Teach You by Famous Artists - Landscape Bonsai

Author: Zhong Jinan
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Bonsai originated in China and has a history of over a thousand years. Bonsai art is a unique gem in the treasure trove of China's splendid traditional cultural art. With the improvement of people's living standards and cultural needs, bonsai, with its unique artistic charm, attracts more and more people's love. Making and appreciating bonsai can beautify the environment, cultivate temperament, boost spirits, and exercise the body, bringing people aesthetic enjoyment and endless joy. Landscape bonsai, as one of the major categories of Chinese bonsai art, is renowned as "silent poetry and three-dimensional painting." It takes various types of rocks as materials, using the artistic techniques of "showcasing the grand in the small" and "shrinking a dragon to an inch," to condense famous mountains and scenic spots, rivers, lakes, and seas into tiny bonsai pots. This allows people to appreciate the beauty of mountains and waters, countless ranges and gorges, and perilous peaks and distant peaks without leaving their homes during their free time, thereby achieving the purpose of getting close to nature and loving nature. This book teaches you how to make landscape bonsai by Zhong Jinan, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Bonsai Artists Association and Deputy President of the China Huizhou Style Bonsai Research Association.