[Zen Flower Arrangement Slow Life] Zen Flower Arrangement

Flowers and Zen always have an indissoluble bond. Flowers are a beautiful landscape that nourishes your eyes. Flowers are the cool breeze blowing through the heart lake, accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, with a pleasant personality. Oriental flower arrangement originated from Buddhism allows us to experience heartfelt joy, tranquility and serenity in the process of slow flower arrangement. Zen was born from this.

Modern people are mostly animals dominated by the brain. They keep thinking and calculating every day, consuming their brains quickly, dominating their bodies and rushing forward. We also have feelings in our hearts, which has long been forgotten.

Relaxation is a kind of life wisdom. If you slow down, put aside the complicated right and wrong in your mind, try to let our hearts be masters for once, and carefully feel the whole process of a pleasing and quiet thing, you may find that happiness is not just an expression on your face, it is more like a clear spring bubbling from the bottom of your heart, slowly flowing through the almost dry body, making us all moist and fresh.

Oriental flower arrangement is a very old leisure and elegant thing, which originated from Buddhism's "offering flowers before Buddha". Sun Ke, the chief florist of "For China", has studied oriental flower arrangement for many years. In his view, flowers in Buddhism represent beauty, life and prosperity, and they are regarded as "causes"-there is a cause before spring flowers, and Qiu Lai has fruit. As the saying goes, planting good things leads to good results, so oriental flower arrangement itself is a kind of practice.

Although flower arrangement originated from Buddhism, because of its spiritual research on truth, goodness and beauty, it eventually became an elegant thing loved by emperors and generals and the people up and down. In the Song Dynasty, flower arrangement, hanging pictures, burning incense and ordering tea were called the four samsaras of literati in the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, the beauty of flower arrangement is not only to decorate our lives, but also to bring us a beautiful visual experience. It embodies the life attitude and temperament of flower arranging people, just like a flower. In the process of arranging flowers, we can know ourselves, feel ourselves and improve ourselves. Therefore, flower arrangement is a kind of meditation, a kind of spiritual washing and a kind of temperament cultivation.

Beautiful flowers on the dining table

Flower arrangement is a kind of spiritual feeling. Putting it in every corner of the house and cherishing and appreciating the flowers with your heart is also a way to enjoy a delicate and slow life.

Beautiful flowers have a magical positive energy. When your eyes touch them, your troubles will disappear without a trace. Tao Yuanming wrote in his poem, "Under the hedge of picking chrysanthemums, you can see Nanshan leisurely." This carefree feeling also comes from arranging flowers and enjoying flowers after picking chrysanthemums.

Naturally, flower arrangement should be suitable for the environment. Warm flowers can always stimulate our appetite at the table where we eat whole grains. This position is suitable for placing light flower arrangements, because too strong floral fragrance can easily interfere with our taste and affect the pleasure of eating. There are also some flower arrangements with small fruits on the table, which are especially suitable.

Zen floral organ

Flower arrangement is a kind of spiritual enjoyment, so it often emphasizes "heart" rather than "shape". When arranging flowers, stand upright and concentrate. The so-called body integrity means that the body, line of sight and the central axis of flower arrangement works should be aligned; Concentration is to get rid of distractions and focus on the flower arrangement in front of you. These flower arrangement etiquette is also a kind of spiritual training. Between body and mind, troubles are eliminated and the spirit is sublimated.

To complete a basin of mental work, you need to prepare auxiliary devices such as flower devices, flower scissors and sword mountains. Flower device, that is, the container for arranging flowers. Flowers can be porcelain, pottery, wood, stone tools, bronzes, etc. Scissors are used to trim the flower branches into suitable shapes and lengths, and the sharp mountains and pebbles can fix the flower branches in the flower device.

Elegant Zen on the coffee table

Tasting tea, the word "taste" is no longer as simple as taking a sip of tea. Tasting the fragrance of tea is the artistic conception of drinking. Therefore, tea is always inseparable from the word "elegance". Ordering tea and arranging flowers is one of the four great pleasures of literati. Putting a pot of flower arrangement next to the teahouse and tea mat will always add a little elegance.

However, between teahouses, flower arrangement is mostly a foil and should not be too presumptuous. The design and color should be fresh and elegant, and the fancy should be simple and exquisite. Sometimes, even a fragrant mint in a small bottle or two flowers in a cup is enough.

Living scenery in the courtyard

Under the grapevine, on the bluestone board, or sitting alone reading an old book, or tasting some delicious snacks with friends, the laziness, ease and tranquility in the faint courtyard can always make you put down your troubles in an afternoon, slowly dock in the harbor of your heart and enjoy the quiet pleasure. If time can stop, I want to turn this moment into eternity.

Courtyard is often a place where green plants grow densely. Making flower arrangements here can always be rough and casual. Colors can be more colorful and look more vibrant under the sunlight. You can even use local materials, cut a leaf and a flower here, and insert it in the flower arranging device, which is a vibrant and unique scenery.