Page 66 - Tài liệu Ebook cây cảnh Bonsai and Penjing

styled by Dr. Wu himself. Dr. Wu was a master of the Lingnan School of

penjing that uses the “clip and grow” method to shape the trees. The curvy lines
of this example are typical of Lingnan School work, where the trunk and
branches suggest a flowing image. “Clip and grow” stylists do not historically
use wire to shape their trees’ trunks and limbs.
Chinese penjing are also closely related to other art forms as the image on
page 41 of a painting from the Ming Dynasty shows. In it, a lady is seated under
a curved pine tree, eerily similar to the Japanese Black Pine in Dr. Wu’s living
work of art. It is easy to see that the penjing stylist and the painter are aiming to
evoke a similar feeling in their works. The only differences are that the penjing
is three-dimensional and is made of living materials, whereas the painting is a
flat, two-dimensional image depicted with color on silk.

Trained by Stanley Chinn in the “Literati Style,” a Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergii)
resembles elements in paintings by Chinese scholars, with its thin trunk and scant foliage.