Taiwan Bonsai in its Own Form

Taiwan bonsai is influenced not only by Lingnan School, but also by Japanese potted plants, which is different from the "storing branches and cutting dry" of the Southern School and the "flat dry tie piece" of the Northern School, advocating simplicity and vitality, elegance and nature. Commonly used tree species are: black pine, banyan, five-needle pine, cypress, camphor, park, hibiscus, maple and so on.

Due to historical reasons, the relationship between Taiwan bonsai and Japanese bonsai is particularly close. Taiwan bonsai is invited to participate in the annual bonsai exhibition in Japan, so that the main modeling styles of Taiwan bonsai imitate and are born from the Japanese bonsai style. but strive to maintain the traditional style of Chinese bonsai (especially Lingnan school). The shape of Shuligan and Shenji, which originated in Japan, occupies a prominent position in Taiwan's real cypress bonsai, and has expanded from pine and cypress to other tree species. The "styling wood" style, which is greatly influenced by Japanese potted plants, is dignified, stable, and even a little "domineering". The sturdy type can be regarded as the dwarfing of towering trees, with a rigorous structure and great skill, which is quite representative in Taiwan bonsai. Others, such as jungle style, overhanging rock style, etc., are closer to Lingnan style, let nature take its course, take advantage of the situation, not stick to one style, and endow it with new ideas.

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