Reshaping Aesthetic Concept of Contemporary Flower and Bird Jade Carving

Flower and bird jade carving has been secularized in the development of the past thousand years.It is blindly reaching out to the public aesthetic and becomes a messenger of social utilitarianism and appeal，but it loses the higher pursuit in art aesthetics and spirit.Reshaping the aesthetic of flower and bird jade carving is not only the inevitable demand for diversified aesthetic contemporary society development，but also the new ideas for the development of contemporary flower and bird jade carving.Fortunately，China’s profound traditional culture can provide a lot of references，in art aesthetics and spirit.For example，the developed royal flower and bird painting has got a mature system of aesthetics，and it has the same subject with the flower and bird jade carving.Literati are the elite of the traditional society，and their aesthetic interest can reflect the spirit and pursuit of the whole nation thought.The author recalls the tradition，explores the issue of flower and bird jade carving，and analyzes the ancient royal flower and bird painting.From the analyses of traditional literati paintings，some elements are available for reference to reshape a new aesthetic of contemporary flower and bird jade carving，which is the intergration of form and spirit，art and thought，fun and moral integration appealing to all people both of lower class and higher calss.