The small bridge and flowing water, the silk and bamboo in the ears, listening to Kunqu Opera in front of the pavilion, the Pan Taihu Lake in the snow, gathering the same friends. A seat of tea, a pool of lotus, incense at dusk, flowers and green lights. The elegant life in the minds of every Chinese person.
Chinese-style elegant life refers to a unique artistic attitude and method of life for Chinese, which is characterized by wisdom, leisure and awakening.
The Chinese elegant life is a kind of historical reminiscence of "rural China", a spiritual yearning for the idyllic life in the agricultural era, and a kind of advocating and returning to the spiritual life of simplicity and truthfulness.
Chinese elegant life is a classical way of life nurtured by traditional Chinese culture.
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There are several characteristics of Chinese elegance living on a spiritual level, the first of which is simplicity.
Chinese elegance is the pursuit of a refined attitude to life, rather than a luxurious lifestyle.
Chinese elegance is more about implying a kind of spirituality and culture.
The second is leisure. Leisure is a kind of elegance, leisure is a kind of calmness, leisure is a kind of realm, and leisure is a kind of wisdom.
The Chinese elegant life enjoys a fulfilling life, not a mediocre day; It is the unpretentious years, not the time of the glittering wine; It's a peaceful time, not an angry and angry attitude.
Finally, wisdom. Chinese style of elegant life is a wise way of living.
People who possess this kind of wisdom are high and able to be low, full and empty, rich and thrifty, noble and humble, wise and foolish, brave and cowardly, argumentative and able, broad and shallow, bright and dark.
Able to know the greatness of the world, can know the difficulties of life, have self-knowledge and self-knowledge, have the foresight, do not be sad for suffering, are not favored and happy, are not lonely when they are lonely, and are not lonely when they are lonely, so they are absolutely power-hungry, abandon flashy, chic and attained, self-respecting and self-respecting, self-reliant, not humble and not arrogant, not vulgar and not flattering.
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can enlarge its heart and accommodate the things of the world; humble his heart, receive the goodness of the world; Calm their hearts and talk about the things of the world; Immerse yourself in the heart and look at the reason of the world; Set their hearts and respond to the changes in the world.
Elegant life is "idle love lonely clouds and pure love monks", is "washing cuttlefish swallowing inkstone, cooking tea cranes to avoid smoke", is "laughing at the wind and clouds, listening to the noise of flowers and birds", is "bamboo dense does not interfere with flowing water, the mountain is high and hinders the wild clouds flying";
It is "a hundred flowers in spring, a moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer and snow in winter", a quiet place where the piano is dialed, by the bridge of the tea boiling stream, and the book is about after dusk, when the sword is drawn", it is "when you go to the poor place of water, sit and watch the clouds rise", and it is "lying in the hills and ravines, escaping from the world"......
Elegant life is a unique life philosophy of Chinese.
After studying Confucius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Tao Yuanming, Su Dongpo and others, Mr. Lin Yutang formed a set of life philosophy with "awakening, humor, leisure, and enjoyment" as the key.
In an essay entitled "The Philosophy of the Mean: Zi Si", Lin Yutang wrote: "We are all born half Taoist and half Confucian.
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The noblest ideal in Chinese thought is that a person who does not have to escape from human society and life, but can also preserve his original happy nature.
Semi-cynics are the most superior cynics. After all, the highest type of life is the author of "The Mean", the grandson of Confucius, and the life of the mean, advocated by Zisi.
This spirit of moderation finds a perfect balance between action and inaction, and its ideal is to be a half-famous and half-nameless person.
Work hard in laziness, lazy in hard work; You can't afford to be poor, and you can't afford to be rich enough to stop working at all or help your friends as you please.
I can play the piano, but I am not very clever, I can only play it to my confidant friends, and the greatest use is to be my own pastime; I also have a collection of antiques, but they are only enough to fill the mantelpiece in the house; I also read books, but I don't work very hard;
He is very knowledgeable, but he does not become an expert; Articles were written, but half of the letters sent to The Times were returned and half published—all in all, I believe that this ideal of middle-class life is the soundest ideal of life that Chinese have ever discovered. ”
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Similarly, Mr. Zhou Zuoren also said in "Tea Food in Beijing": "In addition to the things we need for daily use, we must have a little useless games and pleasures to make life interesting."
We watch the sunset, look at the autumn river, look at the flowers, listen to the rain, smell the incense, drink wine that does not quench our thirst, and eat snacks that do not seek to be full, all of which are necessary in life - although they are useless decorations, and the more refined the better. This is the "Chinese style of elegant life".
With the wheel of history moving forward, we have now entered a highly developed industrial and commercial society. In an era when people's hearts are generally impetuous and utilitarian, people are always in a hurry with mixed steps.
In a crowded society where time is like gold, people are always busy—too busy, too busy with long sighs, so busy with atrophy, so busy with paleness.
At this time, how we wish we could slow down and live an artistic, poetic and elegant Chinese life.
Three thousand years of reading history is nothing more than fame and fortune, and 90,000 miles of enlightenment will eventually return to the poetry and wine pastoral. We need "Chinese style of elegant living".
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