Hurry up! In ancient times, people called "four gentlemen" plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum. What are the virtues in them?

The Four Gentlemen of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum represent the four qualities of traditional Chinese culture, namely, purity, temperance and indifference.

The empty room, quietly looking at the words of Mao Zedong "Wing Mei". Read that "wind and rain send spring back, wind and snow welcome spring to. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a good deal on this, but I'm sure you're going to be able to get a good deal on this. I don't fight for spring, but only report it. When the flowers are in full bloom, she smiles in the bushes", I feel that in the middle of winter, the branches in front of me, blooming plum blossoms. When I read about plum, it reminds me of the elegant style and noble quality of the four gentlemen of the Four Gentlemen: Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum. "Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum" four gentleman, since ancient times in the minds of the Chinese, are a symbol of purity.

Plum blossom, also known as "five blessings flower", is a traditional Chinese flower, also known as the pine, bamboo and the three cold friends. It symbolizes joy, happiness, longevity, success and peace. It has neither the gracefulness of peony, nor the romantic and gentle fragrance of rose. The beauty of the plum blossom is not a flower, but a group, she is in full bloom in a cluster, giving people a warm feeling. Late winter and early spring to enjoy the plum, there will be a warm atmosphere, so that people do not feel the cold of late winter and early spring. Her that defy the cold, frost and snow, ice and jade, cold and fragrant unique personality, a metaphor for the essence of the nation, for the world to honor.

Throughout the ages in literary writing, is also one of the most sung varieties. "There is no intention to struggle for spring, a group of jealousy, scattered yellow mud rolled into dust, only the fragrance as the old." Lu You's pen, plum is so lonely, but also set off the literati and elegant scholar's solitude. "Several branches of plum in the corner of the wall, open alone in the cold. I know it is not snow in the distance, for there is a dark fragrance." Wang Anshi's marvelous writing makes people smell the faint dark fragrance of plum blossoms in the snow. "Farewell to the spring half, touching the tender heart broken. The plum blossoms under the masonry are as messy as snow, whisked all over and still full." Li Yu's words, the nostalgia for the homeland, the sadness of separation hate with people and far away, melted into the snow plum.

Plum in painting, also has a significant position. In the North and South Dynasties, some people painted plum, to the Song Dynasty became a trend, and then to the Ming and Qing Dynasty painting plum is countless. The Yuan Dynasty master of plum painting Wang Coronation, who called himself the master of the plum blossom house, his "Ink Plum", vividly conveys the plum blossom's clear and proud bones, and sends the lonely and arrogant feelings of the literati and elegant people. Contemporary painter Wang Chengxi is known as the "King of Plum Blossoms". He painted the "wind and snow", God's posture, dark fragrance, not strange, not special, not crazy, not strange. Condensation of frost and snow, the plum blossom in Wang Chengxi pen vibrant, colorful and magnificent.

Snow full of high-lying Cang Ya red,

Shear snow cut ice cold also melt.

The clear rhyme is limpid and proud,

and the fragrance of the winter.

Orchids are flowers, fragrance, and leaves. It is also known as "the four elegant flowers" with chrysanthemum, daffodil and calamus, and is one of the ten most famous flowers in China. Orchids growing in the deep mountains and valleys, fragrant and elegant, elegant, swaying in the wind, graceful and elegant, the flowers bloom fragrance far away, refreshing the lungs. It is "not for no one and not fragrant, not because of the cold and atrophy" of the noble quality, ushered in for their own "empty valley beauty" reputation. In ancient times, a good article was called an orchid chapter, and a good friend with deep affection was called an orchid friend or an orchid friend. Therefore, orchids have become a symbol of good things on earth.

In Chinese literature, which has a long history of origin, orchids also occupy a considerable proportion. "Autumn orchids are clear, green leaves and purple stems, full of beauty." Dr. Qu Yuan praised the orchid with such words and phrases that one can appreciate the beauty of the orchid. "Orchid stream spring end of blue great, reflecting the water orchids rain hair fragrance." Orchids in Du Mu's writing, in the blue water of the Lanxi River, the river and the orchids reflect, orchids emit the characteristic fragrance, the rain falls, will be a hazy and elegant picture presented in front of us. "Deep in the valley, I don't see where orchids are born, but I chase the breeze to get them occasionally". Su Zhe's poem, although the mood is quite Zen, but the simplicity of the orchid character, respect.

Looking at the painting of orchids, people paint orchids, generally send a kind of fragrant and noble sentiments. Qing Dynasty painter Li Fangying painted the "Orchid Stone Figure", with burnt ink to write orchid leaves, several clusters of orchids, flowers and leaves, tangled and wrong knots. The strokes of the brush are like flying, and the rough and unrestrained atmosphere fills the picture. Pan Tianshou, a famous modern painter and art educator, painted "Orchids and Bamboos in the Valley", winning with bone and bone power. He pursues the beauty of majesty, boldness, momentum and virility. Pan Tianshou's art is permeated with the spirit of the times.

Attractively graceful and lush,

fragrant with the fragrance of ten thousand flowers.

Elegant, serene, and clean,

Green leaves and purple stems, and a beautiful quality.

