The imperial examination system caused the ancient people's "Chongwen" atmosphere.
In ancient China, measuring a person's social value and social status began with "Wen", that is to say, from the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the thirty-first year of Guangxu (1905), the imperial examination system lasted for more than 1200 years, which was the only way for China to select talents, or most officials adopted the imperial examination system. The core content of the imperial examination is "liberal arts" in present words, so the literary foundation of ancient people is very profound. Bananas planted in Jiangnan Garden are used to listen to the rain.
2. The trend of "Chongwen" has created a profound literary foundation and good cultural accomplishment for big families and official families. The cultural tradition that started from The Book of Songs has continued to Chu Ci, Tang Poetry and Song Poetry, and then to prose poetry and painting. The core artistic conception of these literary heritages is natural artistic conception. Spring Rain in a Small Building is a core artistic conception, which has a lot to do with their living environment. The white wall and black tile dripping eaves represented by Huizhou architecture constitute the visual image of spring rain.
In the pond of Suzhou Garden, it is raining in rainy season.
3. For the ancients, rain is a kind of spiritual conception and a way of personality cultivation, which is somewhat similar to the "meditation" advocated by psychologists today, and also somewhat similar to the Taoist practice of emptying oneself, that is, a kind of spiritual cultivation, but also a method of self-cultivation and physical rest, which has both spiritual and physical significance.
? The spring rain is sweet and moistens the heart.
Generally speaking, "listening to the rain in a small building", from the perspective of "shape", involves the ancient residential design concept and garden planning art, and pursues an advanced living experience. From the perspective of "God", it embodies the ancient people's pursuit of their own spiritual world and is a realm requirement of self-cultivation.
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