Flowers are not flowers, exquisite flower arrangement art appreciation

Spring trip to Hangzhou, the fate of a good book, put on the desk, when looking through, the heart infinite pleasure.

The day of the Lingyin Temple foraging. Lotus souvenir store, first attracted by the store several pots of flower arrangement, and then saw the author of flower arrangement of a flower arrangement book:

Flowers are not flowers - Fan Jianwen Chinese traditional flower arrangement works.

Under the flipping, was attracted by the beautiful art of flower arranging, love, immediately decided to buy, but also let the store owner, the wisdom of the beautiful Tong shopkeeper to find Mr. Fan signature.

As a flower lover, I have no resistance to beautiful things, especially beautiful and delicate flowers. The art of flower arranging is also something I love.

In this book, Ms. Fan talks about how she became involved in the art of flower arranging and the history of flower arranging in China. Although the text is small, it reveals her deep attainments in the art of cartooning, her cultural background, and her understanding of the Buddha's teachings.

She shows the six main types of flower arrangements that she categorizes by their different vessels: vase, plate, bowl, cylinder, tube, and basket.

She also showed a large number of works with different moods, categorized by Zen flower arrangement, literati flower arrangement, tea ceremony flower arrangement, and flower exhibition works.

The book is dominated by pictures of flower arrangements, with a wide range of materials, with eclectic equipment, to appreciate, full of interest, or fresh and elegant, or aspiring to transcendence.

The shape is ever-changing, but there is always a theme, not only the pursuit of lines, styling beauty, but also pay attention to the fusion of color beauty

A work of art expresses the concept of unity between man and nature, but also borrowed objects to express their aspirations, to send sentiments, but also reflects the personal aesthetic interest, can be used for Buddha, can be appreciated by themselves.

The art of flower arranging puts nature indoors for people to enjoy, integrates nature into life, and artizes life, and at the same time expresses people's reverence and love for nature.

A good book is worth having and treasuring. Oh no, it is to be treasured and not hidden, it is to be appreciated more.

All the pictures are illustrations from Mr. Fan Jianwen's book.

All the pictures are illustrations from Mr. Fan's book.