The 5th Shaanxi Provincial Bonsai and Viewing Stone Exhibition Opens in Hanzhong
Shaanxi Net News (Reporter Cao Yanqiang) On the morning of April 8, a gentle spring breeze blew along Tianhan Changjie in Hanzhong, and the willows were turning green. The 5th Shaanxi Provincial Bonsai and Viewing Stone Exhibition and the Wang Hengliang Bonsai Art Public Welfare Lecture Series grandly opened at Tianhan Changjie in Hanzhong. Zhang Jianguo, Vice Mayor of the Hanzhong Municipal People's Government, declared the exhibition open; Zhang Hui, Party Secretary and Director of the Hanzhong Municipal Housing and Urban Management Bureau, delivered a speech; and Yu Shaoming, Deputy Director of the Hanzhong Municipal Housing and Urban Management Bureau and Director of the Hanzhong Municipal Urban Management Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau, presided over the opening ceremony.
Zhang Jianguo, Vice Mayor of the Hanzhong Municipal People's Government, declares the exhibition open
Zhang Hui, Party Secretary and Director of the Hanzhong Municipal Housing and Urban Management Bureau, delivers a speech
Yu Shaoming, Deputy Director of the Hanzhong Municipal Housing and Urban Management Bureau and Director of the Hanzhong Municipal Urban Management Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau, presides over the opening ceremony
At the opening ceremony, Li Kewen, Executive Vice President of the Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, spoke, and Zhang Shikun, President of the Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Shaanxi Provincial Landscape Architecture Association, introduced the preparations for the exhibition.
Li Kewen, Executive Vice President of the Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, speaks
Zhang Shikun, President of the Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Shaanxi Provincial Landscape Architecture Association, introduces the preparations for the exhibition
After the opening ceremony, masters including Liu Chuangang, Vice President of the Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture; Wang Hengliang, World Bonsai Art Master; and Li Yunlong, Vice Chairman for China of the World Bonsai and Viewing Stone Association and World Bonsai Art Master, also created bonsai on site, commented on them on site, and exchanged ideas with everyone.
In the afternoon of the same day, bonsai enthusiasts from within and outside the province created bonsai on site, and the masters provided comments and guidance, and selected outstanding works.
The 7th China Wang Hengliang Bonsai Art Public Welfare Lecture Series was also held on the afternoon of April 8 at the Dongfang Heyuan Hotel. Wang Hengliang combined the actual development of bonsai and, in a humorous and witty style, shared his unique insights on bonsai creation. The lecture series attracted more than 200 participants.
In addition, calligraphy and painting artists from Hanzhong also specially contributed ink works in support of the exhibition.
This exhibition was hosted by the Hanzhong Municipal Housing and Urban Management Bureau and the Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Shaanxi Provincial Landscape Architecture Association, co-organized by the Hanzhong Municipal Construction and Planning Bureau, the Municipal Tourism Development Commission, the Municipal Forestry Bureau, the Municipal Creation Office, the Binjiang New Area Management Committee, and the One River Two Banks Management Office, and undertaken by the Municipal Landscape Greening Management Office, the Municipal Landscape Architecture Association, the Municipal Viewing Stone and Precious Jade Association, and Hanfangting Commercial Operation Co., Ltd. With the theme "Flower Sea Tianhan, Water Rhythm Qinba," during the event a total of 800 fine bonsai from various cities in Shaanxi Province, 800 viewing stones, 200 pieces of precious jade and gemstones (including jade carving works), and 10,000 pots of orchids and seasonal flowers and green plants were exhibited, along with Taxus chinensis bonsai works.
It is reported that this exhibition is the first large-scale bonsai and viewing stone exhibition held in Hanzhong, and it will certainly add luster to Hanzhong's efforts to accelerate catch-up and surpassing and to its "Three Cities" construction.