Chinese Floral Arts in Taiwan：A Creative Point of View from Traditional Floral Arrangement to the New Style and Feature of Chinese Floral Art

• Main Authors: Chi-Wen Chang, 張繼文
• Other Authors: Pao-Yao Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9tq87t

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 建築與文化資產研究所 === 100 === The association of the oriental flower arrangement, often refers to “Japanese ikebana”. However, the Chinese flower arranging had much longer history and had a great influence on the arts of flower arrangement of Japan. After Japanese colonial rule, based on the revival of Chinese culture, the Chinese floral arts started again here in Taiwan and the Consortium Chinese Floral Arts Foundation established under the leadership of Professor Huang and the teachers who had practiced the form of Japanese flower arrangement identified themselves with Chinese culture. In the historical perspective, Consortium Chinese Floral Arts Foundation has set up and enlightend the Chinese floral origins in Taiwan. The creative aspect of the Chinese floral arts holds connotations of Pre–Change’s Yi Jing, Confucian, Buddhist,and Tao. In this foundation mentioned above, makes Chinese floral arts achieved the combination of multi-culture and modern spirit in Taiwan by offering the Japanese flower teaching model at the beginning ,meanwhile practice the bone structure of Chinese floral arrangement and recently the Western floral design and creative skills were also integrated. The Chinese floral arts was originated from China，but the techniques of Chinese floral arts was founded in Taiwan. Therefore, Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement is to restore the passing traditional Chinese culture and in order to de-Japanization .In the early days, Chinese Floral Art recruited members of various systems of Japanese flower arrangement. However, there are some students from China have granted certificate to become Taiwan''s Chinese floral arts Teachers so far. Which results in arguments of Chinese floral arts development of Taiwan; especially related to self- identity of Chinese floral arts in Taiwan . The main research focused on the previous (1984-2012) album catalog of floral art exhibition by the Consortium Chinese Floral Arts Foundation. Applied Iconology to describe, analyze, organize and interpret the three-phase study to generalize the meaning and form of the Chinese floral arts. Deliberately avoided the issue of “china centrism” and "de-Chinalize" political identity, and escaped the idea of the “Chinese perspective” or “Taiwanese perspective”. Emphasized straightforward on “globalization” and “localization” and to think about Chinese floral of Taiwan in the future.