Why did Yabai have such a high status in the eyes of the ancients?

Because the spirit is different from the ordinary.

Yabai is produced in the area above 1500 meters in Taihang Mountain, and for the time being, it has not been artificially cultivated. In the 90s of the last century, it was declared extinct because no trace could be found, and only a small number of discoveries have been made in modern times. It can be seen that the Yabai is a very good thing, and it is rare and expensive, so it is naturally valuable.

The living environment of the cypress is difficult, and it is not easy to grow out after being exposed to wind and rain. The living environment is extremely harsh, and in the perennial wind and rain, it has formed an elegant, strange and smart posture. Because of the perennial life in a difficult place, the density of the cypress is relatively large, the oiliness is relatively high, and the appreciation is better, and it is deeply loved by the majority of collectors.

The ancients advocated a lofty spiritual realm, and the spirit of perseverance and hard work to survive represented by Yabai was highly respected by the ancients. At the same time, it is very ornamental, its posture is smart, and the shape is simple. It is not only ornamental, but also has certain medicinal properties, it can calm the nerves and help sleep, calm the mind, detoxify and nourish the skin.

According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, the cypress is golden, which can help lung qi. At the same time, if it is used to make tea, it can also promote metabolism, blood circulation, and clean up intestinal garbage. At the same time, because of the fragrance of the cypress itself, it can disinfect and purify the air.

In our country, the Ya Cypress and the culture since ancient times have a relationship of origin, the ancestors worship the cypress, respect the cypress, love the cypress, praise the cypress of the hand-me-down masterpieces abound, the five generations have Jing Hao's "moving but not yielding, complicated but not flashy, the festival has chapters, the leaves are like knots, the branches are like clothes and hemp" incisive description.

In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu's "Ke Ruo Bronze Roots Like Stone" and "Ye Xiang once stayed in Luan Feng" and other good sentences express the image characteristics of cypress and its inner spirit, and the folk regard cypress as a mascot and a sacred wood.

In the Han Dynasty, the "Yellow Intestine Inscription", the palace, the temple, the ancestral hall and other solemn places are planted with cypress trees, and the cypress branches are lit during the New Year's Festival, so as to be auspicious, and the cypress is homophonic to show longevity.

According to the medical works of the past dynasties, the cypress has "free from the plague, the merit of channeling to the end", its light fragrance smell is enduring, has the effect of fitness and awakening the brain, is a collection of natural beauty, natural incense of the artwork, in line with the modern society people advocate nature, seek to return to the aesthetic psychology of nature, has a high collection value.

The production of cypress is roughly divided into natural method and fine carving method. The cypress itself is not easy to grow, and it is difficult to take materials in the cliffs, and its processing is all handmade, and it has to go through more than a dozen processes such as material selection, conception, drying, peeling, cutting, carving, grinding, polishing, waxing, matching, naming, etc.

From the creative techniques, there are roughly antique natural methods and fine carving methods.

The art of root carving itself is a kind of skillful borrowing of nature, turning decay into magical art, appreciating the root art works is to be between the similar and the unlike, in the integration of people and nature in order to get its rhyme.

Therefore, we should not only appreciate the masterpieces of nature, but also taste the creator's insightful discovery art and skillful use of nature's carving skills.

The root art works take nature as the highest realm, that is to say, the root carving shape is not processed as much as possible, and less processing can fully display the beauty of nature as the best.

However, the vast majority of roots are disorganized, which requires the creator to express the beauty of nature as the basis in the undisciplined roots, take the aesthetic requirements of people as the standard, discover beauty, express beauty, modify beauty, and achieve the beautification of nature by people, and extract excellent works that meet the aesthetic subject from people's aesthetic laws and life experience.

It can be seen that in order to truly appreciate the root art of the cypress, we must first appreciate nature, because its first creator is a masterpiece of nature's thousands of carvings, so we must comprehend the indomitable spirit of the cypress from the curved and changeable shapes, find the fun in the plausible and unlike, and experience the masterpiece of nature.

Secondly, it is necessary to savor the artist's natural carving skills. The root carving of the cypress has an incomparable charm of other tree species root carving works. The quality of the cypress is firm and delicate, the shape is strange, the color is golden, the texture is clear, its taste is fragrant, the most unique thing is that the cypress creates its dragon and phoenix dance in the struggle against the wind and rain.

1. The relationship between the place of origin and the provincial-level administrative region.

The main production area of the cypress is the mountain range, and it is usually worn.

e68a8462616964757a686964616f31333365643466 more than one province or region. The so-called Shaanxi material, Shanxi material, Chengkou material, Sichuan material, Tibetan material

Inner Mongolia material, Hebei material, Hubei material, etc., are actually an integral part of the mountain range, the main mountain range of Yabai production area, including Tai.

Xingshan Mountains, Qinling Mountains, Daba Mountains, etc.

2. The main mountain range that produces the cypress.

Taihang Mountains: Located at the junction of Hebei Province and Shanxi Province, it spans 4 provinces of Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi and Henan, stretching for more than 400 kilometers.

Qinling Mountains: An east-west mountain range that runs through central China, running through Gansu, Shaanxi and Henan provinces, stretching for more than 1,600 kilometers.

Daba Mountains: Located in western China, it is a general name for the mountainous areas at the junction of Chongqing, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Hubei provinces, stretching for more than 500 kilometers from east to west.

Kunlun Mountains, Tianshan Mountains, etc.: There are also cliff cypresses, and there are many tumors.

Third, the quality of materials in each production area is different.

It must be pointed out that this is a general question, and we can only give an empirical evaluation from the whole, in fact, each appellation has outstanding good.

Due to the abundant rainfall and more soil in the southern production area, the growth conditions of the cypress are relatively good, the overall body shape is stout, the shape is atmospheric, and it can often produce large materials (such as.

Hubei and other places), which is a good material for root art; However, there are pros and cons, its growth year and volume are relatively small, and the hardness density is the same as that of the same year cycle

Compared with Qinling materials, the texture is not deep enough. The fragrance is more medicinal and fragrant, the color is lighter than that of the northern production area, and the density and oiliness are relatively inferior to those of Qinling and Tai.

The old material of the Traveling Mountains.

The northern production areas, mainly the materials of the Taihang and Qinling Mountains, are more representative due to the harsh natural environment in which the cypress grows, and the density is very good in the years.

Among them, Qinling material is more suitable for carving than meat, and the overall fragrance is better, mellow and refreshing; Due to the special geographical and climatic conditions, Inner Mongolia in Xinjiang is relatively white.

There are more skin and dry materials, and the morphology is poor, but the tumor material is produced more, the density is average, and the fragrance is sweet and occasionally sour.

In fact, it is not in China, but in other countries where the geographical conditions are harsh, there will also be the appearance of Yabai (in the broad sense).

Fourth, is Taihang material the best cypress material?

Each piece of Yabai is a rare treasure, and there are extremely excellent materials in various production areas. Taihang material is indeed the overall material is better. But.

In fact, there are also good materials in various production areas, such as the Qinling Mountains, which are very good materials suitable for carving and incense; Hubei is also suitable for roots.

The big material of the art. All in all, it is impossible to generalize, each piece of cypress has its own uniqueness, and it is a natural treasure given by God.

I am a Yabai farmer in Taihang Mountain, Du I don't have much contact, I have touched Sichuan material, Qinling material, Hubei material, Tibetan dao material, not because I am too.