The ancients called piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers, and tea the eight arts of life, which are essential skills for high-ranking officials, nobles, and literati.

If you look at it from today's perspective, if you have these eight qualities at the same time, you are truly a literati. At the same time, it cannot be ignored that these are also important carriers for the inheritance of Chinese culture from generation to generation. Just imagine, if these eight elegances were missing from Chinese history, Chinese culture would not be dim, but at least it would not be as brilliant as it is now.

Another thing worth thinking about is how many people still know these skills? The huge work and life pressure and impetuous mentality can no longer accommodate these leisurely moments. How many people can still play the piano? How many people can still write calligraphy? How many people can still draw?

The only things that remain are probably wine and tea, which I drink regularly. But do modern people’s drinking and drinking of tea still have the same state of mind as the ancients? Nowadays, drinking is for socializing and tea is for quenching thirst. Where can there be any elegance?

Times are constantly changing, but they are not necessarily always improving. Zangcha Girl has always felt that to judge whether a society is progressing, we should not only look at material life, but also look at more cultural and humanistic things. When it comes to the root of the eight elegances of the ancients, it is not about how well you perform in artistic skills, how well you play the piano, or how beautiful your calligraphy is. It tells everyone that you must have the state of mind to play the piano and write calligraphy. The true meaning of Baya is to enable a person to have a calm state of mind at all times, to treat everything in life calmly and calmly. In the tea rooms of many tea lovers, there is a calligraphy work hanging with only one word: Jing. It is the best interpretation of Baya.

Baya is not Baya. Baya has only one meaning: tranquility. As long as you have this mentality, Baya is just a carrier, and you can express this mentality in anything. If you are still very impetuous and unable to calm down at this moment, you might as well use the ancient method to slowly brew a pot of tea, appreciate it slowly, and taste it slowly. At this moment, you will experience the true state of eight elegances.