Ba Pu, tell me.

In the early winter afternoon, I read a literati painting. I don't understand, but I like the calamus, rocks and flat grass in the painting ... I don't know why the calamus, which was originally like a weed, looks quiet and elegant in the painter's pen.

Among them, I especially like the calamus of Jinnong.

Jin Nong, a painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, was the first of the "Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou". The word shoumen,no. Mr. Dong Xin. Dong Xin prefers calamus, and his personalized calamus contains many benefits. This silk ink painting "Acorus calamus" is simple and simple, and Acorus calamus is densely planted in it, which is short and pithy. The three pots of Acorus calamus depicted in Winter Heart truly reflect the aesthetic standards of Acorus calamus-short, thin and dense. What is even more touching is the long inscription in the painting, which makes people laugh when it is quiet.

According to legend, April 16th of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Acorus calamus. On this day, Dong Xin specially drew a picture of Acorus calamus with precious deer glue ink of Yuan Dynasty, and made a "Difficult Old Song" to celebrate its birthday. The poem calls Acorus calamus "Brown", intending to marry the "Stone Girl" at the foot of Nanshan to the 70-year-old "Brown" and "be a good eyebrow with Lang". Then he replied on behalf of "Brown" in a self-deprecating tone: "I don't like getting married in my life, and my hair is unkempt. There is no one to raise you, and vanilla is your children and grandchildren. "

It can be seen that the subtle emotion between Winter Heart and Acorus calamus has surpassed the universality of human beings to some extent.

Since the Song Dynasty, Acorus calamus has become an elegant environment in the study.

Acorus calamus used in potted plants, also known as "Acorus calamus on the stone", is born on a stone in water and does not need soil for cultivation. This clean state is not only elegant, but also especially suitable for indoor display, especially for a study full of books, study and elegant utensils. Put some stones in the basin, fill them with water, sprinkle some cold rice soup on them, and sprinkle some calamus seeds. Then put the basin in a damp place, and thin leaves will grow on the stone. The easy cultivation of Acorus calamus is also an important reason why it occupies the first place in indoor potted plants. Its handsome and outstanding charm coincides with the literati's dream of quiet distance.

Acorus calamus likes damp and can't see the sun when raised. It is cold in autumn and winter, and the grass is rotten to death. However, Acorus calamus is still "as thin as hair, as green as grass, and as lonely as * * * years old, no one is cold". Just like a gentleman who cultivates self-cultivation, he is in prison and down and out, but his heroism still exists, and he has gone through hardships and hardships and is faithful. At the same time, for literati, Acorus calamus, who lives only by clean stones and clear water, seems to have a symbolic meaning, as if it were the embodiment of a noble literati who refused to go along with the turbid world and the mirror image of a gentleman's character.

In addition, the Song Dynasty happened to be the period when scholars played with stones, and Acorus calamus depended on stones to grow, which coincided with the literati's love for stones at that time. Therefore, the "Pushi basin" decorated with stones and covered with calamus became a popular detail in the literati's study in the Song Dynasty.

The first time I saw calamus in my life was at a friend's desk. It was a pot of golden pheasant, which grew in a stone mortar in the Republic of China. It is beautiful in appearance, with tiny leaves passing through the stone and full of vitality. As Su Shi said, "Acorus calamus people don't know, they were born in this ravine. The mountain is high with frost and snow, and the seedlings are not allowed to smoke. There are chitose roots below, shrinking like pancakes. "

"Chang Zhe, Mr. Bai Cao also", Acorus calamus wakes up first in the cold winter, hence the name-when it comes to Acorus calamus, friends will relish: in our traditional culture, "flowers are elegant, orchids are elegant, chrysanthemums are elegant, daffodils are elegant, and Acorus calamus is elegant". However, in real life, most people only know orchids and chrysanthemums, and they are still unfamiliar with calamus. In fact, China's Acorus calamus culture has a long history, which has been more than two thousand years. Today, there is an atmosphere of "no calamus and no literati" in Jiangnan area. The ancients once wrote a poem praising: "Acorus calamus has the taste of mountains and forests, but it is not rich." Have a clean shape, not a dirty shape. Clearing the air and removing dust is clever between water and stone. This is a static product, this is a life product, and players cherish it. "It can be seen that maintaining calamus is also a unique pleasure!

"Leave a pot of calamus, and it will enter your heart when you enter poetry and painting." My friend laughed.

Looking at my friends in front of me, I seem to have crossed the long river of a hundred years' history and reunited with Mr. Dong Xin here with the Millennium greenery of Acorus calamus. Perhaps, in his mind, Acorus calamus is no longer an ornamental plant in the ordinary sense, but a carrier of cultural symbols. As the spiritual symbol of China literati for thousands of years, it can soothe his soul in the secular world.

I don't have an inch of land, but I have a spring water to raise, but I can be as thin as a fairy and not as good as a hundred herbs.

Can this calamus capture your heart?