May 16th, 2008
The Bonsai Trees
Bonsai or to give it’s original Chinese name of ‘pen jing’ is an ancient art form originating during the reign of the Han Dynasty. The Chinese character for ‘pen’ is identical with the Japanese one for ‘bon’ and also refers to a pot.’jing translates as a ’scenery’.
The name bonsai literally means ‘potted plant’ and describes the art of aesthetic miniaturization of trees by growing them in small pots or containers with the cultivation to include techniques for shaping, watering, and re-potting in various styles of containers.