Cheng Bing, a demobilized soldier, left his job to do bonsai work frequently.

[feelings of bonsai people]

Text | Jiangsu @ Pan Jiaguang

When you are tired, look at the world from a different perspective; when you are depressed, take a deep breath in a different environment; when you are confused, think from a different angle; when you hesitate, change your way of thinking; when you are depressed, change your environment to find happiness; when you are upset, change your mind to solve the problem; when you complain, look at things differently; when you feel inferior, think differently. From another point of view, the world is different!

The unit left to specialize in bonsai.

Demobilized soldiers give up more than 200,000 annual salary for hobby

This article is reported by Zhao Mingyu, a client reporter of Xin'an Evening News.

This article is selected from Xin'an Evening News and Anhui Network.

I remember a philosopher said that every simple person at the bottom of his heart should belong to a happy farmer who bowed to the earth and had no time to pay attention to all kinds of troubles in the world. Over the years, Cheng Bing, in his 40s, left his well-paid unit to concentrate on bonsai for his own hobbies. After years of struggle, he finally found his own happiness.

Fight alone for hobbies

Cheng Bing was different from other children when he was at school. Boys usually like all kinds of toy guns and cars, but Cheng Bing is obsessed with plants. Even his textbooks are covered with flowers, birds, insects, fish and all kinds of trees. After entering the army, the driver's class had a small courtyard. He got a lot of bottles and cans, raised a lot of flowers and plants, and whenever he was free, he went in to take care of those flowers. After being transferred from the army, Cheng Bing joined a provincial unit. This unit pays a lot of money and works leisurely. But for this kind of office life, Cheng Bing has no spirit at all. On one occasion, when he finally had an opportunity to go shopping for the unit, Cheng Bing bought two big banyan trees and planted them at the door of the unit. Since then, pruning and taking care of the big banyan tree has become Cheng Bing's exclusive task.

In 1998, by chance, Cheng Bing came into contact with bonsai. Since then, he has been fascinated and unable to extricate himself from it. In 2015, he decided to quit his job and concentrate on bonsai. As expected, Cheng Bing's decision attracted unanimous opposition from relatives and friends, and his parents were angry with him for more than a year.

Cheng Bing, who ran out of the unit, found that some things were not easy. As he has just set foot in this industry and is still a "recruit", there are still a lot of things to learn and explore. For this reason, he subscribed to a lot of professional magazines, read it over and over again every day, and pondered the skills of others.

The money of bonsai came back quite slowly, and he put money into it at the beginning. I saw that my savings were running out, but there was no sign of making money. In this way, he had to harden his head and say, "it's okay," for fear that his family would worry. On one occasion, a friend went to see him and after understanding his plight, he said that he was stupid. "if you easily quit with an annual salary of more than 200,000 yuan at work, you would go out and suffer this?" He smiled and said nothing.

Stand firm and not change your mind

Every effort will not be in vain, the art basis of childhood painting has come in handy, and Cheng Bing's bonsai has gradually gained some fame in the industry. Two years ago, he rented 12 mu of land in Gangji, Hefei, and had his own garden. He circled a piece of land in the garden for his old father, and the old man grew vegetables and raised chickens. The two men are busy with their own business and enjoy themselves. In the garden are rows of small pine trees, which are the raw materials for Cheng Bing to make bonsai. He buries his head in the garden every day to make bonsai. When he is tired, he goes to the nearby room to drink Kungfu Tea and keep fit. Although far away from the world, Cheng Bing is already famous, and from time to time, people from the same path will come to his garden to watch and discuss.

Some of his bonsai have been sold for a high price. However, he was unwilling to sell some money no matter how much money he paid. "I chose bonsai as the first hobby, but it doesn't matter whether I make money or not, as long as I can support myself." Not long ago, Cheng Bing, who had been away from the unit for three years, met his former colleague, and his first words made his colleagues stare: "how are my two big banyan trees?"

The shaping operation process of Cheng Bing dragon cypress bonsai

Cheng Bing, a native of Hefei, Anhui Province, has been engaged in bonsai hobby for nearly 20 years. In the early years, I only worked on it in my spare time. In the past two years, I have devoted all my energy to the cause of bonsai art and built a bonsai material base by myself. Cheng Bing is a man who is not very talkative. His understanding of bonsai art is based on practice, focuses on the maintenance of each bonsai material, and patiently observes the characteristics of different materials in different periods. His understanding and observation of the dragon cypress is very unique, meticulous and patient, and he can do very well in the dragon cypress shape that most people can't do.

Mr. Cheng Bing chose this pot of oblique dry tree type dragon and cypress material, which belongs to the garden dragon and cypress wood with broken ends, which has been maintained in the basin for more than a decade. After fine choice, learning from nature, the cross-section waterline is treated in detail, muddy as born, with few traces of axe chiseling. Now we will share the styling processing and climbing with you.

The dry noodle of the trunk is gradually improved after years of carving and chiseling; in the process of dry production, the natural texture in the wood tissue fiber in the tree structure is skillfully applied, and the full artificial silk carving technique is used to fine polish, sun and moon precipitation, anti-corrosion treatment and other ways to make the dry Shili muddy like Tiancheng, without traces of axe chisel.

The right trunk top sherry is carefully carved by the hollowed-out division method to make it similar to the natural broken face of the tree, showing the simplicity and vitality of the cypress.

The floating branch on the lower right side of the front is in the process of climbing.

The first main branch on the left side of the trunk face corresponds to the positioning layout, and the branch supports are graded and clamped.

The crown caps the main branch, and the branch point is located on the lower right side of the main stem, forming a 45-degree angle with the trunk withered slightly, the trunk inclines to the left, and the root plate and treetop show a 90-degree potential, which is an ideal topping main branch.

According to the overall layout of the tree, climb and tie the crown branches.

After the completion of the basic climbing operation, the proper adjustment and branch pruning operation are carried out between the branches of the whole tree posture.

After the completion of the production, the tree posture on the left side.

After the completion of the production, the tree posture on the right side.

After the completion of the production, look down on the effect picture on the right.

The tree potential on the back after the completion of the production.

After the completion of the integer operation, the effect of the bonsai after shaping.

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