4 bonsai beginners share their stories of how they got into it

Friend A:

I don't know what year it was, but I suddenly became fascinated by bonsai, and from then on there was no stopping it. Our area has many hills and abundant bonsai material. Every weekend a group of bonsai enthusiasts gathers to go up the mountain and dig out stumps; this has become an indispensable group activity in our daily lives, one that both cultivates our character and exercises our bodies. During a break from digging stumps, a friend mentioned Master Sima Gongzi Bonsai on Toutiao. When I got home that evening I registered an account, and after studying on Toutiao for a few days I benefited a great deal, and only then did I realize how little I knew about bonsai. I hope that through further study on Toutiao I can enrich myself more and go from being a guerrilla fighter to a regular soldier.

Friend B:

I have been around bonsai for less than two years, and I feel it was love at first sight. I have experienced nature's uncanny workmanship, and combined with the master's creations, the more you look the more you like them, and you simply cannot tear yourself away. I also hope to exchange ideas with everyone on this platform and feel the beauty of bonsai together!

Friend C:

I have loved bonsai for many years. Because I live in the countryside, there are abundant resources, and since childhood I have been interested in those oddly shaped tree stumps or stones. As I gradually grew up, I learned that these are only the raw material of bonsai, and that to truly make a bonsai work there is still a great deal to do. But hampered by my shallow knowledge and with no teacher, I could only teach myself online. By chance I came across Teacher Sima, thought it was great, and came here specifically to seek help so that I can study properly in the future!

Friend D:

My hometown is a small mountain village with mountains and water. When I was little I played all day by the river and on the mountain. There was the clear spring water, the babbling little streams, and the layered, crisscrossing rocks beneath a grove of willows at the entrance to the village, with flowers, grass and trees behind them. Later I learned the word bonsai, and realized that you can bring beautiful nature into your own home. Starting as an outsider, I fumbled around doing whatever I pleased, and I did not understand anything about growing and cultivating plants. During that time I ruined a lot of resource material, and even now it pains me to think of it. Later I gradually got to know some local bonsai enthusiasts and learned from them. An uncle who had been doing bonsai locally for many years told me about this platform, where enthusiasts from all over the country exchange experience and learn knowledge. Thank you for providing such a good platform.