Let the old man tell you: why are bonsai so expensive?

Maybe you've ever wondered why a bonsai is so expensive? Although it is good-looking and beautiful, it is always those shapes over and over again, why do some small plant shapes look at ordinary bonsai but easily cost tens of thousands of yuan? The author learned something about the bonsai exhibition area of the 2015 International Urban Ecology and Landscape Industry Expo after listening to the discussion of bonsai lovers.

Several tourists at the scene think that the market for small bonsai should be bigger, and the price is cheap and you can buy it back and put it at home and play with it. However, the truth is not as simple as the layman thought. An old bonsai worker at the scene waved his hand and told everyone that the price of a small bonsai was no cheaper than that of a big bonsai. He pointed to a set of small bonsai combinations at the scene and said, "I estimate that this set will cost NT $40,000 to NT $50,000. It should be no less than NT $50,000."

Why? The old man explained that the most critical reason lies in the conservation of bonsai, which lies in the feelings arising from the conservation of bonsai. "this includes a conservation experience. We have to water four times in summer, once from 08:30 to nine in the evening, once at one or two o'clock, once at five o'clock, and spray some water during the day when it gets cloudy at one o'clock. Because there is a temperature difference during the day, it is very hot in the soil for two consecutive days, and the temperature of the well water is very low, which is more than ten degrees from the surface temperature, so there will be problems when poured. I can't see it for a day or two, and after a summer, it will become very sick. " The old man continued, "there is also a maintenance called trimming, just like a barber, keep where you need it, and cut off a little where you don't need it in order to have all kinds of hairstyles." In this pruning process, there will be a kind of artistic conception. "

And conservation is more than that, but also take into account the overall collocation, "Su-style bonsai pay attention to a 'basin, scenery, base', these three things should be well coordinated." The pedestal had better be something a little older before the Republic of China, which should be evaluated by experts. Another is that the tree pays attention to the work of the year, that is, the thickness of the branch. Don't look at it as small. This branch can't come out for more than a decade. " There was an uproar at the scene. More than ten years of meticulous maintenance can stand it. If you travel for half a month, you have to think about how to keep an eye on it. The old man nodded and agreed, "it's like keeping a pet. If you keep it, you don't want others to take it." Don't serve, you are out of town, but your heart is at home. "

The social necessary labor time determines the value, and the value of what is spent manually, time and painstaking effort is inestimable. Value is the basis of the price, bonsai is expensive, there is a reason why it is expensive, but the layman does not know.

This article is collated and recommended by Bonsai Micro Magazine, selected from China Garden Network, and the copyright belongs to the original author.

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Text | Xiamen, Fujian @ Zhou Yingzhi

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