From Beijing Daily Publishing House
"Hello, Chinese Flower Language"
Is a book a five-star positive or not?
"Wayward Reading",
Give him a good look, give him a good look.
Hello everyone, I am almond Lu, a wayward reader who loves flowers.
Today's book seems to be full of aroma.
"Hello, Chinese Flower Language" from Beijing Daily Publishing House,
Authors Li Hongzhen and Xu Jiejia,
Take us into the beautiful and fragrant world of Chinese flowers.
Almond Lu 5 star positive recommendation.
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This book is officially announced
The official asked:
The four seasons rotate, the flower color is liàn, the poetry is lingering, and the flowers are fragrant. The 90 woodblock watermark flower diagrams of "Hundred Flowers Poetry Notes" in "Hello, Chinese Flower Language" + poetry and ancient text interpretation take you to experience the flowers and colors of a hundred years ago, the aesthetics and life feelings of the ancients.
The official announcement said:
Nowadays, people's understanding of flowers comes mostly from the West, such as sending roses on Valentine's Day and carnations on Mother's Day. Using these meanings to substitute scenarios to understand the ancient Chinese cognition of flowers would be very strange and even absurd. The ancients' observation and imagination of flowers were far richer and more delicate than those of modern people. For example, cut spring luo, tuberose, just hearing these names, it is pleasing to the eye; and just like the hollyhock is always sunny, but also can guard the foot, so it symbolizes loyalty.
After more than two years, the author went through a large number of ancient documents, referred to the interpretation of flowers in ancient books, and selected ninety kinds of flowers in the "glory after the Chinese ancient notation" - "Hundred Flowers Poetry Notation", supplemented by poems about flowers, to make up for the regret that there are flowers without poetry, and the names and meanings of flowers cannot be put out one by one, so as to understand the ancient people's flower language evaluation and take readers to find their cultural stories.
The illustrations in this book are full of tension, colorful flowers, ingenious compositions, and rich in stretching. The whole book is rich in pictures and texts, which allows readers to appreciate the beauty of the woodblock watermark of the "Hundred Flowers Poetry Notation" a hundred years ago, so that this pearl of the sea can be seen by more people; let the reader understand the meaning of each flower in traditional Chinese culture with the help of Chinese flower language, and have some in-depth understanding of the aesthetics and life feelings of the ancients. Using flowers as an entry point, readers can gain insight into ancient historical allusions, celebrity anecdotes, and cultural character.
About the Author:
Li Hongzhen: Cultural scholar, cultural investor, brand consulting expert. In the past ten years, he has been engaged in the support of Traditional Chinese Cultural Brand, and has deeply cultivated the collection, research, restoration and redesign of traditional Chinese woodblock watermark prints, so that the woodblock watermark can once again shine through the design that conforms to modern aesthetics.
Xu Jiejia: Cultural scholar and senior public relations person. In recent years, he has been engaged in the collection, collation, research and reconstruction of intangible cultural heritage crafts, and is actively committed to promoting the rich story connotation of traditional Chinese patterns to the mass market.
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The first reader said: The aesthetic works of life are very liked
The second reader said: I have always liked a variety of flower books, this book combines traditional culture and flowers too well, it is super relaxed to read, the illustrations are woodblock prints super intentional and textured, huge beauty, sitting in the bay window, drinking tea and picking it up to read, it is really beautiful drops are very beautiful drops
The third person said: This book combines the beauty of writing and printing! Loved it so much!
RENXINGDUSHU
The wayward reader Almond Lu sees it this way
First of all, almond Lu read books and cried, which is nothing new. However, this time is not for the plot of the book and the protagonist's encounter and crying, but in the real sense of being "beautiful crying", do you want to feel it together.
Earlier, Almond Lu did not learn anything, and the difference between various flowers was size and color, small pink flowers, large red flowers, and so on. Spring has arrived, no need to go on an outing, in Beijing can also see the clusters of flowers on the street everywhere, Almond Lu still remembers the night after work, sitting in a taxi on the Second Ring Bridge to turn a corner, full of pink from the car window skimmed over, Almond Lu moved faster than the brain, turned back to see the two trees flourishing, the flowers scrambled to extend to the sky above the main road.
