wǒ shì dīng fēng rú cóng nián kāi shǐ jiē chù chā huā

我是丁锋如，从2013年开始接触插花

My name is Ding Fengru, I started doing flower arrangement since 2013

wǒ mǎi dào le yī xiē chuān lài xiān shēng de shū

我买到了一些川濑先生（的书）

I bought a book of Mr.Kawase

dà gài sān shí jǐ suì sì shí jǐ suì de shí hòu zuò de yī xiē chā huā

大概三十几岁四十几岁的时候做的一些插花

Which collects the flower arrangement work at his 30s and 40s

jiù bèi dǎ dòng le

就被打动了

I was touched

wǒ de zhǔ yè shì píng miàn shè jì shī

我的主业是平面设计师

I am an interior designer

zhèng jīng zhuàn qián jiù shì jiāo gěi lóu shàng de tóng shì men qù

正经赚钱就是交给楼上的同事们去

And my coworkers upstairs make money within our scope of business

wǒ xiàn zài shì zhǐ yào yǒu cái liào wǒ kě yǐ yī zhí chā

我现在是只要有材料我可以一直插

While I spend more time on flower arrangement

xī wàng yòng yī xiē zài zì rán jiè lǐ miàn zhǎo dào de nà xiē cái liào

希望用一些在自然界里面找到的那些材料

I prefer natural materials

kě néng yīn wèi cóng xiǎo shì zài nóng cūn de guān xì

可能因为从小是在农村的关系

It may has something to do with my background – growing up in the countryside

yī dào shān shàng jiù huì tè bié kāi xīn

一到山上就会特别开心

I’m at my happiest when I’m in the mountains

hěn duō rén qí shí gēn wǒ shàng shān tā men dōu bù tài gēn dé zhù

很多人其实跟我上山，他们都不太跟得住

People can hardly enjoy themselves with the mountain me

jī běn shàng shén me huā dà gài shén me shí jiān

基本上什么花大概什么时间

I know the time and place

rán hòu zài nǎ gè wèi zhì tā kě néng yào kāi le

然后在哪个位置，它可能要开了

Where flowers blossom

rán hòu wǒ jiù huì qù kàn

然后我就会去看

And I’d go see them

zuì jìn zhǔ yào shì hé huā

最近主要是荷花

The recent flower is lotus

bù shì mǎ shàng xià jiǎn dāo qù jiǎn tā

不是马上下剪刀去剪它

I don’t just snip it off

tā shì gēn shuí shēng huó zài yī qǐ de

它是跟谁生活在一起的

Instead I observe

tā běn shēn de zhè zhǒng shēng zhǎng de guān xì

它本身的这种生长的关系

The natural living habitat of the bloom

zhè xiē jiù shì wǒ de chuàng zuò de yuán tóu

这些就是我的创作的源头

This is the source of my creation

liú pài shì yī gè quān

流派是一个圈

School is a circle

wǒ jué dé jiù nà gè diǎn xiàn miàn bāo kuò yī xiē sè cǎi zhè xiē

我觉得就那个点线面，包括一些色彩这些

The rules of shape and color

qí shí dōu shì zì jǐ gěi zì jǐ huà de kuāng kuāng

其实都是自己给自己画的框框

Are trammels one imposes on himself

zài tái běi gù gōng yǒu shōu cáng de yī gè huà

在台北故宫有收藏的一个画

There is a painting in the Taipei National Museum

shì yī gè luó hàn tā zài kàn yī zhǐ wǎn

是一个罗汉，他在看一只碗

A monk staring at a bowl

wǎn lǐ miàn yǒu liǎng duǒ huā

碗里面有两朵花

Two flowers grow out of the bowl

wǒ jué dé chā huā kě néng zuì zhōng xiǎng yào dá dào de jiù shì nà zhǒng zhuàng tài

我觉得插花可能最终想要达到的就是那种状态

That is the ultimate pursuit of flower arrangement

yīn wèi gōng sī dǐ xià yuán lái shì yī gè chē kù

因为（公司）底下原来是一个车库

Underneath was a garage

gǎi zào qián hòu zǒng gòng shì huā le tiān shí jiān

（改造）前后总共是花了18天时间

In 18 days we transformed it into a show room/studio

zhǔ yào píng cháng shì chén liè huā qì

主要平常是陈列花器

Where vases are put on display

bāo kuò zì jǐ píng cháng chā huā yě shì zài nà lǐ

包括自己平常插花也是在那里

And I arrange flowers in the studio

kōng jiān de míng zì jiào shùn

空间的名字叫“瞬”

The studio is named “Shun” (the blink of an eye)

huā wǒ men cóng jiǎn xià lái chā dào píng zi lǐ miàn

花，我们从剪下来插到瓶子里面

Flower from stem to vase

qí shí tā dōu shì yī shùn

其实它都是一瞬

Is the blink of an eye

wǒ men néng huó suì dàn qí shí tā yě shì yī shùn

我们能活80岁，但其实它也是一瞬

We from zero to eighty, is also the blink of an eye

wǒ bǐ jiào xǐ huān táo tǔ lèi de qì mǐn

我比较喜欢陶土类的器皿

I prefer pottery clay vases

wǒ jué dé gèng pǔ shí gèng pǔ sù

我觉得更朴实更朴素

They are simple, down to earth

zǒng de shù liàng kě néng jiē jìn jiàn

总的数量可能接近500件

I have about 500 vases

dāng shí zuì guì de yī jiàn qì mǐn kě néng shì qī bā nián qián yī gè tóng de píng zi

