Penjing: The Chinese Art of Bonsai

Penjing: The Chinese Art of Bonsai
Title Penjing: The Chinese Art of Bonsai PDF eBook
Author Zhao Qingquan
Publisher Shanghai Press
Pages 144
Release 2012-04-10
Genre Gardening
ISBN 9781602200098

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With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, this Chinese gardening book is a wonderful introduction to penjing—China's treasured bonsai art. Although most people thing bonsai is a Japanese invention, the art originated in ancient China where it is called penjing. The two Chinese characters for penjing ("pot" and "landscape") capture the essence of this art: sculpting microcosms of the beauty of the natural world from plants, rocks, soil, and water, both as an artistic process and as horticultural cultivation. Both penjing and bonsai are art forms that express the beauty of nature. In China, bonsai, as a part of penjing, is often called "tree penjing," or "tree in a pot." The Chinese divide penjing into three categories: tree penjing, rock penjing, and water-and-land penjing. This Chinese gardening book showcases the Chinese art of penjing in all its aspects for the benefit of penjing aficionados and all other readers interested in Chinese culture. It covers the concept, history, categories, aesthetic features, techniques, display, appreciation, and preservation of penjing. It is a feast for the eyes while providing a wealth of information for the academically inclined as well as the practically minded. There are more than 300 lavish illustrations grouped into three different categories of penjing. The reader will not only be awed by the beautiful compositions of penjing, but will also learn about the Chinese approach to nature and to life.

Penjing

Penjing
Title Penjing PDF eBook
Author Qingquan Zhao
Publisher
Pages 152
Release 1997
Genre Art
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Chinese Penjing

Chinese Penjing
Title Chinese Penjing PDF eBook
Author Yunhua Hu
Publisher Timber Press (OR)
Pages 180
Release 1987
Genre Gardening
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Penjing, the Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens

Penjing, the Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens
Title Penjing, the Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens PDF eBook
Author Yunhua Hu
Publisher Timber Press (OR)
Pages 176
Release 1982
Genre Art
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Bonsai and Penjing

Bonsai and Penjing
Title Bonsai and Penjing PDF eBook
Author Ann McClellan
Publisher Tuttle Publishing
Pages 137
Release 2016-10-11
Genre Gardening
ISBN 1462918743

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This book tells the awe-inspiring stories of bonsai and penjing trees in the collection of the National Arboretum in Washington D.C. It details their valuable role in international diplomacy and as instruments of American presidential influence. It also describes their inclusion in world's fair exhibitions, in Asian-inspired gardens around the country, and as a window onto the extensive cultivation of bonsai in North America today. An extensive first-hand account by Dr. John L. Creech is included about the first extraordinary gift of 53 bonsai from Japan to the U.S. in 1976 which prompted the founding of the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum. Bonsai & Penjing, Ambassadors of Beauty and Peace describes how Chinese penjing and North American bonsai were later added to the Museum, making its collection the most comprehensive in the world. Stories of individual trees and forest plantings are featured, as are the roles played by the skilled and talented creators of these living art forms--people such as John Naka, Saburo Kato, Yuji Yoshimura, Harry Hirao, and Dr. Yee-Sun Wu. Armchair travelers can experience what a visit to the Museum is like, including the discovery of its remarkable viewing stones. Bonsai & Penjing, Ambassadors of Beauty and Peace will delight anyone intrigued by these living works of art and curious about the stories they bring to life.

Literati Style Penjing

Literati Style Penjing
Title Literati Style Penjing PDF eBook
Author Zhao Qingquan
Publisher Shanghai Press
Pages 160
Release 2015-04-07
Genre Gardening
ISBN 9781602200180

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The art of bonsai is widely known in the West: from the Karate Kid to the American Bonsai Association and even local grocery stores, bonsai has become a common sight in the States. But bonsai, the Japanese art of creating miniature trees, actually originated in China, where it's called penjing. Penjing, meaning "tray scenery," is a traditional Chinese art of creating miniature potted landscapes including trees and other plants. Brought from China to Japan in ancient times before spreading to the West, bonsai/penjing is now popular throughout the world. In China, the art of creating miniature landscapes has evolved in several different ways. Literati Style Penjing: Chinese Bonsai Masterworks focuses on a special category of penjing associated with traditional Chinese culture, such as the painting of the literati, or elite scholar-bureaucrats, of imperial China. Like literati ink paintings, this style of penjing has a subtle elegance distinguished by a lone, lean trunk with sparse foliage exhibiting distinct lines and simplicity. The term "literati style penjing" has been widely accepted by the bonsai community and is becoming more common within the bonsai world. It is well suited to melding concepts from Chinese painting, poetry and Zen into a stunning bonsai work, making it of interest to a wide variety of gardening styles. Literati Style Penjing; Chinese Bonsai Masterworks explains the concept of penjing with a literati bent, exploring its rich history and aesthetics, as well as cultivation techniques, and care and maintenance. It includes 12 examples of literati style penjing creations, which incorporate a deep knowledge of the art form together with practical creativity and artistic beauty. Lovers of bonsai will find much to inspire and delight within these pages.

Mountains in the Sea

Mountains in the Sea
Title Mountains in the Sea PDF eBook
Author Văn Lít Phan
Publisher Timber Press (OR)
Pages 232
Release 2001
Genre Gardening
ISBN 9780881925159

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Create a scenic landscape in miniature as Vietnamese people have done for hundreds of years, an art form akin to the more familiar art of bonsai.