TITLE:
The Influence of Traditional Auspicious Thoughts on Chinese Belly-Band Patterns
AUTHORS:
Weili Zi
KEYWORDS:
Chinese Traditional Auspicious Thoughts, Influence, Bellyband Pattern
JOURNAL NAME:
Chinese Studies,
Vol.6 No.3,
August
29,
2017
ABSTRACT: The traditional
bellyband pattern is an artistic form of Chinese national culture and the art
carrier of the national history, culture and ideologies as well. In the past
decades of years, as the appeal is launched nationally for more efforts in
transmitting Chinese culture, studies on traditional bellyband culture are on
the rise nationwide. The visualized analysis of bellyband related studies
during 2001 to 2017 indicates the rising trend in costume pattern study in
terms of historical, cultural value as well as artistic aesthetics. As analyzed,
Chinese traditional bellyband patterns are closely related to traditional
auspicious thoughts in terms of Yin-yang and Five-element thoughts, Nature-man
unity, Neutralization and Mean thought and Confucianism and Taoism, and they have
become a cultural language by being infiltrated into the costume culture with
different symbolic meanings. Therefore, what is endowed in the patterns of
bellybands not only embodies auspicious thoughts and the national cultural
spirit, but also interprets and expresses the feelings, reflecting the strong
desire of people for the auspicious life and prospective future since ancient
times.