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How to cultivate a small bonsai into a great art

Thinking of chatting all over the world, I asked Bobby Chen, "These little basin friends are just like your children, so they are dedicated to raising them. Don't they feel bad when they sell? "

He said quietly, "I really can't bear to part with it. Potted plants are not much better than ordinary green plants. They are spiritual things that can be handed down with you for a lifetime, even for generations. So before I sell it to others, I often ask them to take a photo of their home for me first, so that I can see his microclimate and see if there is an atmosphere in his heart. If it is not suitable, I would rather not sell it. "

I was shocked when I heard this: "Microclimate, big weather? Can you see this, play with potted plants and see the skill of Feng Shui? "

He smiled and said, "Something like that."

With the cunning and determination of a sophisticated person.

Bobby Chen

Chen Sheng, 1982, born in Yancheng, Jiangsu, is a civil servant.

-After this sentence, I fell into a dilemma that I don't know how to describe this big brother: On the one hand, this person has a serious resume, a correct face and a calm attitude, which makes people think of the male class teacher in high school; On the other hand, he has a skill, and a group of "little friends" under his command are all artifacts that can set the gas field.

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These "little pot friends" are silent and small. In layman's terms, they are called miniature bonsai, sketch bonsai or palm bonsai. Bobby Chen's sideline is the legendary bonsai master.

Bonsai? Bonsai master? Isn't that something for the elderly? For those who make this statement, it must be frankly told that if they don't know much about traditional culture, they still stay at the level of enlightenment on how to show their Bigger in a gorgeous and low-key way.

Craftsmen make:

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The whole world says that this is a world of looking at faces; But only China people know that people still have to look at "Qi".

What is "Qi"? When you are alone, it is "temperament"; When you can't hold it, it is the "gas field"; The domineering side is leaking, which is "weather." Therefore, when the ancients described an unstoppable thing, they often said, "This person/thing has a weather." How to evaluate a person's "qi" has been practiced many times, one of which is bonsai.

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For example, at the entrance of Shaanxi Museum, there is a long, seemingly inconspicuous stone all the year round. In fact, it is actually a stone whale, a relic of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty playing with landscape bonsai two thousand years ago.

-Shi Zaiwu led the Kunchi water to Zhang Jian Palace, turned the Kunchi water into a 10-hectare pool, and ordered people to carve 20-foot-long behemoths such as stone whales and turtles; Penglai, Yingzhou and other fairy mountains were put together in the pool, and the lake in the deep palace suddenly sublimated into the Kyushu river and sea in the heart of the emperor.

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Because of the spectacular scene, it is said that whales later turned into sperm, growling and wagging their tails every thunderstorm night, scaring a bunch of people? It can be called a bloody case caused by an emperor playing bonsai. The weather of this bonsai is great. Even after thousands of years, it can still taste the huge breast diameter of Emperor Wu.

Boxwood in Phnom Penh

Of course, the "basin" of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is indeed a bit big, and it is a bit difficult for ordinary people to learn. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, literati have used bonsai to refine their spirits, and they all pay attention to the realm of "seeing the big from the small" and "rather critical".

And Bobby Chen's miniature bonsai, which follows the tradition of refining gas, focuses on tempering temperament, improving gas field, and even observing the climate-it sounds mysterious and mysterious, but it is more practical than imagined:

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For example, he likes landscape photography and outdoor cycling on weekdays. In his words, he deliberately stepped out of the reinforced concrete, stayed in the world, and felt the power of life through sports.

Diligent in health, tall and capable, with a flat temperament, playing with flowers and trees, naturally every move has a charm.

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Similarly, ordinary people's eyes boring maintenance work, his secret is four words: focus, heart. For example, treat a pot of broom plants that are relatively easy to maintain, and also insist on observing the daily temperature, humidity and sunshine. Observe the details such as pruning, fertilization, watering and changing pots; Once you invest, you will get carried away, often passing away quietly in two or three hours.

If you follow this method, you must have unconsciously developed a superb ability to observe the sky at night and check the wind and rain every day.

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What's more, he made his own food and clothing. It took him more than two months to build a greenhouse on the roof of the house: it is based on brick and stone, with anti-corrosion wood as the countertop, which has the functions of adjusting the room temperature and automatically sprinkling water. He did not forget to put on an interesting bamboo fence, which created a very comfortable little world for his 100 friends.

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The vegetation is affectionate, and I think I can definitely feel the deep friendship of this idiot. Therefore, Bobby Chen's potted plants are engraved with this man's character: lush foliage, strong posture, no quick success, and a deep understanding of the beauty of quiet and beautiful years. Pick any one, whether it's a white-walled shack or a deep courtyard, you can instantly create a leisurely and interesting space and return to Xanadu at once.

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And Chen Sheng is also in the understanding of these silent flowers and trees, all things are equal, people's hearts are wooden, the branches are emboldened, people's colors are cherished, and gas is refined with great concentration, so as to cultivate a pair of accurate eyes to see things, things and people.

The craftsman said:

If you really want to sum up my secret of diligence in potted plants,

Is nothing more than a simple four sentences:

Raise the basin to cultivate one's morality first, and refine one's heart first;

Strong stems have no weak branches, and the weather migrates with people.