A brief introduction to Suzhou bonsai, a specialty of Jiangsu

Suzhou is one of the earliest birthplaces of bonsai art in China. Suzhou bonsai art has a long history, has its unique modeling structure and artistic style, is one of the main schools of Chinese bonsai, with its long historical origin, unique traditional skills, simple and elegant characteristics, natural and smooth style and colorful production effect, early spread in Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, famous at home and abroad.

The development of Suzhou bonsai art is unique. The stone of Taihu Lake is exquisitely carved, and Jia trees are readily available by the cliff and stream. Suzhou has beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery, and there have long been many famous gardeners in history who photographed the wild interest of mountains and forests in the garden art of the city, so the bonsai art of "only thousands of miles and shrinking dragons into inches" can be used for reference; in addition, Suzhou is a place where literati gather, and bonsai art has been nurtured by its culture and art for a long time, so it has gradually formed the regional characteristics and unique traditional style of Suzhou bonsai art.

Suzhou bonsai is famous for its elegance and simplicity. Qiugan old branches for decades or even hundreds of years have been cultivated in small pots, but they can not be full of feet and become normal naturally, either hanging or hanging, or overhanging, coupled with ancient pots and Soviet-style planes, it is full of ancient interest.

The layout of Suzhou bonsai is meticulous, natural and natural, with few marks of axe chisel and full of artistic interest. In dealing with the relationship between deficiency and reality, straightness, density, opening and closing, light and shade, the pulse is clear and ingenious.

Suzhou bonsai focuses on the creation of artistic conception, which attracts people with its artistic charm. It absorbs the quintessence of classical garden art, synthesizes the skills of Chinese painting, expresses emotion with scenery, expresses scenery with emotion, and uses artistic techniques such as "seeing the big in the small" to achieve the artistic effect of emotion in the scene and emotion outside the scene. The work is intriguing and adorable.

