A place to live in peace, where the dragon coils; a single burst of bloom returns to you a lifetime of prosperity

The world of bonsai | The great beauty of Anlong

At the southern end of Dujiangyan City, home to a world "double heritage" site, there is a small town with nine pearl-like communities scattered like stars (Bojang, Yulan, Huijing and 9 communities in all), two roads running side by side (the Chengqing tourist route and the Third Ring Road), and one clear-flowing river (the Bojiang River); it is home to China's largest crabapple planting base, China's first inheritance base for the Sichuan-school bonsai of China's intangible cultural heritage, a national-level eco-town, Sichuan Province's "Home of Bonsai", a Chengdu municipal-level garden town, and many other fine names too numerous to count. It is a fertile land bearing a "colorful world" of green leaves and red blossoms setting each other off; it is also a pure land holding the "return to simplicity" of whittling life down from complexity; and it is above all a land of warmth, breeding infinite business opportunities of hope and the future. It is Anlong Town of Dujiangyan City, long known as "a place to live in peace, a place where the dragon coils".

Set foot in Anlong and you cannot help but marvel at its treasures of nature and its outstanding people. That is the visual impact brought to you by "silent poetry, three-dimensional painting", and even more the grand and imposing spirit you feel from "a pot holding Qingcheng, a scene enriching Dujiangyan". Anlong bonsai, one glance is all it takes to be etched in the heart.

Stump bonsai, "exquisitely wonderful"

This 400-plus-year-old "Chinese Dragon" ancient ginkgo bend lets you appreciate the unique charm of Sichuan-school bonsai: simple and dignified, gnarled and varied in form.

Ancient ginkgo bend (Sichuan school formal style: Hanwen bend

Collection: Hu Jiuquan; more than 400 years old)

Ancient Charm of Golden Autumn (Silver Award, the 9th China Bonsai Exhibition

By: Fu Wenjun)

Wonderful Ink Wielded on Rock Spring (Silver Award, the 9th China Bonsai Exhibition

By: Wang Ji)

Did you know that Anlong bonsai began in the Ming and Qing dynasties, originating from the "Hu Family Bay" and "Fu Family Earth City" of the prominent north-south families of Anlong town on the banks of the Bojiang River, and has a history of nearly 400 years to this day. Does the 200-plus-year-old crape myrtle ancient bend let you grasp the excellence of the "rolling dragon embracing the pillar" bonsai technique?

Crape myrtle ancient bend (Sichuan school formal style: rolling dragon embracing the pillar

Collection: Gao Zhifu; more than 200 years old)

A Thousand Forms and a Hundred Shapes (Silver Award, the 21st Chengdu Bonsai Exhibition

Gold Award, Fine Bonsai Exhibition of the 9th Bonsai Art Festival of Anlong Town, Dujiangyan City

By: Wang Yong)

Emerald Cloud (Gold Award, Sichuan Province Sichuan-School Bonsai Exhibition

By: Wu Honglin )

The bonsai covered in abundant blossoms is named "Splendid China"; a single tree bonsai seems to lead you into the whole of spring.

Splendid China (Gold Award, Sichuan Province Sichuan-School Bonsai Exhibition

By: Yuan Mingchang)

United as One (Gold Award, the First Du Fu Thatched Cottage - Shuyun Thatched Cottage Cup Bonsai Exhibition

By: Zhou Bin)

Lofty Peaks and Elegant Waters (Gold Award, Fine Bonsai Exhibition of the 10th Bonsai Art Festival of Anlong Town, Dujiangyan City

By: Wang Zhifa)

Small and micro bonsai, "holding the universe"

In bonsai there is a saying of "one pot, two scenes, three stands"; the three merged into one become a miniature of the natural landscape. The "large, fine and expensive" nature of traditional fine bonsai cannot let it become widely popular in the market. So the "down-to-earth" small and micro bonsai came into being. "The whole universe is hidden in a single pot" - I believe you must be tempted.

A Leaf Ever Green, Flowers Blooming in All Four Seasons

Has Anlong's bonsai already made you fall in love at first sight? Don't rush - look at Anlong's flowers too, watch the blossoms open and fall, watch the clouds roll and unfold, and enjoy alone a touch of tranquility amid the city's bustle.

In Anlong, you can feel for yourself Su Shi's love of flowers in "I only fear that in the deep of night the flower will go to sleep, so I burn tall candles to light her red adornment". China's largest crabapple base, the crabapple park crowded with visitors, the Crabapple Expo Garden, and the "Flowers All Over Yangcun" courtyard - wander as you please, listen with your heart, to the sound of crabapples blooming.

In Anlong, the beautiful lotus scene of "lotus leaves stretching to the sky in endless blue, lotus flowers reflecting the sun in a different red" is right beside you; perhaps with one turn you will "stray deep into the lotus blossoms".

In the time of midsummer, the roses bloom. In Anlong, pick any small courtyard at random; that touch of purple-red crossing the wall will bring you an unexpected delight.

Peonies bloom in May and are hailed as the "flower deity of May"; since ancient times they have been called the "flower of love", with "devoted to one alone" as their flower language. Can Anlong's peony fields lead you into sweet love?

In Anlong, the sunflowers opening toward the sun are as radiant as sunshine.

At the Sanlian Flower and Tree Planting Base in Guantian Community, bonsai, seedlings and flowers are all available.

"Rustic Flavor", High-Quality Products

You thought bonsai and flowers were all of Anlong? I think you should take a look at our specialty agricultural sideline products. Morel mushrooms cultivated in rich soil, free-range native chickens from the fields, absolutely authentic native eggs... a rich "rustic flavor" rushes at you - that is what you and I miss most; now you can come to Anlong and take them home.

"Internet Plus" Online Marketing

Anlong possesses rich industrial resources in bonsai, flowers and trees, agricultural products and more; the people's enthusiasm for participating in industrial development runs high. To date, 15 farmers' professional cooperatives in related industries have been established, and "O2O" and other models are actively used to build "online" trading platforms; on the basis of traditional "offline" exhibitions and sales, these are supplemented by "Internet Plus" "online" marketing, such as agricultural product online shops and WeChat mini-stores.

A Wealth of Talent, Flourishing Development

As the birthplace of Sichuan-school bonsai, the people of Anlong have revered horticulture since ancient times, and bonsai craftsmen have come forth in great numbers. In the late Qing dynasty it nurtured Sichuan-school bonsai masters such as Gong Jiru and Yang Caibing; in modern times it has produced older-generation Sichuan-school bonsai masters represented by Yang Ji'an, Zhou Haiting, and Zhou Maohe, who once made bonsai for Committeeman Zhu De.

Gao Zhifu

Today, Anlong's bonsai craft still stands unique, with a wealth of talent, and is continuously passed on. The whole town has 4 provincial-level outstanding Sichuan-school bonsai artists, 3 municipal-level Sichuan-school bonsai inheritors, 28 senior landscape technicians, 133 intermediate technicians, 231 junior technicians, and 29 professional brokers.

Yuan Mingchang

Wang Ji

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