Seeking beauty, life is an aesthetic road.
Searching for spring all the time, but not seeing spring
Walking all over Longtou Cloud with sandals
Coming back, laughing and smelling plum blossoms
Spring is already very much in the branches
Zong Baihua, an aesthetic master, understands that poetry and spring are the embodiment of beauty. The former is artistic beauty and the latter is natural beauty.
The master said, "People are not far from the road". If there is beauty in their hearts, the world will be happy. Beauty is everywhere, a porridge and a meal are the beauty of the four seasons, the sunset is the beauty of welcoming, and even the ants are trying their best to move.
Mr. Zong Baihua, as a representative of modern Neo-Taoism in China, is also a philosopher and poet. His book Where to Find Beauty shares with readers the beauty of humanity, art, calligraphy and painting and music architecture. Beauty lies beside you and under your eyes. Life is an aesthetic road.
First, the beauty of humanity, great beauty
Tagore, an Indian poet, was moved by the beautiful spirit of China culture. He said, "China culture makes people love the real world". The author interprets Tagore's words about praising China culture as "China people instinctively found the secret of the melody of things".
Ancient philosophers have explored the universe. Western philosophers use the logic of physics and mathematics to evolve the evolution of the universe, while China philosophers use the attitude of "knowing by silence" to refer to the rhythm of the universe.
The ancients in China used jade and porcelain to symbolize the beauty of personality. Even after the invention of gunpowder and compass, it was also used to create romance and direction prayers for fireworks.
Our ancients were awed and grateful for everything in the world.
The author shared the story of the beauty of Jin people in the book. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, wars continued and people's lives were exhausted. But at that time, people's spiritual freedom and enthusiasm for life were the strongest.
There were Wang Xizhi's characters in the Jin Dynasty, which were powerful and easy to escape. There are Gu Kaizhi's paintings, and you can understand the Tao and think about it in seconds; And Ji Kang's piano, sincere and warm.
It is because of them that we understand the beauty of freedom and arrogance, and that what the spirit advocates is great beauty.
second, the beauty of art, appreciate beauty
The author believes that the function of art is to move people with emotion.
Art can integrate people's deepest experience of the spiritual realm of life into life, thus achieving a culture of poetry, calligraphy, ceremony and music.
Simply speaking, art includes: "Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting", and Qin stands for music. The author said: "The ideal personality should be the soul of a music".
Music can promote and inspire the spirit of unity.
The ancients felt that life and the universe were both rhythmic festivals. The rhythm of music can just reflect this harmony.
The author says: "Art is a technology". He expresses life, and reveals emotional individuality and personality. The realm of life is broad and far-reaching, and art, like life, has the same broad and profound rich and substantial expression.
Art is a moment of forgetting myself in life, and art is a "still photo" in the heart.
It is precisely because art has the above characteristics that when we appreciate music, we will be united in mind and appreciate the beauty of the rhythm of life.
Life is unpredictable and art is endless.
in different times, a number of different works of art will emerge, which show the dream of an era and make people realize the long life and the long river of the future.
if you come and go, you will be happy now. Art is the beauty of appreciation.
Third, the beauty of calligraphy and painting, the beauty of thought
The author discusses Wang Xizhi's words in the book, from which we can see people's sadness and laughter. For example, Zhang Xu's words can not only express their feelings, but also show the changing image of nature.
The font form of "gratifying" is that a writer blends feelings with images and scenes. The origin of our words, many of them rely on the form of flowers to express.
The reason why ancient paintings and calligraphy can become works of art is that "form and sound benefit each other".
The ancients' calligraphy and painting focused on calligraphy and painting. The author analyzed that "there are aesthetic thoughts in calligraphy and painting". Those painters express the author's yearning for emotion and artistic conception through the layout of the painting body, the density of the structure, the weight of the painting and the urgency of the pen.
Writing is like painting. When you are happy, it flows like water, and when you are sad, it is vigorous and powerful. The styles of calligraphy and painting are different in different times. The simplicity of the Great Song Dynasty and the prosperity of the prosperous Tang Dynasty are all glimpsed in the calligraphy and painting that has been circulated for thousands of years.
China's calligraphy doesn't stay at the stage of being a symbol, like other nationalities' writing. We are tools to express emotions and aesthetic feelings, works of art with thoughts, and the beauty of thoughts and spirits.
third, the beauty of architecture, the beauty of mobility
In Suzhou, everyone who has been to Suzhou Museum knows that it is the work of the world-famous architect Mr. I.M. Pei. From the entrance of the museum, on the right hand side, the rocks of Taihu Lake stand upright, with the background against the wall, and the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan presents a scene.
The corridors and patios in the museum are very ink-and-wash, and the opposite of the round window is a pine tree, which naturally sets off and has become a painting. The four seasons flow, and the color and charm are different from season to season.
the beauty of architecture is the beauty of mobility. Move with the changes of the sun, the moon and the stars.
In the book, the author shares the flying beauty of architecture. There are birds and beasts on the eaves of countless palaces, which are nourished by culture and geomantic omen. Inside and outside each palace, there are stories, architectural stories and historical stories.
Many buildings in China have their own characteristics due to different dynasties.
The architecture of different dynasties has never slackened its pursuit of the aesthetic feeling of space. There is an inexplicable interaction between well-known builders and initial buildings.
A building with aesthetic feeling must have some connection with the "founder", and sometimes it indicates some future.
where to find beauty, as long as you have it in your heart, life is full of beautiful scenery. A person with great love, wherever he looks, must also be bright.
beauty is a feeling and a beautiful emotion. Beauty is culture, and beauty is also people's love and affection for the world.
Being born as a human being, life is precious. Cherish time, keep learning and surpass yourself, which is the great beauty of human beings.