer, autumn and winter outside the window.

If the living space is large enough, you can try the moon gate in Suzhou gardens. Looking from both ends of the moon gate, you will have a unique scenery.

If you think setting up a moon gate is too complicated, you might as well use a vase flower arrangement that everyone can try.

05

Materials

The decoration materials of new Chinese-style homes should be close to nature.

In the picture below, the blood-red background wall and floor exude a strong atmosphere of "a private room in the catering department on the second floor of a three-star hotel" from every pore. It is a typical negative textbook on Chinese design.

The new Chinese style should still be based on traditional wood. In addition to jade and ceramics, wood is a material that we also use to describe it as warm and shiny.

In addition, bamboo, cotton, linen and silk are also indispensable elements for natural comfort. As for materials such as metal and plastic, the artificial traces are too heavy. Even if it is the same style, if you switch to metal, it will basically have nothing to do with the new Chinese style.

06

Furniture

Is copying a complete set of traditional furniture the so-called Chinese style? Big mistake!

The mahogany furniture we are all familiar with was inherited from the Qing Dynasty: thick arms and legs, rich carvings, and extremely gorgeous. In an ordinary residential space, it is difficult to match a complete set of carved mahogany furniture to create a sense of grandeur.

The furniture of the Song Dynasty had simple lines. This aesthetic standard came from the scholar-bureaucrats at that time. Their aesthetic ideal was "light" and their aesthetic consciousness was "rhyme". Therefore, the final form shows a kind of graceful beauty, natural and elegant, without excessive decoration.

Furniture should be close to elegance in shape.

Key words that truly belong to the new Chinese style furniture include:

1. Thin - thin arms and legs, standing on the opposite side of mahogany furniture;

2. Light - light in body but not light in quality;

3. Round - rounded corners, smooth material;

4. Light - try to choose light-colored furniture to give you A breathable and bright new Chinese style.

Traditional culture emphasizes that "Tao follows nature" and places the laws of nature in an extremely important position. Furniture with rounded, thin lines and light weight looks more approachable and is more suitable for small-sized living rooms.

07

Details

Now search for Chinese design drawings on the Internet. Hollow partitions, plum orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum background walls, and antique lamps are all available, but there is a lack of new ideas. , it’s simply too eye-catching.

Chinese culture pursues artistic conception, which is also reflected in the details.

If you want to create a new Chinese-style home that combines charm and charm, you can also add a lot of extra points in the detailed design.

For example, in the selection of soft furnishings, wood carvings, stone carvings, ceramics, floral art, etc. can all display the unique charm of traditional culture and create a Zen space. On the wall where lamps are installed, there is no need to deliberately emphasize the color. Use accent lighting to create an overall quiet atmosphere.

Throughout ancient times, no dynasty had a more humanistic spirit than the Song Dynasty. People in the Song Dynasty pursued elegant tastes and a slow and enjoyable lifestyle.

Understand the influence of traditional Chinese aesthetics on design from a deep level, create a new Chinese-style home with cultural confidence, and regain the sophistication of life and cultural confidence, which is what life should be like.