yān​yún​gòng​yǎng

spiritual nourishment from nature or landscape art

  • created sense approved 烟云供养/煙雲供養 · yān​yún​gòng​yǎng · spiritual nourishment from nature or landscape art — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烟云供养 / 煙雲供養

    yān​yún​gòng​yǎng

    spiritual nourishment from nature or landscape art

    To nourish one's spirit or longevity by contemplating the natural beauty of landscapes or the paintings that depict them; specifically refers to the traditional belief that painters achieve longevity through immersion in the vital energy of clouds and mist

    烟云 (literal) → 烟云/煙雲 · yān​yún · mist and clouds 供养 (literal) → 供养/供養 · gòng​yǎng · to make offerings

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense