Devotedly passing on agricultural techniques, the spirit of craftsmanship is carried on from generation to generation
Inheritance · Passing On
Growing upward, ever renewing. Continuing for a thousand years, the flame passed from hand to hand.
There is a kind of growth that needs to draw strength, and a kind of inheritance called master-apprentice teaching.
The master transmits the way, imparts knowledge and resolves doubts; the apprentice respects the master, observes propriety and studies diligently.
Yiguang Garden is located by the reservoir in Guoxi Town, Ouhai District, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with streams flowing through, in a quiet and pleasant environment.
The garden covers an area of 50 mu, advocates the life aesthetics of bonsai art, and specializes in the cultivation, care, creation and sale of bonsai.
Besides creating, innovating, displaying and appreciating bonsai, Yiguang Garden is even more like a school.
Open Teaching · Craft Passed On from Hand to Hand
Master Qiu Yiguang has been making bonsai and landscape scenery for more than 40 years, and his craft is inherited from the "bonsai master" Lin Hongxin. Craftsmen value inheritance, and their vitality lies in the will to pass it on. He and his apprentices, with persistence and sweat, have nurtured every bit of greenery in Yiguang Garden.
This master-apprentice teaching is more like a Chinese-style spirit of contract. Through open teaching, more and more apprentices come to Yiguang Garden. Here, they discuss bonsai techniques and explore bonsai culture, and can better feel what Master Qiu has learned, felt and loved. The young phoenix sings clearer than the old phoenix; there is winter in the four seasons. This is the beginning of a cycle of transmission; people have their ups and downs, and only the craft is passed on as one flame kindles the next.
Master-Apprentice Teaching · A New Model for Cultivating Craftsmen
Nowadays, Yiguang Garden recruits bonsai apprentices from outside, using a new model to cultivate professional bonsai craftsmen.
In all speech, honesty comes first. If a matter is not appropriate, do not make promises lightly. Apprentices at Yiguang Garden must be of upright character, respect their master and value the way, endure hardship and work hard, and love the bonsai cause. Those who cannot meet the above four requirements should please not register. No limit on education or academic qualifications, no limit on gender, age under 35 years old, and zero foundation is also acceptable.
Study is a three-year program. New students have a one-month trial period; those who pass the trial continue to stay and study.During the apprenticeship, bonsai planting and care insights will be taught in 5 stages.
Stage 1: Understand and distinguish varieties, learn to grasp the principles and techniques of watering, and learn the basic principles of botany and plant nutrition. Duration three months; those who pass the assessment enter the next learning stage, and those who do not pass continue to study Stage 1.
Stage 2: Study plant pathology, learn plant propagation methods and types, learn the characteristics and propagation methods of basic bonsai varieties, and learn the basic ways of appreciating bonsai. Study duration three months; those who pass the assessment enter the next learning stage, and those who do not pass continue to study Stage 2.
Stage 3: Learn the basic skills of bonsai making: aluminum wire binding methods, bending methods, repotting methods, the basic principles of deadwood (shari) making, basic pruning methods, and daily bonsai care methods. Study duration six months; those who pass the assessment enter the next learning stage, and those who do not pass continue to study Stage 3.
Stage 4: Learn the basic principles of bonsai styling, learn the basic styling methods of seedling cultivation, master advanced bonsai care techniques, and accurately distinguish and judge bonsai pathologies. Study duration one year; those who pass the assessment enter the next learning stage, and those who do not pass continue to study Stage 4.
Stage 5: Learn advanced bonsai styling techniques, learn the spatial layout of bonsai, learn the creativity of bonsai, and learn the creation of bonsai material at different stages. Learn the business way of bonsai and master bonsai sales techniques.
Cultural Inheritance · Cultivating Professional Bonsai Talent
Master-apprentice teaching is both a master-apprentice destiny and a cultural inheritance; it is both polishing a craft and tempering character. Although the process of learning the art is arduous, only by enduring patiently can quality be polished out. Every labor is an advancement of technique and art.
Yiguang Garden has already opened multiple bonsai gardens across the country, and in the future plans to build a professional bonsai school to cultivate professional bonsai talent and reserve young strength for China's future bonsai industry.
Becoming an apprentice at Yiguang Garden allows you to enjoy 4 benefits:
1. During the three-year study period, room and board are provided, no tuition or miscellaneous fees are charged, and upon graduation from the three-year program, top-grade professional bonsai tools worth ten thousand yuan are given as a gift.
2. During the three-year study process, those with outstanding performance will have the opportunity to travel irregularly to Japan to visit top bonsai exhibitions and top bonsai gardens.
3. Those who graduate from the three-year program with excellent academic skills will have the opportunity to go to an advanced bonsai garden in Japan to study for one year. Those who graduate with excellent learning skills can be directly retained by the company, with an annual salary starting at one hundred thousand, or may independently choose to start their own business, and the company will also give strong support.
4. Anyone who smoothly completes the three-year study will be included in the company's future plans, to jointly build the strongest professional bonsai team.
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