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Resplendent golden hues dominate Yingsong Brand Design's Kweichow Moutai Sanhua Flying Apsaras Baijiu Packaging, where a cylindrical ceramic vessel emerges from an architectural presentation box with
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Silver Packaging Design · 2024

Kweichow Moutai Sanhua Flying Apsaras Baijiu Packaging

by Ying Song Brand Design Shenzhen Co., Ltd

  • A' Design Award 2024 Silver Winner in Packaging Design
  • Awarded April 15, 2024
  • CLIENT: Kweichow Moutai Co.,Ltd.
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 33,979
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About Kweichow Moutai Sanhua Flying Apsaras Baijiu Packaging

Kweichow Moutai Sanhua Flying Apsaras is a packaging design for a Chinese baijiu spirit. The design uses the Flying Apsaras motif from the Dunhuang murals, an element also found in the brand trademark. The figure is hand painted in the style of ancient Chinese mural art and set on a bright yellow background, a color typical of the Dunhuang murals. The box is opened from the right side, and double-layered cloud-shaped decorations surround the bottle inside. The bottle is opened from the metal cap on top. The box is made of paper, and the bottle of ceramic and metal.

Yingsong Brand Design's Kweichow Moutai Sanhua Flying Apsaras Baijiu Packaging represents a distinguished achievement in contemporary luxury packaging design that thoughtfully synthesizes centuries of artistic heritage with modern presentation sensibilities, creating an object that functions simultaneously as protective vessel, brand ambassador, and cultural artifact. The design draws inspiration from the celebrated apsara figures found in ancient cave temple murals, where celestial musicians and dancers have adorned sacred spaces for over a millennium, their flowing forms embodying ideals of grace, spiritual transcendence, and aesthetic refinement that continue to resonate within contemporary visual culture. The chromatic strategy demonstrates sophisticated understanding of traditional color symbolism wherein golden tones suggest prosperity, nobility, and auspiciousness while the sapphire interior evokes celestial realms and infinite possibility, together creating a dialogue between earthly luxury and transcendent aspiration. Technical execution reveals masterful coordination between ceramic artisanship and graphic design, with painted imagery achieving remarkable fidelity to classical brushwork traditions while adapting to the challenging curved substrate of the vessel's surface. The structural design of the presentation box introduces a scalloped window form that references traditional architectural fenestration, transforming the act of opening into a moment of theatrical revelation that honors ceremonial traditions surrounding the sharing of precious spirits. Typography integrated throughout balances historical calligraphic forms with contemporary legibility requirements, positioning the brand within continuous cultural traditions while addressing present-day consumer needs. One might consider how this packaging design serves not merely commercial function but participates in broader cultural conversations about heritage preservation, craft continuity, and the role of aesthetic experience in contemporary life, inviting contemplation of the relationships between past and present, sacred and secular, artistic tradition and commercial innovation.

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Unique Properties
This is a Baijiu package from China. The brand customer is a famous Baijiu brand in China, whose registered trademark includes the ‘Flying Apsaras’ element in the Dunhuang murals. Therefore, this packaging also adopts ‘Flying Apsaras’ as the design subject to emphasize the representative characteristics of the brand. And bright yellow was chosen as the color, which is also the most representative color in Dunhuang murals. With a yellow background, the beautiful ‘Flying Apsaras’ is lifelike, make consumers to distinguish the brand's unique characteristics at a glance.
Dimensions & Packaging
A box and a bottle / 140mm x 105mm x 280mm / Paper, ceramics, metals
Tags
Chinese Baijiu packaging, packaging design
Production Technology
We have referred to a large number of Dunhuang murals as the basis for design elements, striving to perfectly showcase the beauty of the ‘Flying Apsaras’ in Dunhuang murals in packaging design. We have done a lot of verification in terms of shape, color, and element details. Finally, we have presented the beauty of Dunhuang murals in this product packaging.
Design Challenge
How to perfectly present the ’Flying Apsaras‘ element in Dunhuang murals on packaging, and how to visually present the ’Flying Apsaras‘ flying out of Dunhuang murals.It's the hardest to express.
Project Duration
The project started in Shenzhen in October 2022, was completed in December 2023, and was launched for sale in China around December 31, 2023.
Operation Flow
The box is opened from the right side, and the bottle is opened from the top metal cap
Research
Type of Research: Baijiu packaging; Research Objectives : promote project sales; Methodology: design a new project; data collection: start from customers' purchase preferences; Tools Used: design software; effect: the project is successfully launched, and sales are very good.
Inspiration
The design takes inspiration from the ‘Flying Apsaras’ motif found in Dunhuang murals as its primary visual concept. Hand-painted in the style of ancient Chinese mural art, the design portrays the Beautiful and Nimble of Tang dynasty’s ‘Flying Apsaras’.

Inside the box, there are double-layered cloud-shaped decorations surrounding the bottle, and when the inner box is opened, it gives the impression of a ‘Flying Apsara’ flying out from the Dunhuang murals.
Image Credits
Image #1:Yingsong Chen ,
Image #2:Yingsong Chen ,
Image #3:Yingsong Chen ,
Image #4:Yingsong Chen,
Image #5:Yingsong Chen

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