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Tree and stone culture gives a minimal impression of art
3 months ago

Tree and stone culture gives a minimal impression of art

China Daily  

A penjing exhibition on the Roof Garden in Shanghai Museum East. The roof garden opened simultaneously with the exhibition The Resonance of Wood and Stone, featuring scholar's rocks and Shanghai-style penjing on Sept 6, which also marked the launch of the new Jiangnan Gallery. As visitors step into the atrium of the gallery, they will find a series of scholar's …

Exhibition Museum Chinese Shanghai Shanghai Museum Rocks
Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens
2 years, 8 months ago

Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens

China Daily  

A miniature pine tree displays a dramatic shape in a pot. The miniature pruned branches spread and twist, artistically demonstrating the vitality of nature, allowing the viewer to stop and meditate upon the circle of life. The potted landscape of penjing, also known overseas as bonsai, is a signature of top-tier garden art in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Since Wanjing Shanzhuang …

Tan
Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens
2 years, 8 months ago

Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens

China Daily  

Wanjing Shanzhuang is the largest hub for penjing in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Printing houses and painting studios blossomed, which raised the curtain on golden age of literati painting－an artistic school that aimed to reveal the painters' self-cultivation and morals rather than focusing on showing artistic skill through the accurate depiction of details. "That tradition of abstract expression also defined what …

Tan Suzhou Wanjing Shanzhuang Penjing
Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens
2 years, 8 months ago

Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens

China Daily  

Wanjing Shanzhuang is the largest hub for penjing in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Printing houses and painting studios blossomed, which raised the curtain on golden age of literati painting－an artistic school that aimed to reveal the painters' self-cultivation and morals rather than focusing on showing artistic skill through the accurate depiction of details. "That tradition of abstract expression also defined what …

Tan Suzhou Penjing
Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens
2 years, 8 months ago

Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens

China Daily  

A miniature pine tree displays a dramatic shape in a pot. The miniature pruned branches spread and twist, artistically demonstrating the vitality of nature, allowing the viewer to stop and meditate upon the circle of life. The potted landscape of penjing, also known overseas as bonsai, is a signature of top-tier garden art in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Since Wanjing Shanzhuang …

Tan
Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens
2 years, 8 months ago

Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens

China Daily  

Suzhou-style penjing is famed for its resemblance of traditional Chinese literati pantings. "Without penjing, Suzhou gardens wouldn't be as charming as they are today," he says. Fan Chengda, a local Song Dynasty poet had already made Suzhou penjing famous, creating them to mimic mountains and rivers. Because of that long history, Suzhou-style penjing is often seen as a fundamental school …

Chinese Tan Suzhou Penjing
Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens
2 years, 8 months ago

Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens

China Daily  

A miniature pine tree displays a dramatic shape in a pot. The miniature pruned branches spread and twist, artistically demonstrating the vitality of nature, allowing the viewer to stop and meditate upon the circle of life. The potted landscape of penjing, also known overseas as bonsai, is a signature of top-tier garden art in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Since Wanjing Shanzhuang …

Tan
Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens
2 years, 8 months ago

Huge influence blooms in miniature gardens

China Daily  

A miniature pine tree displays a dramatic shape in a pot. The miniature pruned branches spread and twist, artistically demonstrating the vitality of nature, allowing the viewer to stop and meditate upon the circle of life. The potted landscape of penjing, also known overseas as bonsai, is a signature of top-tier garden art in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Since Wanjing Shanzhuang …

Tan