当时最贵的一件器皿可能是七八年前，一个铜的瓶子

The most expensive one is a copper bottle I bought 7 or 8 years ago

dāng shí mǎi de shí hòu shì wàn duō

当时买的时候是5万多

It cost over 50 thousand

zhuī le zhè gè píng zi de zhǔ rén liǎng nián duō

追了这个瓶子的主人两年多

I begged the owner for more than two years

tā cái kěn bǎ píng zi mài gěi wǒ

他才肯把瓶子卖给我

Before he agreed to sell

dāng rán xiàn zài zhè yàng de píng zi kě néng jià gé jiù gèng gāo le

当然现在这样的瓶子可能价格就更高了

The price should have gone up now

wǒ mǎi de hěn duō qì mǐn kě néng jiù shì bǐ jiào pò jiù de qì mǐn

我买的很多器皿可能就是比较破旧的器皿

A lot of the vases I bought are worn-out or broken

zhǔ yào shì biàn yí

主要是便宜

Mostly because they are cheaper

jǐ bǎi nián qián nián qián

几百年前1000年前

Hundreds of years ago

tā kě néng shāo chū lái jiù shì pò de wāi de liè de

它可能烧出来就是破的歪的裂的

It was broken fresh out of the kiln

cóng chū shēng jiù méi yǒu fā guò guāng

从出生就没有发过光

Never shined once

tā shì yī gè rì běn de gǔ yáo de yī gè cán jiàn

它是一个日本的古窑的一个残件

This is a fragment from an old Japanese kiln

zài bèi hòu zuò le yī gè tiě sī de zhè yàng de yī gè jià zi

在背后做了一个铁丝的这样的一个架子

I installed a rack on the back

zhè yàng jiù kě yǐ guà zài qiáng shàng

这样就可以挂在墙上

So that it can hang on the wall

zhè yī jiàn qí shí shì nián jì tè bié lǎo de

这一件其实是年纪特别老的

This one is an ancient pot

shì zhàn hàn shí qī de yī gè má bù wén de yī gè guàn zi

是战汉时期的一个麻布纹的一个罐子

From the Warring States Time

zhè dǐ xià bù fēn jiù zhà liè le

这底下部分就炸裂了

The bottom burst

wǒ men tōng guò chā huā

我们通过插花

By the arrangement of flowers

ràng zhè jiàn qì mǐn tā běn shēn cán quē de dì fāng

让这件器皿它本身残缺的地方

We turn the flawed part

yě biàn chéng yī gè tè bié měi de dì fāng

也变成一个特别美的地方

Into a beautiful piece of art

dāng rán mài gěi wǒ nà xiē rén tā men yě jué dé hěn qí guài

当然卖给我那些人他们也觉得很奇怪

People found it strange when I bought them

dàn shì dāng nǐ ná huí lái yǐ hòu chā wán huā

但是当你拿回来以后插完花

But when they saw the finished work

rán hòu tā men kàn dào le péng yǒu quān

然后他们看到了（朋友圈）

In my Wechat moment

wán le děng nǐ xià cì jià gé huì bǐ shàng yī cì yào guì yī xiē

完了等你下次，价格会比上一次要贵一些

They would raise the price next time

nà me hěn duō rén kàn dào yǐ hòu

那么很多人看到以后

Some would tell me

tā men huì sī xìn gěi wǒ shuō

他们会私信给我说

After they saw my work

jīn tiān běn lái xīn qíng bù hǎo dàn shì kàn zhe wǒ de chā huā

今天本来心情不好，但是看着我的插花

That they had had a rough day

tū rán jué dé hǎo xiàng hǎo hěn duō

突然觉得好像好很多

But my flower arrangement made them feel better

jīn tiān jiù yǒu yī gè méi jiàn guò miàn de yī gè rén

今天就有一个没见过面的一个人

Today a guy I never met

tā fā le péng yǒu quān rán hòu wǒ

他发了朋友圈，然后@我

Posted a moment and mentioned me

tā shuō níng bō zhè gè chéng shì yīn wèi yǒu le wǒ ér biàn dé jiù shì yì shù fēn wéi nóng yù

他说宁波这个城市因为有了我而变得就是艺术氛围浓郁

He said that the city of Ningbo became more artistic because of me

wǒ zài xià miàn píng lùn kāi wán xiào

我在下面评论开玩笑

Then I commented

wǒ shuō nǐ néng bù néng níng bō shì zhǎng

我说你能不能@宁波市长

Please mention the mayor

gěi wǒ bān yī gè kě yǐ suí biàn luàn jiǎn huā de zhèng

给我颁一个可以随便乱剪花的证

And ask him if I can be granted an certificate to legally snip off flowers

chā huā zhè gè shì qíng yǐ qián shì cóng zhōng guó chuán dào rì běn qù

插花这个事情以前是从中国传到日本去

Flower arrangement was brought to Japan from China

rán hòu zài rì běn fā zhǎn dé hěn hǎo

然后在日本发展得很好

And it bloomed in Japan

wǒ xī wàng tōng guò wǒ men zhè yī bèi de nǔ lì

我希望通过我们这一辈的努力

I hope that through our effort

zài zhè gè duǎn zàn de yī shùn

在这个短暂的一瞬

In this fleeting moment

néng gòu bǎ zhè gè shì qíng wǎng qián tuī jìn yī diǎn diǎn

能够把这个事情往前推进一点点

It can be carried forward more or less