One of the unique bonsai-Suzhou bonsai

Suzhou bonsai art has a unique development, Taihu Lake stone exquisitely carved, cliff stream Jiashu readily available. Suzhou has beautiful landscapes and pleasant scenery, and there have long been many famous gardeners in history, who have photographed the wild interests of mountains and forests in the garden art of the city, so the bonsai art of "thousands of miles away" can be used for reference. In addition, Suzhou Xiang is a gathering place for literati, bonsai art has been influenced by its culture and art for a long time, and gradually formed the regional characteristics and unique traditional style of Suzhou bonsai art. The layout of Suzhou bonsai is meticulous, natural and natural, with few marks of axe chisel and full of artistic interest. In dealing with the relationship between deficiency and reality, straightness, density, opening and closing, light and shade, the pulse is clear and ingenious. The development of Suzhou bonsai has superior natural, historical and cultural conditions. The scenery here is clear and beautiful, which provides the best model for the creation of bonsai. One of the features of Suzhou bonsai is the true performance of the natural scenery around Taihu Lake. That kind of distant forest, distant mountains, elegant and elegant artistic conception. And because of the convenient land and water transportation in the temperate zone, the variety of plants available for bonsai production is extremely rich. Suzhou is also rich in rocks suitable for bonsai production, such as Taihu Lake stone. Kunshan stone, stalactite, inkstone, sandstone and so on, provide sufficient material conditions for bonsai production. Since the Spring and Autumn period of Wu Yue, Suzhou has been a famous historical ancient city in southeastern China. Scholar-officials feel that bonsai are both elegant and popular, and their colors and shapes are both beautiful. Suzhou has been a famous historical ancient city in southeastern China since the Spring and Autumn period. They feel that bonsai are both elegant and popular, and the color and shape are beautiful. It is also easy to draw materials, easy to make and easy to watch. When watching, you can see thousands of miles of heaven and earth in a basin close at hand, and you can discern the beauty of thousand fathom in an inch, which meets the requirements that they do not go out but get the pleasure of the mountains and forests. So fiddling with bonsai became a kind of elegant atmosphere of the feudal scholar-officials in Suzhou. On the other hand, a large number of poems and essays have been left in the history of Suzhou, which happens to be the object of the intention of bonsai artists, and the painting meaning written by painters of previous dynasties is often the theme deliberately imitated in Suzhou bonsai. What had a great impact on Suzhou bonsai was that Shen Shitian, Wen Zhengming, Tang Bohu and Qiu Shizhou were famous for their brand-new painting style in the Ming Dynasty, which was called "Wumen painting School" by later generations. Under the influence of this school's painting style, Suzhou bonsai shows a unique style. Mr. Zhou Lianjuan, a famous bonsai expert in modern Suzhou, once said, "our potted plants, on the one hand, are created by heart, on the other hand, they are made according to the famous paintings of the ancients." successively, there are Tang Yin's "Banana Stone Picture", Shen Shitian's "Crane listening to Qin Picture", Xia Zhongzhao's "Bamboo interest Picture" and "half window Cui Picture". The "Xinpu Shou Stone Picture" by the smokers of the King of the Qing Dynasty. The artistic achievement of Suzhou classical garden has an obvious influence on Suzhou bonsai. To some extent, Suzhou garden is the model of Suzhou bonsai, and Suzhou bonsai is a concentrated Suzhou garden. There are two main types of Suzhou bonsai, one is tree stump bonsai, also known as bonsai, Suzhou bonsai characteristics are the most prominent in this kind of bonsai; the other is mountain and stone bonsai, also known as mountain and stone bonsai, and then divided into water-stone bonsai and dry-stone bonsai. Good bonsai is thought-provoking, with beautiful artistic conception, beautiful painting conception, beautiful habitat, bonsai inscription is also the same as the inscription of Chinese painting, is our traditional national style, such as "Hengyun", "looking forward to return" and so on, just a few words, can touch the bright lamp of your soul, make the landscape "poetry", increase the artistic and ideological nature of bonsai, and broaden the field of beauty. The traditional modeling of Su-style bonsai is tailwind, hanging branches, splitting dry, one top, six sets, Santou and so on. The above points show the process of Su-style bonsai from taking scenery to modeling. Appreciating bonsai is known as "one basin, two landscapes and three frames". Its main features are: first, it is quaint. The stump bonsai made of pine, bamboo, plum, elm, beech and other tree species shrinks the natural scenery into an inch, and is often the "birthday boy" of the trees, carefully cultivating the withered old branches of 10 or 20 years old to more than 100 years old in a narrow basin, making it no more tall than the potted foot, simple and vibrant, coupled with purple sand pots made by Yixing Tao and various delicate "Su" pot racks, which are even more antique. The second is ingenuity. The production of Suzhou bonsai is exquisite and delicate, just like the euphemism of silk bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River. it is exquisite in layout conception, artistic conception and clumsiness. The so-called Chinese painting theory of "bold writing and careful cleaning" is used in Suzhou bonsai with both rigorous artistic composition and elegant artistic demeanor. The third is the meaning rhyme. Suzhou bonsai is created with ingenuity on the basis of attracting the quintessence of Chinese traditional classical garden art and combining some techniques of Chinese landscape painting and flower-and-bird painting, which embodies "silent poetry, three-dimensional drawing and sculpture of life". Suzhou bonsai art has a natural and simple style, lively image, unpredictable techniques, meaningful charm. With a strong flavor of life, it strongly infects people, often showing primitive and pure natural beauty, and intends to call on human beings to love nature and enhance their consciousness of protecting and respecting nature.

