Here is a gathering of over 600 basins of potted landscape?it covers an area of 25 acres and the building area of 144 square meters. There are two scenery display areas, the one is stump-bonsai display area, and the one is water-stone-bonsai display area. Su style potted bonsai is an important school in our country, originally starting from Tang Dynasty (618?907) and Song Dynasty (960?1279), flourishing in Ming Dynasty (1368?1644) and Qing Dynasty (1616?1911) and developing further in modern time. Suzhou’s bonsai is based on the tree-stump bonsai. The traditional features are six stages, three trays and one top. That is, there are two branches at left and right from top to bottom formed three stages, and a block at the top. All the leaves are round. As it seems neat and noble, people used to call it as academic school. In recent years, Suzhou’s bonsai began to depart from the traditional way, boldly make use of the cutting skill, pay more attention on the natural state, and try to decorate it according to the principles of Chinese painting. |