A Grand Review of Chinese Bonsai Masters' Works (Part Two)

2018 First National Bonsai Masters' Works Exhibition Debuts at Shanghai Botanical Garden

Photos and text by Qiu Zheng, on-site report

On the morning of April 27, 2018, the opening ceremony of the 2018 First National Bonsai Masters and BCI International Bonsai Masters' Works Exhibition was grandly held in front of the Plant Building at Shanghai Botanical Garden. The exhibition was hosted by the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture and the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Greening and City Appearance, organized by Shanghai Botanical Garden and the Flowers, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, and jointly supported by China Flowers & Bonsai magazine, Flowers & Trees Bonsai magazine, and the Shanghai Bonsai and Viewing Stone Association. The exhibited works covered more than one hundred fine pieces by 52 bonsai masters and BCI international bonsai masters from all over the country, as well as fine Shanghai-style bonsai from the collection of Shanghai Botanical Garden, making it a gathering of masters and a splendid spectacle, and ranking it among the highest-level bonsai exhibitions in China.

The opening ceremony was presided over by Bi Qingsi, deputy director of Shanghai Botanical Garden, and bonsai masters and leading veterans of the bonsai world from all over the country attended the opening ceremony. Fang Yan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Greening and City Appearance, and Chen Xiaoli, former chairman of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, delivered speeches respectively as representatives of the co-hosts, explaining the great significance of this exhibition to the development of Chinese bonsai, commenting on the outstanding bonsai works of many masters, and affirming the outstanding contributions made by Shanghai Botanical Garden and the Flowers, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture to this exhibition.

Afterwards, a masters' performance event was held in the square at the entrance of the Plant Building at Shanghai Botanical Garden, with 22 masters performing on the same stage. The atmosphere was lively and the crowds surged, and the masters' superb performance skills received unanimous praise from the general public.

The exhibition will continue until May 1. Friends interested in bonsai must not miss it.

Below are the profiles and works of the bonsai masters (Part Two):

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