Preliminary Discussion on Traditional Chinese Philosophy and the Development of Ancient Chinese Flower Arrangement

Traditional Chinese philosophy condensed the basic spirit of traditional Chinese outstanding culture.It influenced the development of art in traditional Chinese culture as well as the art of flower arrangement.At the different periods,traditional Chinese philosophy had different contents,it profoundly affected the Chinese ancient flower arrangement and caused different artistic types:the religion flower arrangement in Han-wei six dynasties;the Yuanti flower of Sui-tang dynasties;the idea flower and the image flower of Song-yuan dynasties;new idea flower,writer flower, pictographic flower and scenery decribing flower in Ming-qing dynasty.