This highly unusual bonsai display (previously highly unusual anyway - thanks to Robert Steven and others, displays like this are becoming more common) is from 3rd National Xiaopin Penjing & Wild Grass Exhibition. In Roberts words: "The hands sculptures with the broken chains symbolize the theme of breaking through in creativity."
The other day Robert Steven sent us a whole slew of remarkable photos from the 3rd National Xiaopin Penjing & Wild Grass Exhibition along with text that helps shed some light on the nature of the Exhibition. We’ll show you the text in full (below) and just a few photos now, with more to follow soon.
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Looks like a traditional Shohin display, except a couple trees seem a little large for Shohin. I suspect this has to do with the display being Chinese, where Japanese guidelines don't carry as much weight as they might elsewhere.
The following is a document that Robert included with the photos:
“Zhongguo Feng 2016
3rd. National Xiaopin Penjing & Wild Grass Exhibition
“Break Through the Chinoiserie of Penjing Art”
3rd. Zhongguo Feng – 2016, similar to Kokufu of Japan, Huafeng of Taiwan was conducted in Shanghai Botanic Garden from 2nd – 5th October 2016 in concerts to the celebrating of China National Day.
Document continued below…
I've always like bonsai with fruit and especially grapes... wine or table.
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Robert’s document, continued from above:
“This time, only Xiaopin Penjing (Shohin) was exhibited together with wild grass (Kusamono), specifically Ocarus grass which is now very popular in China and Korea.
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Here's another "breaking though" display.
Continued from above:
“At the main entrance, there was a unique display (created by Robert Steven as the Artistic Advisor of the event) symbolized the exhibition theme. The word (Feng in Chinese or “Fu” in Japanese) which mean “style” in Kokufu, Huafeng and Zhongguo Feng, also literally means “wind”. That’s why the display used the windy effect (plus sound and fogging) and emphasized with the windswept style bonsai, and the at the same time, the Chinese flag suggest the China National Day celeberation.”
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Robert Steven with his main entrance display. For a more dynamic version of this display, here's your link to view the video.
Continued from above:
“During the exhibition, there was also tea ceremony and classical Chinese music performance, bonsai and ceramic pots making demonstration.
Next year, 2017 Zhongguo Feng will be hosted by the International Garden of Rugao, China, sometimes in October 2017…”
Tea ceremony
Once again, here’s your link to view the video
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