March 23 (Lunar calendar: Leap February 02), 2023 Thursday | Dawnxisoul393art

《The Seagulls on the Beach》Painted by dawnxisoul393

The sea, for us, always has an intoxicating charm. Every time we come to the seaside, infinite emotions run through our hearts, the sea is just too magical and exciting. Even though we live in Hong Kong and have contact with the sea every day, every day is an exciting time. This day was another exciting day. Facing the rising sun, the boundless sea, and the seagulls playing in front of us, we were overwhelmed with emotion, just like the undulating waves, and felt a sense of being far away from the bustle of the world. We were living in Peng Chau when we painted this acrylic painting of seagulls on the beach, before our daughter was born, Peng Chau, a small island in Hong Kong, was only about one square kilo-meter in size, but it was like a shining pearl embedded in the sea of Hong Kong. Green shrubs, golden beaches, red-tiled and white-walled houses, and traditionally dressed fishermen's women. 

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Peng Chau Island is like a colorful custom painting, a fresh and elegant lyrical poem. But it was the sea itself that fascinated and enchanted us, especially the waves that rolled in and out, and we felt a surge of emotion in our hearts. On the beach that day, we happened to meet a group of fishermen who had gone out early that morning and returned by noon. We all knew them well and exchanged greetings. These fishermen were truly experts at fighting the waves, their bronze faces were solemn and sacred as if they were carved by an artist. They seemed to have endless things to say about the sea. That day, two beautiful fishermen's daughters, who were about 15 or 16 years old, asked us: "You two painters come to the beach on time every day to paint. We can see that you two follow each other and love each other. It's so enviable. Can we have a happy family like you in the future?" 

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We looked at each other and laughed. Doris said: "Certainly, as long as people are true to each other, people will have a happy family." It turned out that their most beautiful wish was to find people who loved each other and would spend their whole life together. Actually, isn't everyone like that? However, what we didn't say to the two girls at that time was that true love, like the seagulls around us, faithfully returned to the same place every day and never leaves. Every day we sketched or painted at the seaside, always together with seagulls - the white sea spirits, who came to play on the beach and sometimes returned to the waves, the seagulls had a loud and beautiful cry and light bodies, they fought the wind and waves and were indomitable. 

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The seagull symbolizes courage and fearlessness. The seagull represents the quality of perseverance, bravery, and tenacity. Seagulls are the most infatuated birds in the world, a seagull is only with one partner all its life, if one seagull is hunted and dies, the other will hover over the sea and call for his partner's return until he falls into the sea and dies. Whenever watching these pure seagulls, our hearts were filled with longing. In fact, isn't the life we hope for just like the life of these seabirds? Purity, simplicity, and loyalty to the sea. We believe that the inspiration the sea gave us and our love for the sea will never die. With the sunlight leisurely cascading over the sea and the island, Peng Chau was becoming more and more graceful, with the mountains not far away reflected in the sea, the rippling water swaying like a dancing girl, the lush green spots on the sea were some small islands near Peng Chau.

The green island of Peng Chau was full of vitality with trees all around. Opposite Peng Chau Island, there was an island very small, which was called "pregnant women" island. The "pregnant woman" island lying flat on the sea like a pregnant woman was like a jade inlaid in the sea of our hearts. All of a sudden, a white light came down, and after several beautiful turns, glided in front of us. It was a seagull. This gull, with its bright black eyes, was almost face to face with us, with its round head, sharp beak, bulging belly, thin claws, and some black feathers stuck on the tips of its white fluffy wings. It just fluttered its eyes at us, and before we had a chance to look at him closely, he took to his wings and flew off again. At this time, the seagulls fly up and down in a flock, converging into a white whirlpool rushing to the coast.

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Some of the gulls swooped down like silver warplanes, others rose up on their wings like eagles, and some glided against the water, like little white sails from a distance. Sometimes they skimmed over us mischievously, sometimes they gracefully stayed slightly on the beach for a while, sometimes they hovered and flew with panache, carefree and frolicking with themselves. A big seagull, flying happily over the sea, closely followed by a slightly smaller one. These two seagulls look like a couple, and behind them, an even smaller one, like a cute child, flying happily behind its mother and father. The three of them have never been separated, and no matter where they flew, they were tightly together. The seagull "husband" circled back from time to time, sometimes flying behind to guard, sometimes flying ahead to lead the way, and sometimes flying side by side with its "wife", showing love to each other. 

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In the huge white seagull flock, the family stood out from the rest. At that moment, the "wife" suddenly changed direction and flew towards us, landing gently on our easel and blending in with the seagulls in our painting. The "husband" hovered above us with its little seagull, watching this wonderful scene. Suddenly, a black eagle came down from the sky and grabbed one of the wings of the seagull "wife". In this critical juncture, the seagull "husband" like lightning swooped over, the red sharp beak almost to peck on the eyes of the eagle, The eagle was shocked and his claws were loose.  the seagull "wife" took the opportunity to escape the danger. The seagull "husband" made a swift pirouette and flew off alongside its "wife". The young seagull rushed after them, chirping and chirping as if to comfort its frightened mother. 

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We were so amazed by what was happening that our hearts were stirred. They were just three seagulls, but they were so affectionate. What happened that afternoon touched us a lot. We sat quietly on the beach until the moon rose, we suddenly remembered that day was the 15th day of the lunar calendar, the biggest and brightest moment of the moon in a month. The moon seemed to be fished out from the old well of the ancient temple of Golden Flower goddess, hanging in the sky, so bright. According to the legend of the islanders, the Golden Flower goddess was the goddess in charge of childbearing on the island, it was the goddess who sent children to the islanders who would like to have children. Tears welled up in our eyes. That "pregnant women island" seemed to smile at us, and to say: "Bless you. You will soon have your seagull baby."

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(One of our spiritual self-healing thoughts)

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