Bonsai by Thomas J.
- Pictures of Bonsai styled in both Japanese and Chinese styles, Bonsai, Penjing. Most photographs are before & after, some showing a time lapse of ten years. The last three pages are pictures of trees in their winter rest. KEYWORDS: Ficus, Cedar Elm, Ulmus, Chinese Elm, Trident Maple, Acer, Japanese Maple, Zelkova, Juniperus, Korean Hornbeam, Carpinus Azalea, Ginkgo biloba, Ashe Juniper, Zelkova serrata, Thomas John -
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Man Lung Penjing
- The Man Lung Garden was founded in 1967 by Mr. Wu Yee Sun, a penjing (bonsai) expert. At that time, the garden was a place where penjing lovers and experts came to talk about and show their unique pot plants. The public had the rare opportunity of seeing beautiful exhibitions priceless miniature trees...
Keywords: Penjing, China, Chinese, Man-Lung, Wu Yee Sun, , Man Lung Artistic Pot Plants -
( Added: 9-Jan-2002 Hits: 710)
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Penjing Landscapes
- Tray landscapes are amongst the oldest forms of bonsai in China, Japan and Hawaii. Each is similar in many aspects but different and distinctive, too. Japan's tray landscapes are often patterned after the classical "bonkei" tray landscapes made up of muck, rock hills, sand and tiny plants. These were meant to be for temporary display. After World War II, Toshio Kawamoto coined "saikei" as another form of tray landscape that utilized a more sophisticated set of principles. -
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Chinese Bonsai (Penjing)
- Penjing, the hobby of creating a miniature landscape, is an art that bears close ties with the arts of bonsai, saikei and bonkei - ways of displaying the harmony of form, shape and scale of nature in miniature. Penjing is a predominantly Chinese practice. Pot plants with landscape number among the popular pastimes of the Chinese people. The landscape may consist of artificial rock work or woodwork or it may consist of one single piece of natural rock or wood. Miniature rock gardens also contain pavilions and terraces, trees and flowers, sailing boats, people, birds and animals, all very much reduced in size but nevertheless life-like, presenting vivid figures more real than those on landscape paintings -
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Venus Photo Gallery of Penjing: Masterpieces of Chinese Landscape Bonsai
- These photos show some of the finest penjing created by Chinese masters. Many are the work of internationally renowned artist Qingquan 'Brook' Zhao. Click HERE to learn more about his most recent book. All photos were shot on location in China.
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Yee-Sun Wu and the Spirit of Man Lung Penjing
- "Penjing" describes all Chinese bonsai. It is similar to Japanese bonsai, in that both are artistic potted plants. Horticultural principles of the plant variety determine care requirements and Black Pine cultural requirements are the same when grown toward either Japanese or Chinese aesthetics. KEYWORDS: Yee-Sun Wu Man Lung Penjing -
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