In A.D. 18 19, a Taoist named Zhang invited celebrities and scholars to launch the "Tianyuan Orchid Bonsai Exhibition", referred to as "Orchid Club", in order to further promote respect for Taoism and morality. This "Lanpen Club" is held twice a year, and each time it is postponed for 7 days.
The first "Orchid Club" was held on 18 19 at the end of October. More than 200 pots of various orchids were exhibited, with an audience of nearly 500. By the year of 183 1, the scale of the "Orchid Club" was further expanded, and the exhibition content was also expanded from the original orchid viewing and flower viewing to orchid tasting, orchid chanting, orchid painting and orchid giving. At that time, Tianyuan celebrities gathered and were very lively, and the "Lanpen Club" was honored as Yao Bei.
Both Confucianism and Taoism are principles of being a man. To be a man, we should take honesty as a teacher and loyalty to chastity as the foundation, and we should not speak lightly. People who own Lan Xin Rand must be calm in mind and not extreme in words and deeds, that is, gentlemen and upright people.
What Taoism insists on is a true and harmonious qi, that is, a healthy qi that is not infected by bad customs. China's Mongolian work "Saint Amethyst" said, "At the beginning of life, human nature is good; Sex is similar and learning is far away. "
The ancients believed that people were kind and simple at the beginning of their mother's womb. But with the growth of age, people's habits began to change, gradually eroded by ugly things in the secular world, becoming complicated and chaotic, like a clear spring being polluted.
Taoist practice is what Confucianism calls self-cultivation, so why should that person practice? Because the world is a big dye vat, too muddy, too dirty, too dirty, and you must get rid of bad habits. Practice is to return to nature and restore the initial state of human nature.
The characteristics of orchids make it changeable without external physical properties, and also indifferent to its chastity and Qing Xiang's noble character, which has become an example for people to learn and practice. Therefore, Taoism believes that orchids are stunners in grass and treasures in flowers. People who cultivate to the orchid realm are either saints or sages!
China has a long history and a long history of ideology and culture. Orchid is a pearl immersed in beautiful culture, which perfectly connects the essence and themes of various traditional cultures in China. Besides Confucianism and Taoism, orchids also have a perfect interpretation of Buddhism.
Buddhism believes in quietness, Zen and life, and orchids are born in secluded forests in empty valleys, with a quiet environment and no noise in the market. "Not alone but not fragrant" is a kind of indifference, characterized by "stability", that is, not being infected by foreign objects and maintaining meditation, which is similar to Buddhism's "stability".
Master Yuan Ying, a generation of eminent monks, once said, "Everything in the world is constant, and everything sees the truth." People and everything are the same, and they all have their own true temperament. To what extent do you need to practice? Buddhists pursue the realm of "truth", that is, the height of understanding nature.
The clouds of Buddha, Zen, tranquility, determination and enlightenment; If you are quiet, you will be enlightened, and you will be able to give birth to great wisdom in life. "Greed and ignorance" is a dirty thing in everyone's heart, and "abstinence and wisdom" are the best remedies for "greed and ignorance"
Therefore, the first priority of Buddhist practice is to quit. What should I quit? Avoid greed, anger and ignorance. Give up and do it again. Give up and it will be quiet. If you do, your heart will be calm and the wisdom of life will grow. Therefore, almost all Buddhist temples have Zen orchids, the purpose of which is to meditate for monks and nuns and to persuade secular beings to practice.
Buddhism believes that from the appreciation of orchids, we can also cultivate the characteristics of orchids, such as independence from the world, indifference to quietness, getting rid of secular troubles, and getting the happiness of quietism. In Buddhism, the saying of "one flower, one world, one orchid and one gentleman" and "seeing Wu Lan Zen" is very reasonable.
The forbearing abbot of Putuo Mountain once summed up the relationship between orchids and Buddhism like this:
Orchids are Zen flowers, neither Zen nor orchids. Orchid is a spiritual thing, which can predict bad luck. Indoor turbidity is green and wilting, while indoor fierceness is green and wilting. Orchids are Buddhist, regardless of rank, and they live in peace with their colleagues.
Orchid culture has a deep relationship with China's traditional Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, precisely because several characteristics of orchid quality have great spiritual similarity with these religions.