7. Nantong Bonsai
Nantong Nantong is the name of bonsai bonsai art schools. It covers the area of Rugao.
Nantong Yangtze River to the north shore of an ancient city, mild climate and abundant rainfall, fertile soil. Located from the Five Dynasties and the Southern Tang Jinghai County, Tongzhou city, said, since there is already a thousand years of history, history of economic prosperity and cultural development.
Nantong City, Shanxi Zhongxiu corner back there, "Sung", Furuki 2, one for Luo Ying Bai, 1 for Podocarpus, word bonsai trees for traces of the Yuan Dynasty. In addition, the wolf Jhushan horseradish room floor of Podocarpus, bending easily, to extend the collateral, the first step of the fields for hundreds of years due to the bonsai. Described above, Nantong Bonsai has been a very long history.
Nantong and Yangzhou in northern Jiangsu, not far from, Nantong Yang bonsai and was sent the same two branches of large schools, are cut brown wire bar to bar mainly created curved shape trunk, branches and leaves films created like, and pay attention to training at an early age. Nantong bonsai referred to as the "East", Jan faction referred to as the "West", in the arts have their own handling characteristics. Later, as a result of the characteristics of their full development, and the formation of the two schools. People's Park in Nantong, and now still more in the 400-year-old pots of lobular more than Podocarpus bonsai are bonsai Nantong traditional "two semi-bending" model. Nantong bonsai style can be seen at that time has been formed.
Nantong bonsai works generally used for display or symmetric group display, and more for large and medium-sized, to the solemn grandeur of its style, good structured.
Bonsai Podocarpus microphylla nantong to the main representative for the species, there are other double Liuyuexue, Spring Festival, White box, Ulmus pumila, Rhododendron, Pinus, Juniperus chinensis Bai, Bai Ying Luo, yew and so on.
Nantong bonsai trees to rule-based modeling of the "two half-turn"-based. The so-called semi-bending is to use the two brown wires to the trunk from the base of the beginning of the two bends created, accompli S-shaped, and then half a turn for the top bar, the lower back and trunk, the upper forward, and then the election of the Collateral remaining alternate root into leaf-type sticks films, called "dry film." Spread on both sides of dry film, layered, guitar created a semi-circular roof. Due to its intended state, such as lions, it is also known as the "lion-type" (Of course, this is the spirit likeness, not the shape). The form of two semi-bends very rich scientific, whole-plant trees so that the focus of both stability and momentum of the solemn, but also will enable the collateral with the trunk bending and stretching around, and sticks there before the film, the transmittance of the trees in the ventilation to receive rain are very favorable, which can promote the growth of trees. For the two semi-bent trees require a higher material to choose more sturdy trunk, branches alternate uniform Miller article.
Nantong bonsai on display at the Bonsai, and other various genres are different. Generally in pairs into a group, or a pair of two, or three, five, seven, nine pots of a group (also known as 1). Display when paired, symmetrical about the two. Display group, the middle of the main tree, said "The Tree", the highest large; around on both sides of the "Wu Shu", the start points symmetrical shape, the size of the level of sequential decline should not be mixed, to contrast tree-wu text tree, such as child care, on star, and not to dominate. This display highlights the performance of the Nantong majestic bonsai art features.
On the use of pots, bonsai nantong more Yixing purple sand deeper basins, the shape of a circular, octagonal, hexagonal, square, etc., and with the "two semi-bent" shape of the tree line.
Bonsai Bonsai Nantong taken during production after the first shear bar potted plants, so as to determine the appropriate arrangement in a pot position.
At present, Nantong bonsai is in the ever-changing development. Rules of bonsai art in two-turn and a half based on innovation, the use of traditional techniques to create a number of natural-based miniature works, the "floating point-type", "cliff-style", "hanging-style" "dry straight," "dry ramp" and other forms. In Nantong, Rugao vast rural area, most of bonsai cultivation as the main sideline, this is the development of Nantong bonsai one of the important reasons.
