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New Bonsai Museum

of Baosheng Garden

Text and photos by Tom Elias, USA

Above; Stairway leading to the he art of bonsai and penjing is enjoying This is now one of the
lower and upper courtyards a resurgence in many parts of the world.
adjacent to the two main Nowhere is this as evident as in China where
buildings housing permanent largest museums in China
and temporary bonsai related Tthe new prosperity and growth have resulted
exhibits in rapid expansion of private and public collections devoted to bonsai.
of stylized trees in pots. In September 2013, the new
16.5-acre (6 hectares) Bonsai Museum of Baosheng
Garden opened its doors to the public. This coincided with the joint meeting and convention of the 7th World
Bonsai Friendship Federation and the 12th Asian Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki meetings in Jintan in Jiangsu
Province, China. The new bonsai museum is one part of a huge development featuring five new museums in
Baosheng Garden located on a beautiful, 2,000 acre (809 hectares) wooded valley.

The bonsai garden as well as the entire Baosheng Garden was planned and designed by Mr. Xin Changbao,
President of the Changzhou Sentar Group. Mr. Xin had developed the plans for Baosheng Garden when he and
officials of the Jintan government and the Chinese Bonsai Association presented their bid at the 2009 World
Bonsai Friendship Federation (WBFF) convention in Puerto Rico to host the 2013 WBFF convention. Mr. Xin

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