{"id":95,"date":"2009-10-02T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T08:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2009-10-02T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T08:22:19","slug":"guangzhou-penjing-bonsai-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/02\/guangzhou-penjing-bonsai-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Guangzhou Penjing (Bonsai) Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to the Guangzhou Penjing (Bonsai) Exhibition in Martyrs’ Park yesterday. With over 350 lingnan penjing (southern style Chinese bonsai), it’s the biggest lingnan penjing exhibition since the founding of the country.
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\nA truly A+ penjing should look just as exquisite when it is naked of leaves, as the times when it is blooming vigorously with leaves and flowers.
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\n\u201cPenjing\u201d in Chinese literally means “landscape in a pot”. Their art is more of reproducing a miniature landscape than creating a perfect tree as the Japanese are doing with their bonsai.
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This penjing style is called cascade. It represents a tree that has been growing in very difficult circumstances, perhaps out of the side of a rock face or in a similarly severe habitat.<\/p>\n

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This penjing is one of my favorites in the exhibition. Its title is “\u5927\u98a8\u9a5a\u6fe4”, literally means “harsh wind severe waves”.
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I went to the Guangzhou Penjing (Bonsai) Exhibition in Martyrs’ Park yesterday. With over 350 lingnan penjing (southern style Chinese bonsai), it’s the biggest lingnan penjing exhibition since the founding of the country. A truly A+ penjing should look just as exquisite when it is naked of leaves, as the times when it is blooming … <\/p>\n

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