{"id":1702,"date":"2011-04-06T11:23:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T03:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2011-04-06T11:23:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T03:23:17","slug":"chi-lin-nunnery-bonsai-garden-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/06\/chi-lin-nunnery-bonsai-garden-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Chi Lin Nunnery &#8211; A Must-go for All Bonsai Lovers in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every once a while, I receive emails from bonsai lovers or family \/ friends of some bonsai lovers asking me for suggestions of sightseeing location in Hong Kong.\u00a0 Of course, they are not expecting answers like Ocean Park or Times Square, but somewhere with trees and bonsai pots and accessories that can make bonsai lovers all happy and excited.\u00a0 And one of the few places that I would suggest is Chi Lin Nunnery.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more photos in the album of <a title=\"Chi Lin Nunnery - Bonsai Garden in Hong Kong\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/happybonsaigallery\/ChiLinNunneryBonsaiGardenInHongKong#\">Chi Lin Nunnery &#8211; Bonsai Garden in Hong Kong<\/a> in <a title=\"Happy Bonsai Gallery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/happybonsaigallery\/SuisekiExhibitionIn2010GZIntLBonsaiInvitationExhibition#\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Bonsai Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1705\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-06\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-06-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-06-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nChi Lin Nunnery is located in Kowloon.\u00a0 The closet subway station is Diamond Hill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1703\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-02-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-02.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1706\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-08\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-08-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-08-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-08-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-08.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nChi Lin Nunnery does not have the largest bonsai collection, but the trees that grow in the nunneary are so beautiful.\u00a0 When I was in there, I felt like I was in a magnified landscape bonsai.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1707\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-13\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-13-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-13-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-13.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn Chi Lin Nunnery, trees that are grow on the ground are also trimmed beautifully, as those in a bonsai pot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1708\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-15-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-15-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-15.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-16.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1709\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-16\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-16-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-16.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBesides bonsai trees, there are also a suiseki gallery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-20.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1710\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-20\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-20-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"214\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-20-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-20-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-20.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1711\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-21\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-21-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"214\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-21-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-21-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-21.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1704\" title=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden-03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-03-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"hong-kong-bonsai-garden\" width=\"160\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hong-kong-bonsai-garden-03.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSome beautiful bonsai in the nunnery.<br \/>\nRIGHT: This Fire-thorn ( Pyracantha crenulata, \u706b\u68d8 in Chinese) is protected by a tent so to avoid the birds from eating the fruits on the tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once a while, I receive emails from bonsai lovers or family \/ friends of some bonsai lovers asking me for suggestions of sightseeing location in Hong Kong.  Of course, they are not expecting answers like Ocean Park or Times Square, but somewhere with trees and bonsai pots and accessories that can make bonsai lovers all happy and excited. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}