Bonsai is miniature landscape in pots of different materials, sizes and shapes featuring certain arrangement of flowers, trees and mountainous rocks. It is a comprehensive plastic art combining garden cultivation, literature and painting etc.
Originated from China, Bonsai is a traditional Chinese art treasure with a long history. It is popular among the general public. Bonsai is a product of cultivation technology and plastic art, as well as a combination between natural beauty and artistic beauty. A bonsai work involves plants, mountains, rocks, water and soil, plus the horticulturist's creative design, formation and attentive care.
Horticulturists put bonsai in a small pot, but the beauty of Mother Nature can be adequately presented. That's why people honor bonsai as "3-D paintings" and "silent poems". With the changes of time and seasons, different arrangements, colors and artistic moods can be created in bonsai.
Bonsai is also a blend of aesthetics, literature and science. It's something elegant and beautiful, providing beauty as well as food for thought to anyone who sees it. The ingenious arrangement of bonsai gives a poetic feel and has high and low layers, reflecting the creator's good taste. The main materials for bonsai creation are plants, bearing the characteristics of life and growth.
In the forest of world art, Chinese bonsai is one of the oriental treasures with natural beauty and enjoys a high reputation in the world.
