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  2. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Chinese visual design elements: their applicability in contemporary Chinese design (Master of Science in Design thesis). Arizona State University. Welch, Patricia Bjaaland (2012). Chinese art : a guide to motifs and visual imagery. Boston, US: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0689-5. OCLC 893707208. Williams, Charles (2006).

  3. Lishui (sea-waves) - Wikipedia

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    [4] [13] [14] Designs and construction of the Qing dynasty court robes were enacted and regulated through imperial edicts; the dress code was a mixed of Manchu (i.e. clothing cut-style) and Ming dynasty Chinese traditions in terms of prescribed designs. [7] The decorative patterns and visual motifs used by the Manchu rulers were adopted from ...

  4. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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    Chinese dragons continued to be used in the Qing dynasty in the imperial and court clothing. [1] [12] The types of dragons and their numbers of claws were regulated and prescribed by the imperial court. [1] When Chinese dragons are enclosed in roundels, they are referred as tuanlong (团龙); they can also be enclosed in mandarin square (buzi ...

  5. Meander (art) - Wikipedia

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    The meander is a fundamental design motif in regions far from a Hellenic orbit: labyrinthine meanders ("thunder" pattern [3]) appear in bands and as infill on Shang bronzes (c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC), and many traditional buildings in and around China still bear geometric designs almost identical to meanders.

  6. Xiangyun (Auspicious clouds) - Wikipedia

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    Chinese character Qi (气), Spring and Autumn period The clouds physical characteristics (being wispy and vaporous in nature) were associated with the Taoist concept of qi (气; 氣), especially yuanqi, [3]: 133 and the cosmological forces at work; [1] [note 4] i.e. the yuanqi was the origins of the Heavens and Earth, and all things were created from the interaction between the yin and yang.

  7. Category:Chinese art - Wikipedia

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  8. Willow pattern - Wikipedia

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    It was probably for Spode that the English Willow pattern was created and first produced perhaps around 1790, because it incorporates particular, distinctive features of earlier Chinese willow scenes which were already known and imitated at the Spode factory. [5] The Willow pattern is commonly presented in a circular or ovate frame.

  9. Papercutting - Wikipedia

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    Chinese paper cutting, in a style that is practically identical to the original 6th-century form. Jianzhi (Chinese: 剪紙, pinyin: jiǎnzhǐ) is a traditional style of papercutting in China, and it originated from cutting patterns for rich Chinese embroideries and later developed into a folk art in itself.