National flower and plant spectacle: Zhaotong competes for supremacy, highland bonsai and Jinsha River ornamental stones appear on the same stage
On May 12, the 2018 China·Yunnan "Haolong Cup" Invitational Exhibition of Fine Bonsai, Ornamental Stones and Root Art opened in Ludian County, Zhaotong, nationally renowned as the "Silver Capital of Zhuti." Nearly 600 exhibits at the exhibition site brought together masterpieces from masters across the country, paired with river ornamental stones, combining natural landscapes with humanistic art, scaling new heights and exploring new concepts.
According to reports, this exhibition was hosted by the China Bonsai Artists Association, the Yunnan Provincial Bonsai, Root Art and Viewing Stone Association, and Yunnan Haolong Industrial Group; it was specifically organized by the Zhaotong City Bonsai, Root Art and Viewing Stone Association and Yunnan Baihushan Culture Communication Co., Ltd. The event aimed to build a platform for exchange, showcase the style of masters, promote Zhuti culture, and create conditions for building a team of masters better able to adapt to the needs of development under new circumstances and lead Chinese bonsai practitioners forward.
It is introduced that, to enable flower lovers and bonsai enthusiasts from various places to gain an in-depth understanding of bonsai culture, this exhibition lasted for one week. During this period, in addition to displaying on site the crafted works of art masters from all over the country and BCI international bonsai masters, there were also more than 500 exhibits of fine bonsai, ornamental stones and root art from Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou and other provinces and municipalities, as well as various prefectures and cities in Yunnan and various counties and districts of Zhaotong, competing for beauty on site.
In addition, the exhibition competition also established a fair and just evaluation working committee, with Chinese bonsai art masters and BCI international bonsai masters judging the participating works, and conducting bonsai-making performances as well as on-site explanations. This event awarded a total of 10 gold awards, 20 silver awards and 30 bronze awards in the bonsai category; and 10 gold awards, 20 silver awards and 30 bronze awards in the root art and ornamental stone category. On the day of the event, the number of participants reached more than 30,000, and the total number of people for this event was expected to exceed 80,000.
According to Wei Xinglin, president of the Zhaotong City Bonsai, Root Art and Viewing Stone Association, Zhaotong is a blessed land for bonsai and root art, and a hotbed for ornamental stones and gemstones. Bonsai, root art and ornamental stones have become a distinctive cultural industry of the whole city, and this industry has good growth potential and extremely promising market prospects.
In recent years, Zhaotong's flower and bonsai and ornamental stone industries have produced many highlights and abundant results. Zhaotong bonsai has participated in horticultural exhibitions in Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places, winning gold awards, silver awards and other medals many times, fully demonstrating the strength of Zhaotong's bonsai, ornamental stone and root art industries. Zhaotong has already produced bonsai on a large scale through artificial breeding, and currently has bred hundreds of thousands of pots of bonsai materials such as Rhamnus and Cotoneaster. Next, it will work even harder to further expand and strengthen the bonsai industry.
(Leaders at all levels take a group photo with the award winners)
(Leaders at all levels take a group photo with the award winners)
This event created an important opportunity to further promote exchanges in Chinese bonsai art, carry forward ecological civilization construction, and enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the general public. By making friends through bonsai, root art and stones, expressing aspirations through bonsai, root art and stones, and discussing virtue through bonsai, root art and stones, it further enhanced the artistic appreciation level of the broad community of bonsai, root art and viewing stone enthusiasts; and it played a positive role in popularizing knowledge of bonsai, root art and stones, cultivating distinctive service industries, breeding art with distinctive cultural characteristics, and promoting the healthy development of bonsai culture in Yunnan and even across the country. (Reported by Ren Zhengli of China.com)