Bonsai of God-Huangshan-Golden Autumn October Jiangnan Ancient Town | Xitang | Wuzhen | Suzhou-Hangzhou trip to the south of the Yangtze River, whether it is lingering spring rain or bright sunshine, you can find a warm time of your own; in the south of the Yangtze River, whether it is Gusu with deep alleys, pink walls and Daiwa, or smoke and willow flower bridge and tea-filled Qian Tang, you can get a little Jiangnan elegance and melancholy. 2014 [National Day] [Tianya team] look forward to spending a happy holiday with you in the misty rain south of the Yangtze River [activity site] Paradise on Earth Suzhou and Hangzhou Erzhou, West Lake, Xixi Wetland, Suzhou, Wuzhen Tongli-Huangshan-Hongcun-Qiandao Lake [suitable crowd] leisure trip All kinds of people suitable for good health [gathering time] 7:20 on the evening of 9.30th, gate C of Dongzhimen Station on Metro Line 2 (expected to arrive in Beijing in the afternoon of 10.7pm) [gathering place] [Tianya team] team flag collection [activity fee] 1850 yuan / person [activity consultation] Mobile: 186*063QQ/ Wechat 1930036699QQ Group 181q1 [Mobile Registration] Editor Name + number of people + time + ID number + Jiangnan send to 186 063 [cost budget] 1850 yuan / person gift travel three treasures (headrest, Goggles, earplugs), magic headscarf, outdoor accident insurance for 7 days [fee includes] 1, fare: round trip bus fare Equipped with two regular full-time drivers with long-distance experience. All the vehicles are regular company Beijing-B double-door luxury air-conditioned tour buses (with DVD). In line with the attitude of being responsible for everyone's safety, our team will never use black cars (note: except for Beijing B license plate, no matter Beijing so-and-so is a black car that does not have the legal right of operation), our team will not use foreign license plate cars (such as foreign license plate sleeper cars, etc.). This kind of vehicle has no safety guarantee, resolutely boycott! 2, accommodation: 5 night standard rooms (all the rooms are local quasi-three-star hotel standard rooms, independent bathroom, 24-hour hot water, including breakfast). 3. Insurance: outdoor travel, safety first, insurance is the whole insurance for everyone, please correctly fill in your real name, ID card number and phone number when you sign up. [fee does not include] 1. Tickets: 70 yuan for Humble Administration Garden, 120 yuan for Wuzhen Xiga, 80 yuan for Xixi Wetland, 100 yuan for Xitang, 100 yuan for Tongli, 100 yuan for Zhouzhuang, 180 yuan for Qiandao Lake, 230 yuan for Huangshan (80 yuan for cableway and 10 yuan for one-way ride for scenic spots), 104 yuan for Xidi Hongcun, 30 yuan for Mukeng Zhuhai, free for West Lake and Tunxi Old Street. The above prices are all the original prices of the scenic spot tickets, and the tour leaders of each scenic spot will negotiate the team price (8-10% discount) to enter. If the tickets fluctuate this year, the final ticket price of the scenic spot shall prevail. With all kinds of discount and ticket-free certificates, free tickets: journalists, tour guides, disabled people, children below 1 meter; half price: students, officers, people over 60 years old, 1.1 meters ~ 1.4 meters children. If you have a certificate, you can buy your own tickets. 2, dining: self-provided or free combination of meals, abundant and frugal by people, resulting in meal fees on-site AA. Note: this team belongs to self-help outdoor activities, there is no shopping link, the team members do not have team spirit, delicate children's shoes, please sign up carefully. [Tianya team led the team into Jiangnan many times] Xixi Wetland Group Photo Hongcun Group Photo [itinerary] on the first day (September 30) at 19:30, Dongzhimen Oriental Ginza downstairs, and set off on time, all the way to the destination at high speed. The next day (October 1): 1. I arrived at the Humble Administration Garden in Suzhou in the morning. The representative of Jiangnan Garden, the largest and most famous classical landscape garden in Suzhou, is one of the four famous ancient gardens in Suzhou, which can be called the classic of Chinese private gardens. You can take pictures and show off in the garden as much as you like. Bring your own lunch, or eat around the scenic spot. 2. Arrange accommodation after arriving in Tongli in the afternoon, then free activities, visit Tongli, an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, and have dinner together freely. If there is a collective meal fee, then AA on the spot. The third day (October 2): 1. After breakfast, we visited Zhouzhuang. We walked slowly through the small bridges that people in the water village were used to, enjoying the ancient charm of the ancient town and the traces of Shen Wansan's life that we were familiar with in TV dramas. 2. After that, go to Xitang, the location of Mission impossible 3, see the living Millennium Town, experience the magic of still time, sit on oars, listen to boat ballads, and walk along the Huanxiu Bridge into the misty rain promenade. A series of Shipitong, visit Xiyuan, Ni Zhai, Shengtang, Zhang Zhenggen carving Art Museum are all worth seeing, and finally go on a shopping spree in West Street. Take a stroll around the court and enjoy the local snacks. 3. Leave for Wuzhen after lunch, and visit Wuzhen West Gate in the afternoon. Dinner can be solved in the scenic area. There are a wide variety of snacks, restaurants and bars in the West Gate. When you come, you don't want to leave. You stroll through the small shop in the alley, find a small restaurant by the river, talk while eating, order a glass of three spirits, take your time, find the best place to shoot the beautiful night scene, and experience the local sincere water folk customs. Don't get lost! At 21:00, gather in the parking lot outside the gate of Wuzhen Scenic spot, get on the bus and go to Tongxiang to arrange accommodation. The fourth day (October 3): 1. After breakfast, we set out to visit Xixi Wetland, the location of "if you are the one". There are many rivers, dense Shuizhu, suitable temperature, abundant rainfall, various vegetation, large area of Ludang, many birds and animals, fragrant birds and flowers everywhere, fresh air, which can be called the first wetland garden in China. 