Bamboo, the Chinese tradition, bamboo symbolizes the elasticity of life, longevity, bamboo, pine, plum tree, known as the three auspicious plants in winter. Many, many leaves like scabbard bamboo, branches and leaves, in the bamboo wave rippling, continuous piece into the sea. Some of them, such as the green pearl falling to the ground, some of them, such as the emerald clouds to the sky, the bamboo sea, the bamboo leaves dance, swaying for miles. Being in the bamboo sea, everywhere full of bamboo fragrance. Its feelings and its scenery and its fragrance, all make people intoxicated. Silent growth in the wild mountains, the perseverance in the adversity of the tenacity of survival. For thousands of years, the bamboo Qingjun A, the image of the character of the high winds, for the teacher, admired.

Literati love bamboo, ancient. Su Dongpo's "would rather eat meat, not live without bamboo. No meat is thin, no bamboo is vulgar", know a lot of people, praised by many. Bamboo for Su Dongpo, bamboo than every day must be important food. Li He's "ruthless and hate how to see, dew pressure smoke cry ten million branches." Write a few points of bamboo grief, the love and hate of the sigh with bamboo written out. Fan Chengda's "The bamboo forest at the end of the boat covers the county market, and the old man still stands on the sand." The bamboo is written in the tearful sadness, so that people feel that the green bamboo also has a point and people with the same sadness and hate.

For painting bamboo, in many painters, "Yangzhou eight monsters," one of the Zheng Banqiao is a great. He painted bamboo into a fetish, forty years has been painting the bamboo branches, and poetry and painting, leaving us a large number of scrolls and poems. His "Orchid and Bamboo Painting," with its appropriate density and lightness, a single sheet, and five colors of ink wonderfully divided. Contemporary painter Mr. Zhao Shao'ang painted bamboo "Bamboo Forest Reflections", ink and brush, unique style. Especially on the bamboo leaves of the brush, free and unrestrained, very similar to the nature of bamboo, tough but not rigid.

Skinny bamboo shoots and tender leaves,

plain clothes, high joints and jade waist.

The bamboo is a very delicate and elegant bamboo, but it is also a very delicate and elegant bamboo.

Chrysanthemum, also known as Yan Nian, Shou Ke and so on. Chrysanthemum is a favorite traditional flower of our people, with a history of more than three thousand years of cultivation. Chrysanthemums are elegant, graceful and colorful, and have been regarded as a symbol of elegance and purity since ancient times. In late fall, all flowers wither, but only chrysanthemums compete in the frost. After the frost, you can only wait for the flowers to bloom, which may be the origin of the so-called pride.

The chrysanthemum under the pen of the literati is more colorful. Tao Yuanming's "picking chrysanthemums under the East Fence, leisurely see the South Mountain," can be said to be a popular phrase, known to women and children. Wang Anshi's "The wind and rain hit the garden at dusk, and the remaining chrysanthemums are full of gold" compares the yellow chrysanthemums on the ground to the gold after the rain. Li Qingzhao's "Who is hidden with the lonely and proud world, and who is late for the same flowers to bloom? After the dusk, there is a dark fragrance in her sleeves." She wrote about her own melancholy.

The chrysanthemum into the painting a little later than the plum orchid bamboo, chrysanthemum works are relatively much less. Early Qing Dynasty, one of the four monks Shi Tao painted "chrysanthemum map", the painting method is fine, looking at the distant view of the mountains repeated, the house is reflected in the mountain bushes, in the middle view of the stream is calm, the near view of the courtyard, there are two pines intertwined with coiled knot, a tall man on the chrysanthemums and stood. The brushwork is fine and strong. Modern painter Chen Dayu's "Ode to Pine and Chrysanthemum", pine and cypress dragon and gnarled, frost chrysanthemum vivid. The ink and brushwork is sound, and the colors are vivid, overflowing out of the painting. Ink and brushwork skills and calligraphy into the painting, showing the majestic momentum.

The cold fragrance is overflowing, and the world is proud of it.

The green branches are clustered in the sun.

The winds of the west are tight,

and the moon is in full bloom.

Throughout the "plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums" four gentleman, and China's ancient culture has a closely related to the link, and our life today is also closely related. If everyone can "plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums" the noble qualities of the four gentlemen to learn, and then reasonably applied to the normal life and work, then, the chaotic red dust, there will be less trouble, more than a lot of never had a fresh. With the rapid development of urban civilization, people living in the city for a long time, in the rapid changes in modern life, the body and mind are always in a state of tension and fatigue, so every wandering mind, are eager to get away from the chaos of the world, to find a quiet far away from the hustle and bustle of the downtown area, looking for a place of peace and quiet belonging to their own.

In this "plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums" four gentleman's elegant quiet place, plucking the strings of the mood, so that their tired hearts, in a quiet harbor to rest. Quietly, sitting in the teahouse or in their own apartments, listening to a song of plum "looking at the countryside", a fine appreciation of a song of orchids "moon haze", slowly tasting a song of bamboo "small bridges and rivers", and then listen to a song of chrysanthemums "heart as quiet as water". Listen with your heart to the traditional musical instruments erhu, guzheng, xiao, dongxiao, pipa, yangqin, alto sheng in the heart of the music, and then think about the "plum orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums" four gentleman's lightness and elegance, you and I into the freshness and tranquility of the state of mind, so that the mind in the world in the lightness of the melody of the music, feeling life, feeling warmth and feeling! Nature, that will be a kind of how beautiful!