Month: March 2011

Besides all the 1000+ beautiful bonsai, suiseki stones and figurines, there also is a very long gallery filled with ancient bonsai pots in Mr. Wu Cheng-Fa’s amazing bonsai gallery in Shenzhen – Qu Yi Garden (趣怡园).

RIGHT:  Entrance of the antique Chinese bonsai pot gallery in Qu Yi Garden

LEFT: I really like this wooden sculpture that is placed in the entrance of the gallery.

The pot on the left is made of peach clay (桃花泥) and the pot on the right is made of purple clay (aka zisha clay, 紫泥).  Beautiful carving work, full of details.

These few pots are from the Qing dynasty.  I remember I saw some bonsai pots in the gallery that are from period as early as the Yuen dynasty (A.D. 1271-1368).

Beautiful art this is, isn’t it?

There are also many figurines and suiseki rocks in the gallery.

You can find more photos in the album of Qu Yi Garden – Antique China Pots and Stone Art in Happy Bonsai Gallery.

You can check out this post – Visiting Qu Yi Garden – A Big Big Penjing Gallery! – for more about Qy Yi Garden and its bonsai displays.

And definitely check out this post – Suiseki Stones & Figurines in Qu Yi Garden – if you like beautiful suiseki stones and antique Chinese figurines.

As said in the post – Visiting Qu Yi Garden – A Big Big Penjing Gallery, the bonsai gallery of Mr. Wu Cheng-Fa (Chairman of Hong Kong Penjing and Artstone Society) does not only have thousands of penjing, but also a huge gallery of antique bonsai pots and a showroom of figurines and suiseki stones.

Doesn’t this suiseki rock look like a citrus cut in half?

Does this look like an old woman looking at a duck?

These daiza – the carved wood bases – are so beautiful; very well carved and perfectly conforming to the shape of the suiseki stone.

This carved stone is one of my favorite in Wu’s suiseki stone showroom.

I am told that many of these figurines cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Happy Bonsai Shop has this Zhong Kui – the Chinese Ghostbuster -figurine for sale too. Of course, not in a “antique and collection price”, but in a very affordable price haha 😀

What a great way to display a collection of figurines!  It is easy, convenient, and interesting 😀 I definitely will give it a try with my figurine collection!

Check out this post –Antique Chinese Pottery and Figurines in Qu Yi Garden – to find out more about the antique Chinese pottery gallery in Qu Yi Garden. Lots of beautiful bonsai pots there 😉

Last Friday, with many fellow members of our bonsai club (Institute of Lingnan Penjing, Hong Kong), we visited Mr. Wu Cheng-Fa’s amazing bonsai gallery in Shenzhen – Qu Yi Garden (趣怡园 aka Tracy Penjing Gallery).

A corner of Qu Yi Garden

Mr. Wu Cheng-Fa is the Chairman of Hong Kong Penjing and Artstone Society, as well as WBFF international consultant. Obviously he is one bonsai enthusiast. But moreover, Mr. Wu Cheng-Fa is an art collector who has dedicated much of his time and wealth on promoting the art of Chinese penjing to the world.

With Mr. Wu Cheng-Fa (吳成發先生), the owner of this amazing bonsai gallery

With his large, beautiful collection of penjing, bonsai pots, and suiseki stones displaying in Qu Yi Garden, Mr. Wu Cheng-Fa invites fellow bonsai lovers and bonsai enthusiasts to his huge gallery/workshop, and together, share bonsai knowledge and ideas.

RIGHT: Teacher Wong shares some bonsai stories of  his younger days with the club members.
LEFT: WBFF Chairman – Mr. Hu Yun-Hua – came over to our group and joined the conversation.

A group photo of our bonsai club members with Teacher Wong Chiu Shing (黄就成先生), Mr. Hu Yun-Hua (胡運驊先生), Mr. Liu Chuan-Guan (劉傳剛先生, Director of Hainan Province Penjing Society), and Mr. Zheng Zai-Quan (鄭在權先生, Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Penjing and Artstone Society)

There are more than 2,000 bonsai, antique bonsai pots, and suiseki stones in Qu Yi Garden. And among the 2000 bonsai in the garden, more than 1000 bonsai have already been developed to a presentable stage. While there are bonsai of many different styles/schools in Qu Yi Garden, bonsai of Lingnan style take up the majority in the Wu’s gallery.

For more photos, please visit the album of Qu Yi Garden in Happy Bonsai Gallery.

There are also a suiseki stone gallery and large gallery of antique bonsai pots in Qu Yi Garden. I will put up photos taken in those gallery as soon as I can. Please hang on! Happy Bonsai!! 😉