Masterpieces by great masters showcased together at the Lingnan Bonsai Exhibition

  From May 28 to June 8, 2014, Beihai Chanfu Temple will present visitors with a Dragon Boat Festival cultural feast—the Lingnan Bonsai Masters' Fine Works Exhibition. Two hundred exquisite bonsai by three renowned bonsai masters, Wu Chengfa, Chen Chang and Huang Jiuwei, opened at Chanfu Temple in Beihai Park.

  The main characteristics of Lingnan bonsai are shaping according to the material, creating the scene from the tree, and learning from nature. Its main technique is to grow branches and truncate the trunk. As the saying goes, "An inch of branch grows for several years; a fine scene is only complete after ten autumns."

  Wu Chengfa, born in Hong Kong, China in 1948, has been devoted to bonsai creation and antique pot collecting since the 1990s. His works have repeatedly won gold awards at BCI and major international exhibitions, and he has won nearly more than two hundred gold awards in China and Hong Kong, China. In 2008 and 2012 respectively, he was named "Chinese Bonsai Art Master" and "International Bonsai Art Master."

  Chen Chang was born in 1946 and began creating Lingnan bonsai in his spare time in the early 1970s. He now owns more than 3,000 bonsai and has been appointed to important positions such as chairman of the China regional committee of the World Bonsai Friendship Federation (WBFF).

  Huang Jiuwei began creating bonsai in 1972 and is skilled in Lingnan bonsai forms such as the large tree shape, intertwined jungle, multi-trunk forest from a single head, and root-on-rock creations.

  The pots used for bonsai are also very particular. A Ming Dynasty purple clay pot exhibited this time is worth more than 3 million.

  Lingnan bonsai has a history of nearly a thousand years. It is vigorous and elegant, fresh and refined, unrestrained and natural, with a thousand postures and forms, and has a unique Lingnan style and character.