The beauty of harmony

"Hehe" Zhenbai Gao 110cm Yang Guisheng Collection

The beauty of "harmony"

Production | Fan Shun

Writing | Li Guobin, CP

This article launches "CPAA China Bonsai appreciating Stone", and Chinese Bonsai is authorized to release.

In the long history of development, the Chinese nation has accumulated and formed its own unique and great national character and spirit. The basic spirit of Chinese culture shows the characteristics of continuous self-improvement, virtue, vigilance, contentment, etiquette and so on. The core and essence of Chinese culture lies in the word "hehe". Harmony but difference, equal treatment and win-win cooperation are values in line with Confucian culture. "Harmony" is also a kind of cultural gene and the wisdom nurtured by the sages of the Chinese nation in practice.

This concept runs through Chinese history and still plays an important role in modern national development and international cooperation. The Qingdao Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which has just concluded, takes "Harmony" as the theme, combines with the traditional wisdom and etiquette of the host, generates weathered people with the integration of the "Shanghai spirit" and Confucian culture, and stirs up the "beauty of harmony" of the "Shanghai spirit." leaders of member states, observer states, and dialogue partners gathered in Qingdao to conspire for a new chapter, radiating the ideological light of "harmony." ?

Opening ceremony and promotional videos of the Qingdao Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The sea accepts all kinds of rivers, but tolerance is great. All things in the world, there must be similarities and differences, seeking common ground while reserving differences, working together, and harmonious coexistence is the mentality and ideal that we pursue. Confucian expensive "and" Shang Zhong ". In the Confucian concept of "harmony", "harmony" is harmony, peace and harmony; "harmony" is aggregation, cooperation and integration. By thinking from near to far, Dong is clear about the way of "harmony with real creatures" of win-win symbiosis. This wisdom has also been incisively and vividly reflected in bonsai art and culture. the following bonsai work is entitled "Harmony" to explain the principles and communication ideas of the Chinese nation deep into the bone marrow.

The bonsai material of this double-dry real cypress is very rare. Judging from the annual ring texture of the trunk section, it is more than 150 years old, and the tree has been planted in the mountain for nearly 20 years. The root plate is stretched, the bully is stout, the foundation is solid, the proportion of the thickness of the main branches and the basic maintenance of the natural transition branches are in place is the standard Lingnan tree grid. The decapitation of the plane on the right side of the trunk and the dry surface on the left are the key to carding and thinking about the Sherry waterline. Creative thinking: in line with the principle of seeking simplicity in complexity and winning more with less, follow the following points.

1. Tree phase. Make a double-stem book clearly primary and secondary, echo each other, combine hiding and dew, and have a degree.

two。 Sherry. Shuli's sculpture pursues the natural change of texture, smooth writing and rhyme.

3. The waterline. Waterline design does not pursue a fixed format, but imitates nature and does not stick to one style.

4. Techniques, branch layout. In the branch method layout to achieve change and unity, reflecting the relationship between deficiency and reality, aggregation and dispersion, density and density.

The front of the original pile blank

Back of original pile billet

How to take several sections and withered surfaces, on the basis of maintaining their natural texture, carefully carved as the starting point, in order to present the image of the old cypress-simple and vigorous, strong and soft, cadence in layout. The Shili waterline of the trunk is fully exposed, with scattered branches and semicircle topping, which not only shows the mighty and thick crown, but also highlights the green charm of the natural cypress.

The author chooses the two sections on the back as the starting point to create a creative idea around the change of the trunk waterline.

"Harmony", as its name implies, means matching, harmony and harmony. The thought of "harmony" is the most vital cultural core and factor in Chinese traditional ideology and culture, and the quintessence of Chinese traditional culture. It lies in the Chinese character molded by traditional Confucian scholars and Taoist birth ideal, and embodies the philosophical spirit of "the unity of man and nature". "the unity of man and nature" is also the ultimate goal of bonsai art, which is to combine natural beauty, modeling beauty and rhythmic beauty organically, so as to achieve the highest state of blending of things and scenery.

The plane decapitation on the right side of the trunk and the withered surface of the left trunk are the key parts for carding and thinking of the trunk Sherry lines.

This cypress tree, which is "the same tree, the same species and the same root", has a traditional double-dry shape, one high and one low, one firm and one soft, always inclined, looking forward to affection, pandering to each other, and coordinating with each other. The mountain breeze is familiar and the cypress is whirling. It is free and unrestrained, vigorous and clumsy, solid foundation, solid and thick. The main pulse muscles and bones rotate and change, and the yin and yang are exchanged. Waterline, Shili looming among them, the crown is as green as clouds, solemn and solemn. The branches with thick green color give people natural wild interest and vitality. High and low scattered orderly and varied branches, showing a rugged magnificent and light and delicate embellish beauty, the whole work is tall and straight and strong without losing the beautiful, its production skills and means of expression are amazing. The trunk of the tree is motionless, as secure as a rock, weather-beaten, such as the mainstay, indestructible, deputy trunk looking up at each other, looking back, the composition of the tree has primary and secondary, momentum, density, contrast, echo …... It has reached the artistic realm of condensing the natural landscape.

After the branches are tied and combed, the trees on the back are natural, vigorous and powerful.

The tree potential after the production of the front Sherry line is completed.

"Hehe" quoted from the classics, fresh and refined, gripping, thought-provoking. The creator takes this opportunity to highlight the theme of harmony, showing a kind of great righteousness and a kind of national feelings!

Extended reading:

[feelings of bonsai people]

Text | Xiamen, Fujian @ Zhou Yingzhi

With a smile, you will be full of sunshine and positive energy. For the sake of others, there will be fewer disputes and misunderstandings around you. Respect others, and you will get tolerance and understanding from others. Be modest and courteous, and you will be treated gently by the world. The world never treats those who live hard. Explore life with wisdom and you will accumulate boundless merits and virtues. If you influence others with your character, you will have boundless virtue in your heart!