Bonsai, as the name suggests, is "scape in a pot".
It integrates "poetry, calligraphy, painting and technique" into one, and gathers "mountain, water, tree and scenery" in one pot.
The creation of bonsai originates from nature and is higher than nature.
Yangpai bonsai originated in Yangzhou, Jiangsu.
Using natural plants as the main material, and relying on artificial landscape setting skills, the garden beauty of Jiangnan is concentrated in a square inch of space.
The Yang style bonsai was formed in the Ming Dynasty and prospered in the Qing Dynasty. In its heyday, the local "every family had a garden, and every household raised bonsai".
Among them, the most famous technique is called "three bends in one inch", and there can be three bends in one inch of branches at the densest part of the shape.
The ancient and famous trees in the bonsai have different shapes, some are strange and strange, and some are vivid.
The branches turn thousands of times, like a circling dragon, and like a simple painting.
It is called "silent poetry" by Chinese literati.
Bonsai is the art of time and requires long-term management and careful management.
Good works often take years or decades to create and maintain.
As one of China's traditional arts, bonsai embodies the creator's artistic interest and life perception, showing the unique charm of Chinese classical gardens.
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