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Bonsai is a japanese art form using trees grown in containers.
Bonsai wiki. Bonsai trees are now used for decorative and recreational purposes in addition to their traditional uses. Though usually associated with japan bonsai tree cultivation actually originated in china where the trees eventually came to be associated with the religion of zen buddhism. The word bonsai means tree in tray in the japanese language.
The term bonsai is generally used in english as an umbrella term for all miniature trees in containers or pots. The term bonsai itself is a japanese pronunciation of the earlier chinese term penzai. Bonsai is a very old art form in japan. Similar practices exist in other cultures including the chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated and the miniature living landscapes of vietnamese hòn non bộ.
This article focuses on the history of bonsai in japan. The term bonsai is generally used in english as an umbrella term for all miniature trees in containers or pots. Sana bonsai on japania ja merkitsee ruukkuistutusta bon ruukku sai istutus.
Išvertus iš japonų kalbos žodis bonsai reiškia sodinti padėkle. Similar practices exist in other cultures including the chinese tradition of penzai or penjing from which the art originated and the miniature living landscapes of vietnamese hòn. The best bonsai trees appear to be old and to have a shape that seems like a real tree except much smaller. Plantings in tray from bon a tray or low sided pot and sai a planting or plantings is the japanese art of growing small trees in pots.
1 this is done by growing the tree in a small pot or tray and pruning cutting the branches and roots to keep the tree small over time. Tray planting pronounced is a japanese art form which utilizes cultivation techniques to produce in containers small trees that mimic the shape and scale of full size trees. In this article bonsai should be understood to include any container grown tree that is regularly styled or shaped not just one being maintained in the japanese bonsai tradition.