Cultural innovation and technological innovation are the two wings of the new-quality design productivity. Design, as an industry with "innovation" as its essential gene, has broad prospects for development. Shanghai is one of the cities that have the best conditions for developing innovative design. Focusing on the construction of a World Design Capital, accelerating the development of cultural innovation and leading the large consumption of design will fundamentally promote the high-quality development of the design industry.
In ancient Shu culture, Du Yu, king of ancient Shu, is closely related to the image of rhododendron. This paper demonstrates the cultural relationship between the two by means of literature review, and draws the conclusion that rhododendron is an important symbol of ancient Shu culture. Based on the background and archaeological discovery of the environmental artistic conception construction in the ancient Shu period, this paper deduces the relevant features and timing characteristics of the ancient Shu period azaleas, and combines modern landscape interpretation techniques to explore and construct the landscape environment with the ancient Shu culture image in the garden environment of Jinsha Site Museum. It includes the construction of rhododendron slope, the construction of forest plate in western Sichuan, the application of rhododendron pattern, the construction of artistic conception of historical myth, and the selection of rhododendron species is preliminarily discussed. It is hoped to provide a theoretical basis for specific planning and design, and convey the rich connotation of ancient Shu culture through the image of rhododendron, and call for people to inherit and carry forward the Chinese culture.
Clematis is a worldwide famous vine flower with the reputation of "vine queen". It has been loving by horticultural enthusiasts all over the world because of its rich colors and beautiful patterns. Although China has the most abundant germplasm resources of this genus, it has not been systematically cultivated, and its wild resources have not been protected and well exploited. At present, the new varieties of this genus are mainly cultivated by horticultural breeder from Britain, Poland and other European places, China gardeners has not yet cultivated new varieties with independent intellectual property rights. Based on the analysis of China's clematis plant resources, introduction and domestication, cultivation and breeding, this paper puts forward the strategies for its breeding development and application, hoping to provide useful reference for the large-scale production of China's clematis flowers.
Lotus has extremely rich connotation and unique cultural attributes in Chinese culture. Its characteristic of coming out of mud without being contaminated makes it a symbol of nobility, purity and honesty, which has a profound impact on the spiritual world and cultural inheritance of Chinese people. Lotus decorative patterns, as a decorative element with profound cultural heritage and unique artistic charm, occupy an important position in the history of arts and crafts. This article will take the cultural attributes of lotus in China as the background, analyze the evolution and inheritance significance of lotus decorative patterns in arts and crafts in different historical periods, and aim to reveal the important value of lotus decorative patterns in inheriting traditional culture and promoting the development of arts and crafts.
Zhang Jian, the top scholar in Qing dynasty, had two hobbies in his life: architecture and tree planting. Compared with the two, love trees more. In 1903, Zhang went to Japan and saw some strange trees in the land of Japan. About 28 species were introduced back to China. In 1904, he founded the first public botanical garden in Nantong and rebuilt the museum in 1905. He once wrote, “The old man in Si'an loved the tree, and he had planted many thousands of trees in his life.”Zhang Jian's penchant for trees and flowers ranged from the act of introducing and planting trees to the effusive poetry of plants, with 1, 641 poems written directly or indirectly on the names of plants, involving 258 species of plants, both Afforestation and verse, unique many vivid stories, describing the wonderful people and plants, symbiosis.
The special geographical location and ecological conditions of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang breeds a variety of wild ornamental flowers with strong regional characteristics. The wild ornamental flowers resources in Aksu area were statistic analysis by field investigation, specimen collection and identification，literature review, the results show, there are 101 species of wild ornamental flowers (including varieties), belong to 32 family and 80 genera, The species composition, distribution area, habitat characteristics, ornamental value and landscape applications of those wild ornamental flowers resources were also recorded and evaluate, which provide a basis evidence for the introduction and domestication, development and utilization, cultivate new varieties of wild ornamental flowers in Aksu Prefecture.
Orchids have been rated as one of the top ten famous flowers in China and are collectively referred to as the "Four Gentlemen" along with "plum, bamboo, and chrysanthemum". They have important ornamental, medicinal, and economic value; Orchids have a long cultivation history, rich cultural connotations, and wide applications in China, and are a symbol of "nobility and elegance". Based on this, this article first elaborates on the morphological characteristics, classification, geographical distribution, biological learning ability, and reproductive methods of orchids. Secondly, the origin of orchids and the cultural connotations of orchids in literature, philosophy, painting, and cuisine are sorted out and excavated. Finally, the application of orchids in landscape architecture, medicine, cosmetics, diet, and other fields is explored, in order to provide reference for promoting the transformation and upgrading of China's flower industry, the construction of beautiful countryside, and the development of healthy horticulture.
