Qin in Qin Qi calligraphy and painting refers to heptachord, which was widely circulated in ancient China. It has five tones: Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu, and the tune can be roughly divided into twelve melodies. According to legend, when the Yellow Emperor ordered Ling Lun to be the law, he heard the sound of the phoenix and made twelve laws, and the sound was very pleasant. As one of the ways of the piano, it pays attention to honesty, quietness, peace, integrity, and no fire. When playing the piano, people often burn an altar of incense to show the calm of the people. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhu Gekongming sat on the empty city and played a fiddle to show quiet inside. As a result, Sima Dajun was scared off. The taste in this piano coincides with the "golden mean" in Confucius' Confucianism, and also with the viewpoint of self-cultivation in Laozi's Taoism. Many sages and scholars are fascinated by the strings, perhaps because playing the piano can make people understand the connotation of Confucianism and Taoism.
chess is weiqi. Weiqi can be described as the national chess of China. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "there are 19 ways in vertical and horizontal directions, and how many people are fascinated". One Laga is less than two feet. On the chessboard, there are 19 lines of chess criss-crossing and distinct. Three hundred and sixty-one black and white chess pieces are patchwork, but they are empty, empty and real, changeable and all-encompassing. The four chess positions of "Ping, Shang, Qu and Jin" are random. Chess techniques include kickback, inverted boots, flying swallow, etc., which are dazzling. On the surface, there is only the arrangement of black and white chess pieces, but in fact it is a competition of individual mind, courage and endurance, which contains the supreme philosophy of the universe, "The sky is like a round cover, and the land is like a chess game. The world is black and white, and it is a struggle for honor and disgrace. " This life is all in the chess game, and the swords and shadows, the victory and defeat of the offensive and defensive are hidden in the game, which makes people intoxicated. Weiqi embodies the wisdom and spirituality contained in Chinese culture.
Calligraphy is the carrier of Chinese culture. Without it, culture cannot spread. Calligraphy has a certain emphasis on tools and brushwork. The varieties of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the methods of writing, lifting and writing, and personal character and temper are all closely related to the quality of calligraphy. Silkworm-headed swallowtail official script, regular regular script, cursive script, chic and elegant running script ... in various ways, colorful, just like Youlong, giving people unlimited imagination and endless feeling of relaxed and happy. Calligraphy can also reflect the characteristics of the Chinese nation: bold, generous, dignified and subtle ...
China's painting has unparalleled theory, skills and style. It strives to be vivid and vivid, giving people a kind of "Chinese style" beauty. Fine brushwork, producing endless interest; Thick ink and colorful, showing endless poetry; The perfect combination of poetry and painting endows the content in the painting with spirit and emotion. From simplicity, we can see complexity, and from simplicity, we can see color, which is considered as a beautiful spirituality. Chinese painting advocates nature, vividness, balance and harmony, which is the essence of China culture.
Of course, what we see from the piano, chess, books and paintings is only a drop of China's 5,-year-old culture. Those who can truly understand the true meaning of Qin, Qi, calligraphy and painting will sigh for the vastness of Chinese civilization. Friends, let's be proud to live in a country with such a great civilization, and be proud to be an upright China person!