Luyao Che

Luyao Che

28 December 2023

Twenty-four solar terms culture, Cultural and creative products, Hairpin.

The twenty-four solar terms are a timing system used by ancient Chinese people. The Chinese have divided a zodiac year into 24 parts and given them names based on a time system. Labeling and using the twenty-four solar terms means that China not only retains its own elements and characteristics, but also maintains consistency with the world rhythm. This twenty-four solar terms timing system plays a very important role in agricultural production, which is closely related to the emergence of the twenty-four solar terms. After its formation, it became an important guide for agricultural production. It has a very important cultural identity value, and the core values and cosmology of Chinese civilization contained therein are important aspects that distinguish Chinese civilization from other civilizations, and even become an important carrier of cultural identity. It also influenced the clothing, food, housing, and transportation of ancient people, and even cultural concepts. There is a must to research and extract the connotation elements of the twenty-four solar terms, and apply them to cultural and creative products. There is also a necessity to extract the form beauty and artistic elements of hairpins from their shape, pattern, and color, and restructure and process them. It is hoped to inherit and innovate the twenty-four solar term culture through innovatively applying the elements and connotation of twenty-four solar terms in the design of cultural and creative products.

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