Bright spring sunshine, a hundred flowers in bloom - the 2018 China Kaifeng "Iron Pagoda Cup" Bonsai Invitational Exhibition, hosted by the Flower, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, the Henan Provincial Bonsai Association, and the Kaifeng Songdu Ancient City Cultural Industry Park, and organized by Kaifeng Iron Pagoda Park, grandly opened on March 31, 2018 at Fusheng Courtyard in Iron Pagoda Park.

Opening ceremony scene

Mr. Li Kewen, Executive Vice Chairman of the Flower, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, delivers a speech

Wang Jishan, Director of the Management Committee of Kaifeng Songdu Ancient City Cultural Industry Park, introduces the bonsai invitational exhibition

Zhao Jie, Vice Chairman of the Kaifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivers a speech

Zhu Liping, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Kaifeng Municipal People's Congress, announces the opening of the 2018 China Kaifeng "Iron Pagoda Cup" Bonsai Invitational Exhibition

The leaders and guests attending this invitational exhibition are:

Zhu Liping, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Kaifeng Municipal People's Congress

Zhao Jie, Vice Chairman of the Kaifeng Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Han Manku, Party Working Committee Secretary of Kaifeng Songdu Ancient City Cultural Industry Park

Wang Jishan, Director of the Management Committee of Kaifeng Songdu Ancient City Cultural Industry Park

Ma Zhensheng, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Kaifeng Songdu Ancient City Cultural Industry Park

Li Kewen, Executive Vice Chairman of the Flower, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture

Shi Peiyuan, Secretary-General of the Flower, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture

Yu Duan, Vice Chairman of the Flower, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture and President of the Henan Provincial Bonsai Association

Specially invited guest, Chinese bonsai master Wang Xuanmin

Specially invited advisor of the Flower, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture and former President of the Shanghai Bonsai Association, Lu Mingzhen

Tang Senlin, Vice Chairman of the Flower, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture and Vice Chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Bonsai Alliance

Zhang Xianjue, Vice Chairman of the Flower, Bonsai and Viewing Stone Branch of the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture and Webmaster of the China Bonsai Association website

Liu Rong, Director of Kaifeng Iron Pagoda Park, Henan Province

Chinese bonsai art master Wei Jiquan

Chinese bonsai art master Shen Baiping

Chinese bonsai art master Xing Jinke

Chinese bonsai art master Feng Liansheng

Chinese bonsai art master Liu Chuangang

Huang He, Secretary-General of the Hebei Provincial Bonsai Association

Zhu Dayou, Secretary-General of the Hubei Provincial Bonsai Association

Lei Tianzhou, Senior Advisor of the Henan Provincial Bonsai Association and Lifetime Honorary President of the Nanyang Bonsai Association

Hu Dayu, Executive Vice President of the Henan Provincial Bonsai Association

Yao Mingjian, San Zhimin, Wang Xiaojun, Ping Yuzhen, Zhou Benhuai, Tao Huanchun, Lin Mingqiu, Yang Haifeng, and Zhang Fulu, Vice Presidents of the Henan Provincial Bonsai Association.

Qu Chunjie, Secretary-General of the Henan Provincial Bonsai Association.

Guests and masters attending the event

Group photo of guests

Leaders and guests entering for the visit

Mr. Li Kewen inscribing a title

Mr. Shi Peiyuan inscribing a title

Ms. Lu Mingzhen and Yu Duan writing inscriptions

Leaders and guests visiting the exhibition area

The earlier judging work

Group photo of judges and supervisors after completing their work

Master Liu Chuangang presents books to Director Liu Rong of Iron Pagoda Park

The works in this bonsai invitational exhibition come from Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Hubei, Shaanxi, and Jiangsu - seven provinces - as well as the Supai Viewing Stone Culture Research Association, with more than 260 fine bonsai and viewing stones. The exhibition area is divided into an outdoor tree stump area, an indoor small and micro fine works area, and an indoor fine viewing stone area. 23 gold awards, 38 silver awards, and 94 bronze awards were selected. The bonsai tree species exhibited include black pine, Chinese juniper, elm, yellow vitex, Japanese bush cherry, and flowering and fruiting bonsai.

Appreciation of Gold Award Works from the 2018 China Kaifeng (Iron Pagoda Cup) Bonsai Invitational Exhibition

Jade Leaf, Jade Beads Spitting Green, Kaifeng, Liu Yong

Chinese Juniper, Ancient Juniper Beautiful Posture, Kaifeng, Song Panfei

Chinese Juniper, Ancient Charm of Han Juniper, Xinxiang, Lin Mingqiu

Yellow Vitex, Aspiring to Ride the Wind, Jiaozuo, Chang Yunsheng

Yellow Vitex, Layered Green on the Cliff Wall, Jiaozuo, Chang Yunsheng

Yingde Stone, Fragrance-Bearing Pool, Suzhou, Shi Peiyuan

Five-Needle Pine, Nanyang, An Shunyi

White Thorn Flower, Charm, Zhengzhou Bishagang Park

Kun Stone, Jade Rabbit, Suzhou, Xu Yuru

Boxwood, Deep Green, Jiangsu, Hu Daocheng

Black Pine, Majestic Bearing, Kaifeng, Iron Pagoda Park

Wood Fossil, Eagle, Suzhou, Yu Kaicheng

Golden Bullet Tree, Spring Returns, Dai Ming'an

Siberian Elm, Ancient Elm Majestic Bearing, Shijiazhuang, Yan Wenjie

Pomegranate, Deep Affection for the Earth, Shangqiu, Ping Yuzhen

Chinese Fringetree, Penglai Layered Green, Queshan, Chen Baomin

Chinese Fringetree, Nanyang, Zhang Ya

Turtle-Pattern Stone, Xiangshan Layered Green, Huaibei, Zhang Hao

Trident Maple, Mountain Wilderness Maple Forest, Xiao County, Xu Guanghua

Miniature Bonsai, Rain Moistens the Mountain Valley, Zhengzhou, Wang Xiaojun

Elm, Stone Charm, Shangqiu, Zhang Xinjian

Japanese Bush Cherry, Luo River Goddess, Luoyang, Kou Zhimin

Chinese Fringetree, Dragon Chant in the Secluded Forest, Luohe, Tao Huanchun

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