Piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers, and tea.
Eight Chinese Essences:
1. Those who are good at playing the piano are knowledgeable and calm;
2. Those who are good at chess plan wisely;
3. Those who are good at calligraphy are passionate and sincere;
4. Those who are good at painting are perfect and beautiful;
5. Those who are good at poetry can rhyme to the heart;
6. A good drinker meets a close friend;
7. Those who are good at tea cultivate their sentiments;
8. People who are good at flowers have a pleasant character.
Extended information:
Shanghai Mr. Cao Zhengwen said in his book "Literati and Elegant Affairs": Ancient literati and poets loved to travel around the world and read a lot of books. He likes to drink wine and tea, collect antiques, admire jade and rocks, calligraphy, painting, and chess. Looking at his versatile and colorful spiritual life, we unexpectedly find that he is quite rich in connotation, elegant and interesting.
They "help the world when they are prosperous, and take care of themselves when they are poor." They cultivate their moral character and play with things to enjoy themselves. , animals all have insightful opinions, from enjoying fans, pen holders, beads, snuff bottles, drinking tea, drinking, and playing mahjong, all of them are permeated with their aesthetic consciousness full of life philosophy.