[Japanese Ancient Art] Bamboo Craft Vase Flower Props Bamboo Cage

**Bamboo, the gentleman's favorite** Seeing bamboo, people naturally think of its character of not being afraid of adversity, not afraid of hardships, straight in the middle and straight in the outside, and willing to bend and unyielding. This is an inexhaustible spiritual wealth, and it is also the special aesthetic value of bamboo. In the long-term production practice and cultural activities, the people have summed up the morphological characteristics of bamboo into a spiritual outlook of life, such as humility, integrity, etc., and its connotation has become a symbol of a gentleman. For thousands of years, the "hollow" and "jointed" characteristics of bamboo have made literati in ancient and modern China and abroad either use it as a theme to compose poems, or spread paper and grind it for painting. But in the hands of other craftsmen, the latitude and longitude, or become a carefully crafted container, or become an elegant utensil for appreciation and play, showing another beautiful look. Although bamboo weaving originated in China, it is refined in Japan. The vigorous vitality of bamboo is regarded as a spiritual symbol of the Japanese nation's tenacity and perseverance, and is even regarded as a sacred object and a place where gods live. Whether it is the bamboo baskets for holding flowers and fruits, the tea whisks, tea spoons in Japanese tea ceremony culture, the bamboo charcoal hoppers for placing charcoal, and the bamboo racks for placing tea utensils, etc., all have a great influence on Japanese bamboo weaving art. In areas such as Osaka and Kanto where the Han style is prevalent, bamboo wares are made in response to the literati's aesthetics and are called "literati bamboo baskets". They copied bamboo cages from Tang Dynasty and gradually developed Japanese-style bamboo baskets with harmonious and unified lines, colors, shapes and textures. Evolving bamboo baskets from functional handicrafts to sought-after works of art. Many early Japanese bamboo works are now collected by European and American museums and art galleries, because these works have integrated Japanese cultural connotations, just like this bamboo vase, which breaks away from the traditional and complicated appearance and presents utensils Simple aesthetics, even though it has been around for a long time, it is still very much in line with modern aesthetics!