I have a balcony and no regrets in life

There are flowers and birds outside the door, and there is a vast ocean in my heart.

——Wang Zengqi

Perhaps, every Chinese has a beautiful dream about the courtyard in his heart. But when you are in the city, you can only settle for the next best thing and put this dream about the fields and nature on the balcony.

On the balcony, there is a south window planted with pudding, and the room is cool. Sitting by the window, looking into the distance, a sense of comfort spreads from the chest to the limbs, as if there are 3.6 million pores in the body. Hearty.

With a balcony like this, there is no need for a wide courtyard. A balcony is enough to obtain the luxury of a literati. Every plant and tree is a scenery, half a mountain and half a river are also articles.

From a balcony, you can enjoy the scenery of the four seasons, watch the atmosphere of heaven and earth, watch all living things, everything is content, and you will be free and happy, and you will have no regrets in life.

The earliest era when balconies appeared in China was the Song Dynasty. At that time, it was still a terrace, mainly used for performing operas. It was generally built of stone or fir wood and was large in scale. It is also mentioned in many literary works, such as Su Shi's "Ciyun Wang Jinqing Shangyuan Shiyan Duanmen" "Nine doors open on the moon, and the stars surround the terrace."

As a semi-open platform, the balcony It has been used for leisure and entertainment since ancient times.

Chen Jiru, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, believed that the beauty of living in a building is that you can look far into the distance when you enter, and you can stay in it when you retreat. It embraces the city and is isolated from the bustling city. A flower, a tile, a grass, a gravel... a moment of scenery, all silently reincarnating in the four seasons, enriching the spirit of you and me.

Living in the city, I always feel that I am separated from nature: it is spring and autumn. You can tell the four seasons by looking at the calendar, but the most direct perception of the body always feels that it is a step slower.

But with a balcony, it's different. On the balcony, although the flowers, plants and green plants are small, they are the messengers of the season, bringing the vitality of spring and the cheerfulness of autumn.

On a weekend afternoon, while sitting on the balcony tending to the flowers and tending the grass, I suddenly noticed that new buds, leaves and flower buds appeared on the little things...

The sprouting of spring, it seems that all life is full of vigorous and upward power, making people feel that vitality and hope are right in front of them, just like the rising sun bursting out of the sea in the morning.

In summer, the green leaves are soothing to the heart and eyes, and the brilliant flowers invite bees and butterflies to buzz from time to time, and the birds chirp gracefully, which is a rare clear sound in the city.

Here, drinking light tea, wandering around with pen and ink, chatting and laughing, it is so carefree and carefree.

For lazy people like me, if we plant one or two cattails on the balcony, we can enjoy the elegant and delicate fragrance all the time without much care. If combined with one or two mountain rocks, it will be possible to hide in the wild, just like a person in the mountains.

Nowadays, many people advocate sealing off the balcony, or opening it up to the living room to expand the indoor use area, and to block wind and rain, and not be affected by the weather.

Despite all these considerations, I still prefer an unenclosed balcony because I don’t want the only connection with nature to be cut off.

In this quiet place, the blue sky and white clouds are waiting quietly, and you can see it as soon as you raise your eyes. The clouds are rolling, the flowers are blooming and falling, there is wind, frost, rain and dew. It is like a piece of pure land that has witnessed the flow of many lives and entrusted the wit of many souls.

Why should an elegant room be big? There won’t be too many flowers.

Su Shi once said: "A bed of fresh breeze is worth a thousand pieces of gold." In a small world, one can still live poetically. This is the unique poetic spirit of the Chinese people.

I only wish that you and I can enjoy the most beautiful scenery in all seasons on this balcony that everyone has.

I have a balcony and I have no regrets in this life.

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