Bonsai is an essential wonder for beautifying the home environment
Placing bonsai indoors serves both cultivation and enjoyment. It is best to use a spray bottle to water them, or move them outdoors to water and then put them back, but indoor light and ventilation are poor, which is not good for plant growth, so they can be rotated periodically with outdoor bonsai.
Using bonsai to accent the home takes it from mere greenery to true beautification. A single glance brings a feeling of delight like “within a foot you gaze upon ten thousand miles, within a square inch you discern a thousand fathoms of grandeur.” While enjoying it yourself, you can also invite friends or family to admire it together, and amid the poetic charm, beautiful thoughts and fancies are stirred, and fatigue melts away.
When using bonsai to beautify the home, attention must also be paid to the artistic conception of the bonsai itself and the combined effect of the pot and the stand. A bonsai with profound artistic conception, whose bearing and spirit resemble nature yet surpass it, can enrapture the mind and leave endless aftertaste. And a suitable pot and stand can make the scene contain scenes within it, better still the best, and spirit beyond spirit.
Bonsai and potted plants differ from decorative handicrafts in their characteristics: first, they are alive and full of vitality, giving people the enjoyment of natural beauty; second, because their branches and leaves are endlessly varied in form, they set each other off with furniture and other objects, creating a rich sense of line, shape, color and space indoors, and adding to the indoor charm. Therefore, when placing bonsai and potted plants indoors, their size, color, position and angle must all take into account their relationship with the surrounding environment. Never pile clutter around the flowers, or place them on top of the television, and do not place other objects of equal volume or matching height beside the flowers. Generally, they should be placed in a conspicuous position.
On New Year's Day, Spring Festival or festive occasions, placing a few potted tree-stump bonsai of varied forms indoors, verdant and serene, with fragrance filling the hall, will make people feel refreshed, relaxed and completely delighted.