It was a surprise situation.
In the park, tourists and friends take pictures of the flowers with various equipment and various postures, but Almond Lu rarely hears everyone say the name of the flower accurately, or if someone says it, everyone does not know whether it is right or not.
Just how to distinguish the peach blossom cherry blossoms and apricot blossoms every spring, it will be difficult for a large number of people, including almond lu.
With the mood of wanting to know the flowers, Almond Lu opened this "Hello, Chinese Flower Language". But I didn't expect to enter a colorful wonderland.
This book, turning every page, introduces a flower. On the left and right pages, on the left is the Chinese painting of this flower + related ancient poems, and on the right is the introduction of this flower.
As the official announcement said, the introduction of flowers includes the ancients' description of this flower, the appearance of flowers in historical stories, the relationship between flowers and historical figures, etc., a few strokes, but unveiled a small corner of our long cultural history, almond Lu plunged into it, both touching and amazed.
The last line of the flower also returns to serious science popularization, such as: "The plum blossom period is from February to March in early spring, and it is planted in various parts of the mainland, and there are many provinces south of the Yangtze River Basin." ”
If we start with the table of contents, we will find that the book is divided into four parts: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Chunhua, Summer Blazing Chì, Autumn Fruit and Winter Snow are classified according to the opening season of the flowers, showing the charm of each flower and the Chinese culture behind them.
Peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, and peonies in spring, lotus flowers, hydrangeas, and phoenixes in summer, osmanthus flowers, hibiscus, and chrysanthemums in autumn, daffodils, orchids, and plums in winter, no matter which one, all make people look happy.
While watching, Almond Lu unconsciously burst into tears.
When did we ignore, when did we forget, when we slapped at the flowers and trees, when we sent the circle of friends, how many people would gush out such words in their hearts, and would suddenly feel the feelings of the literati and inkers at that time?
"Under the eastern fence of picking chrysanthemums, leisurely see the South Mountain." "Only peonies are the true color of the country, and the flowers move the capital during the blossom season."
"Haruka is not snow, for there is dark incense."
The close connection and strong resonance in this Chinese bloodline made almond Lu, who only read the book and looked at the pictures, and even temporarily did not see the real flowers, be shocked by the hundred flowers in the book for a long time.
Once upon a time, young people liked the February 14 festival, to send roses, the best 99 flowers, in recent years, it has become popular blue demon roses, which is almost a demon color, which represents popular fashion, and can it really represent a true heart?
Mother's Day carnations are indeed very warm flowers, but who can tell the connection in detail?
Is the content in this "Hello, Chinese Flower Language" fresh knowledge? A lot of content isn't. Even a lot of content is familiar to us but gradually ignored.
Some people say that when we send roses on Valentine's Day, we can consider the flower language of roses in the middle Chinese. Because the ancients of the mainland were covered with thorns on the stems of roses, and they were both hardy and drought-resistant, and had a tough personality, the ancients called them assassins, describing roses as heroes with chivalrous styles.
Man has character, and so are flowers. Some of them are noble and elegant, some are enthusiastic, and some are fresh and elegant. When these flowers are associated with the lives of the ancients, there is a good sentence that has been famous for thousands of years.
A flower and a poem, a painting and an article, fresh and beautiful colors, complement each other, showing that the flower is also people's emotional attachment to the flower.
Spring is the season when people are most intoxicated by the mood of bidding farewell to winter and welcoming flowers. This "Hello, Chinese Flower Language", read in the spring, opens a whole year of aromatic intoxication. Just like the almond lu who has read this book, in front of her is "peach of death, scorching its glory." Almond Lu seemed to see the peach blossoms spread over the mountains, as if she heard the shepherd boy's flute gradually drifting closer.
"Hello, Chinese Flower Language", a grand flower viewing tour. Almond Lu 5 star recommended.
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