2. After that, I will take you to the accommodation place in Hangzhou, first assign accommodation, then move freely, and then go to Hangzhou for lunch. After that, you are free to visit the West Lake, broken Bridge and other landscapes. The West Lake is free. You can stroll around the lake, stroll, show off, take photos, or take a boat to see the Santan Moon in the middle of the island at your own expense. 3. Have a free group dinner in the evening. I recommend you to have a taste of the local characteristics-West Lake Fish in Vinegar Gravy, take a look at the night view of Hangzhou after dinner, and then go back to the hotel early to have a rest. The fifth day (October 4): 1. Get up in the morning, have breakfast, and go to Qiandao Lake after dinner. Qiandao Lake has a vast expanse of blue and beautiful scenery. at present, 13 scenic spots have been developed, including Pingfeng Scenic spot, Longshan Scenic spot, Meifeng Scenic spot, Animal Wild interest Scenic spot, Xianshan Scenic spot and Stone Forest Scenic spot. In addition, there are many scenic blocks on the periphery of Qiandao Lake, including the first Stone Forest in East China-Qiandao Lake Stone Forest, Forest oxygen Bar, a thousand mu of farmland known as "Little Huangshan in Western Zhejiang and Northern Wilderness in the South of the Yangtze River", and the Shangxi Village Waterfall Group, the largest waterfall group in East China, as well as the White Horse Basin, Moxinjian primeval Forest, Quan Puxi and so on. 2. Get to Huangshan in the evening, stay in Tangkou Town at the foot of Huangshan, have dinner in the town, and have a free meal. Go back to the hotel early after dinner and have a good rest to nourish your spirit for climbing Huangshan the next day. The sixth day (October 5th): 1. Arrive at the Tangkou tourist transfer center at 7:00 after breakfast, take the unified new national bus of the scenic spot up the mountain, go to the Yungu Temple cableway, take the Yungu ropeway or hike along the climbing path to Baieling Station, then visit Yingsong, Yuping Sleeping Buddha and wait-and-see Tiandu Peak. Look at the highest peak of Huangshan from afar-Lianhua Peak, Aoyu Peak, ao Fish eating Conch, ao Fish carrying Golden Turtle; climb the second highest peak in East China-Guangding (you can eat collectively at Guangding for lunch, or buy something to eat on the mountain, but the price is more expensive, it is all carried by the picker step by step), climb high and look far, reflect the feeling of monarch in the world, watch the psychic precious jade of "A Dream of Red Mansions"-flying stone, look at Huangshan cloud sea Visit the beautiful balcony, Zhu Bajie eats watermelons, dream flowers, monkeys watch the sea, fairy backpacks; Huangshan Pine represents the scenic spot-Shixin Peak Scenic area: black Tiger Pine, Lian Lisong, Dragon claw Song, Tan Hai Song, Shenqin Song. Note: climbing the mountain on foot is expected to reach the top of the mountain in 3-4 hours. Before 17:00, take the scenic area traffic to return to the Zhaixi transfer station. In the afternoon, according to everyone's physical strength, you can go down the mountain ahead of time and return to your accommodation to have a rest. 2. Return to the hotel to have a rest after going down the mountain in the evening. The hotel where we stay is very close to the gate of Huangshan, so we should make sure that we have a good time to come back for dinner. After going down the mountain, you can take care of dinner on your own. There are many restaurants around you, so it is very convenient to eat. The seventh day (October 6): 1. After breakfast, go to Hongcun to visit Hongcun, the family of Peach Blossom Garden, and visit the most representative Huizhou-style residence. 2. Lunch was settled in Hongcun. In the afternoon, I went to Mukeng Bamboo Sea to visit the bamboo forest in the mountains. This is the fighting and shooting site of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The scenery of the bamboo sea is very beautiful. After that, we went to Tunxi Old Street, bought some specialties, had dinner near Tunxi Old Street in the evening, and had a look at the night view, and then we went back to Beijing by bus. On the eighth day, we are expected to arrive at Dongzhimen, the gathering place in Beijing at about 12:00, and return to our homes to end our pleasant trip to the south of the Yangtze River. Note: the team leader will make corresponding adjustments according to the actual weather and road conditions during the event. Please understand! [equipment requirements] 1, identity cards and other valid documents; 2, all kinds of beautiful clothes, accessories, the more exaggerated the better, people like flowers and pictures. 3, wear comfortable shoes, can put a pair of cloth slippers in the car, in order to ease the hard journey, bring a few pairs of washable socks, preferably cotton, sweat absorption without grinding feet. 4. Backpack, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses / goggles, thermos cup, rain gear, gloves, headlamp or flashlight, toiletries, lip balm, multi-functional knives, etc. 5. Enough chargers and batteries for all kinds of electronic equipment, communication equipment, photographic equipment, etc. 6. Food: on the way, you need to prepare some food and water on the car, take some food with you in the scenic spot, and bring enough water. Medicine: band-aid, anti-inflammatory medicine, carsickness medicine, cold medicine, antipyretic medicine, painkiller, antidiarrheal, stomach medicine, anti-allergy medicine and so on. 8. there is a large temperature difference between day and night. Please bring warm clothes. You'd better prepare a piece of windproof clothes. 9. The bus follows us all the way. When entering the scenic spot, all luggage except valuables can be put on the bus. ↓