Zheng Banqiao, a famous painter and writer in the Qing Dynasty and an outstanding representative of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", wrote such a pair of health couplets on both sides of the kitchen door of Xinghua's former residence: vegetables, radishes and brown rice; Pot of chrysanthemum tea. This couplet is composed of six nouns, which is as simple as words. The food is light, the drinking water is natural, and the food is bitter and quiet, which meets the nutritional requirements. Light tea and rice can make you physically and mentally healthy and prolong your life.
Zhang Zhidong, a former governor of the two rivers in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote a health couplet: "Nothing is the method of peace of mind, but deficiency is the cure." When it comes to diet, this connection coincides with "Dieting to get rid of diseases and prolonging life in insatiability" in an ancient health book "The Maxim of Respect for Life". Medical research has proved that food restriction can effectively regulate the degradation of aging-related cell membranes, maintain the integrity of cell functions, help enhance immunity and delay aging.
Ji Xiaolan, a writer in the Qing Dynasty, hung a couplet in the living room to amuse himself, saying, "Everything is contented, and people do not seek quality, but perfection". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhong, a gifted scholar in Jiangjin, Sichuan, wrote a pair of couplets in Baoguang Temple in Xindu: "What's wrong with your brow, but you always keep calm and satisfied, so you get along well and always smile at everyone;" My stomach is so big that I never worry about eating or wearing. I just talk about everything and relax naturally. "The above couplets all point out that" contentment ","no desire "and" open-mindedness "can preserve health and are worth tasting.
There is also the thatched cottage couplet of Deng, a famous calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty: "tolerate and insult people, treat diseases sincerely, drink less and worry, think less and dream less, plant flowers but be vulgar, burn incense and be dirty;" Sit quietly to make up for deficiency, stay alone to make up for deficiency, save money to make up for poverty, make up for goodness, rest and benefit qi, and make up for trouble silently. "The upper and lower couplets are all in the form of compound sentence. When it comes to what should be "denied" and what can be "supplemented", it can be said that there is a sharp contrast, and there is a break. The All-China Federation has expounded the way of keeping in good health in concise language from the aspects of mind cultivation, diet, daily life and hygiene, so that it is not difficult for us to realize that we must also pay attention to "comprehensive management" in keeping in good health, which is very enlightening for future generations.
Proper exercise, don't be written by the Qing dynasty celebrity Zhai Gongluan, "Static is static and moving, and the five internal organs disappear; Rong also endured humiliation, lived in danger all his life and never walked. It is indeed a panacea for those who are often irritable.
Desperately do good, learn to meditate on Kou Zhun's "only know how to do good, don't ask about the future"; Taking kindness as pleasure, Zheng Chenggong's "bad health, hard to fill;" Happiness is not as good as reading "and Gu Guangxu, a scholar of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty," Everything is not as good as pleasure; The antithetical couplet "Flowers are more beautiful than reading incense" respectively expounds the ways of health preservation such as "no desire to cultivate", "having fun for good" and "reading incense". Especially for the elderly, it is particularly important to think more in their later years.
Fei Xinwo, a contemporary calligrapher, keeps fit: "Diligence, perseverance and optimism are the keys to physical and mental health; Beautiful scenery and clear sunshine are the supplements given by nature. "The self-discipline and self-motivation of Shanglian reveal a kind of vitality; The second part describes the environment. The author feels the beauty and loveliness of nature and cherishes this best natural "supplement".