Penjing: The Chinese Art of Bonsai: A Pictorial Exploration of Its History, Aesthetics, Styles and Preservation

by Zhao Qingquan and Qingquan Zhao

Book Overview

With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, this Chinese gardening book is a wonderful introduction to penjing--China's treasured bonsai art.

Although most people thing bonsai is a Japanese invention, the art originated in ancient China where it is called penjing. The two Chinese characters for penjing (pot and landscape) capture the essence of this art: sculpting microcosms of the beauty of the natural world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602200092
• ISBN13: 9781602200098
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.5" x 9.9"