Silent Poetry and three-dimensional painting-- Bonsai Art Stamps

Bonsai art is a traditional Chinese decoration craft. The use of thousands of miles away, shrinking dragons into rain art, in a small basin to cultivate trees, rocks and other natural scenery, hence the name "bonsai". Bonsai is a microcosm of natural scenery formed by planting some flowers and trees in flowerpots and arranging appropriate water and stones for display and viewing, often in indoor cases or pavilions. Chinese bonsai art has its own schools and splendor, which can be divided into tree stump bonsai and mountain and rock bonsai. The stump bonsai is referred to as the stump bonsai, which generally refers to the bonsai of ornamental plant roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. Choose more plants with beautiful posture, small leaves, long life and easy modeling. According to their growth characteristics, after pruning, pruning, hanging, grafting and other processing and training, long-term control of its growth and development, so that it has a unique artistic shape. Landscape bonsai is also known as water and stone bonsai. After carving, etching and other artistic treatment, the rocks are arranged in an elegant shallow basin, decorating pavilions, boat bridges, planting small trees and moss to form a beautiful natural landscape. Bonsai art originates from nature and is higher than nature. Sparse and dense, complex and simple properly, introduce the colorful natural scenery into the indoor space of people's daily life, and create a vibrant, interesting, relaxing and picturesque atmosphere. It is known as "silent poetry, three-dimensional painting".

(6-1) "hammer elm". The pattern is a bonsai made of hammer elm. The branches are erect, natural and simple, elegant and elegant. Hammer elm is also known as "peeling elm" and "lobular elm". Deciduous trees. It is distributed in the Yellow River basin and the south of China. Like the sun, resistant to drought and barren, growth is relatively slow, up to 25 meters high. Leaves narrowly elliptic, simple serrate. It blossoms in autumn. Solid wood for shipbuilding, vehicles, agricultural tools, etc.; bark can be used as wax paper and man-made cotton raw materials, but also can make ropes; root bark, tender leaves can be used as medicine.

(6-2) "garden cypress". The pattern is a bonsai made of cypress. The branches are curved and vigorous, while the branches and leaves are sparse and full of vitality. The cypress is also known as "juniper". Evergreen trees. The crown is conical. Produced in China, with the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins as the center, widely distributed. The young are more shade-tolerant, the requirements of the soil are not strict, the life span is as long as hundreds of years, up to 20 meters high, and the cuttings breeders grow fast. The wood is yellowish brown to reddish brown, meticulous, solid, aromatic and resistant to decay, for construction and furniture, handicrafts, drawing boards, pencil sticks, etc.; branches and leaves are used as medicine; roots, stems, branches and leaves can extract volatile oil; seeds can extract lubricating oil. Sabina vulgaris is also a green tree.

(6-3) Ginkgo biloba. The pattern is a bonsai made of ginkgo. The old stem is simple and elegant, and the new branch is born. Ginkgo biloba is also called "ginkgo tree" and "Gongsun tree". Deciduous trees. Leaves fan-shaped, spirally scattered on long branches, clustered on short branches. Seeds drupe, elliptic or Obovate, exocarp fleshy, powdery, yellowish or orange when ripe. Seed kernel for food, multi-food poisoning; outer seed coat can extract tannin extract; wood light yellow, fine, light and soft, for construction, furniture, carving and other handicrafts. And for greening trees. In traditional Chinese medicine, seeds are used as medicine, which is flat in nature, bitter and astringent in taste and slightly poisonous.

(6-4) "juniper". The pattern is a bonsai made of juniper (also known as "juniper" and "round cypress"). The basin square is high and deep, and the branches are oblique, like hanging cliffs upside down, which is full of strange and dangerous interest.

(6-5) is "oil persimmon". The pattern is a bonsai made of oil persimmons. The root is attached to the strange stone in the basin, with a unique shape and elegant charm. Persimmon is a deciduous tree with gray-white bark. Blossoms at the beginning of summer. The fruit is golden yellow. China's Zhejiang, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces are wild. Fruit for astringent juice, called "persimmon paint", can dye fishing nets, paint umbrellas, rain caps and so on.

(6-6) is "Cuibai". The pattern is a bonsai made of Cuibai. Tall and straight, graceful and graceful, the crown is like a canopy. It has a bold and elegant charm. Cuibai generally refers to the general cypress. Evergreen trees. Cypress trees can be used to make shelterbelts. The wood is hard and can be used as a building material.

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