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A Nepalese Firethorn (Pyracantha crenulata), given by Dr. Wu, has been in training since 1966
and changes through the seasons like its full-sized relatives.
The museum’s inaugural penjing gift from Dr. Wu and Mr. Lui included
artfully stylized trees in pots or penzai, similar to Japanese bonsai, and small tree
and rock compositions called penjing, evoking imaginary landscapes in the
Chinese tradition, often celebrating the scholar-hermit. Today at the museum, all
the Chinese forms of dwarf trees in containers, with or without rocks, or
sometimes using only rocks, are referred to as penjing.
