What is the stand for holding bonsai called?
The stands used for displaying bonsai are called ji stands, also known as flower stands. The purpose of the stand is to highlight the landscape, enhance the ornamental effect of the bonsai, and serve as a foil. At the same time, it improves the environmental atmosphere when bonsai are displayed or exhibited, playing a decorative role. Because it is itself a work of art, it has high ornamental value. When choosing a stand, pay attention to its function, handle the coordination among the landscape, the pot and the stand well, and avoid the stand being too gorgeously decorated so that it overshadows the main subject. The stand is required to have a simple, elegant form, a vivid shape, concise lines, and a refined and plain look. The materials and shapes of stands are extremely rich.
The flower stand, also called a flower rack or flower platform, is mostly rather tall. Its main use is to support flower pots and bonsai, and it is often placed on both sides of the natural long table in front of a gauze screen, or in a corner of the room. It is 1.66 m tall or more than 1.66 m. Flower stands appeared later than tea tables. It was only after the mid-Qing Dynasty that this kind of slender, tall stand began to appear. By the late Qing Dynasty, flower stands were very popular, and most of the flower stands that have survived to the present day are works from this period.
Flower stands come in many styles: not only round and square, tall and short, but also, according to the needs of flower pots and bonsai, various small flower stands, some of which are called pedestals. The products belong to the "small items" category.
Stands for holding flower pots are also called storage racks or decorative racks; if made of wrought iron, they are also called wrought iron flower stands. For example, one placed on a balcony for decoration is called a balcony display flower stand. These racks can be custom-made on site directly by a carpenter, or bought in physical stores, or you can also buy them online; all of these options are available. For example: storage rack. A storage rack is a rack made by combining a baseboard and supports for holding miscellaneous items. It is mostly supported by strip-shaped brackets, with a baseboard for support. It has a unique shape, clever design, is easy to assemble and disassemble, clean and bright, and its open design makes stored items visible at a glance. It stores small miscellaneous household items.
According to their shapes, they can be divided into two types: regular type and natural type.
1. Regular-type stands
They can be divided into tables, ji, pedestals, racks, etc.
Table: large stands, such as square tables, round tables, altar tables, dining tables, double round tables, plum-blossom-shaped tables, etc.
Ji: medium and small stands, small table types, such as square ji, round ji, drum ji, scroll ji, tall-legged ji, two-tier ji, four-tier ji.
Pedestal: stands made of pottery, porcelain or stone, including stone pedestals, pottery pedestals, porcelain pedestals, etc.
Rack: stands used for arranging small or miniature combinations are called racks, such as curio racks, assortment racks, many-treasure racks, etc. They usually come in forms such as square, rectangular, round, semicircular, oval, fan-shaped and polygonal.
2. Natural-type stands
They are made from natural tree roots, tree stumps and mountain stones through cutting, shaping, carving and finishing. This kind of stand retains the original lively, winding and intricate, smooth-lined and hollow form, and has high display value.
Now, a kind of multi-layer support for arranging bonsai shapes that sells well on the market includes a support and washers, and is characterized in that: the support is a tower-shaped multi-level annular support; the washers are annular washers placed on the outer ring of each level of the annular support, and the outer diameter and inner diameter of each washer are equal to the outer diameter and inner diameter of the corresponding annular support.
This utility model is convenient for placing bonsai in multi-level stacked shapes, is not only more beautiful, but can also protect the bonsai from damage.