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travelled throughout Japan, North America, Europe,
India, and Australia to see and learn about existing
bonsai facilities. He assembled this information
along with his ideas and designed the new Bonsai
Museum of Baosheng Garden. This is now one of the
largest museums in China devoted to this art form.
The museum features both indoor and outdoor exhib-
its in a beautifully designed and landscaped setting.
One of the two buildings introduces the well-known
bonsai masters of China. The interior walls are lined
with professional designed illustrated information
panels to help educate visitors. Foreign visitors will
recognized some like Zhao Qingquan and Hu Leguo
while learning about earlier generation master art-
ists. This is a fitting tribute to those who have fostered
and maintained the art form, especially in the more
difficult earlier years. The second large building is
devoted largely to the history and development of the
World Bonsai Friendship Federation. Large photo-
graphs and informational panels trace the beginning
of the WBFF in Japan in 1989. The major conven-
tions of the WBFF, held every four years, are carefully
documented photographically. This building has a
step-down portion that contains several tokonoma
for the display of bonsai with scrolls and accessory
items. Both building have well lit areas for the display
of living trees.
A large glasshouse near the two building was
constructed to house and display the museum’s
collection of tropical and subtropical trees. The
museum displays approximately 100 trees in this
facility. The fourth major component of this museum
is a large outdoor facility for the display of temperate
trees. This light, airy, maze-like building covers
several acres and can display 300 trees. The walled

Top; Entrance to building
that contain information and
interpretive materials that
introduce the leading bonsai
masters in China and where
changing displays of bonsai
will be held throughout the
year.
Middle; An arbor connecting
the two buildings leads visitors
to displays about the history
of the World Bonsai Friendship
Federation and to see exhibits
of trees in tokonoma and
other settings.
Bottom; Interior of building
showing some of the privately
owned trees on display during
the World Bonsai Friendship
Federation 2013 convention.

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