Understand the "old" and "thin" of bonsai

Bonsai is called "ancient tree". It can be seen that bonsai is beautiful in terms of "antiquity". "Old" is generally understood to mean that the trees are old, and some bonsai trees are not old, but because they are cultivated and molded properly, they look old and are also a masterpiece of art.

First, the "old" of bonsai

"Old" is one of the conditions that bonsai should have, with good posture and old state. The "old" of bonsai can be measured in the following aspects:

The shape of the root:

Root vine uplift to reveal the soil surface, or high or low or thick or thin, such as a dragon such as a snake, pan horizontal around the tree head, covered with basin surface, but also vertical and horizontal natural chaos, or roots thick into lumps.

The shape of the trunk:

The trunk is buckled and jointed, the bark is thick, cracked or wrinkled and thick, and each has an ancient hue with different tree species.

The shape of the branch:

Lateral branches and twigs have many twists and turns, showing the shape of pruning or dying and rebirth year by year.

The shape of branches and leaves:

The branches and leaves should not be too thick. If they are too dense, they will become the form of young adults.

Characteristics of the banyan tree:

The aerial root of the banyan tree is drooping or the trunk is also angry and rooted, and integrated with the trunk.

Second, the "thinness" of bonsai

"thin" and "old" are inseparable, "iron bone ice muscle thin and elegant". Old trees are generally thin (except banyan trees), so being thin can show that they are old and elegant. But thin should be strong and indomitable.

The sign of being thin is that the leaves are thick and thick, the green is green, and the red is red, rather than yellow, thin and fragile. The bark is firm, the branches are dry, half like life, half like death, but there is a god, the branches are not dense, the leaves are not luxuriant, such as dead wood in spring.

Time: 2019-05-23 Click: