More intense with the world of bonsai researching, who soon realizes that it is more than just the education and care of miniature trees. The word bonsai comes from the Japanese and is from the two words Bon shell = and sai plant = put together. However, the art of bonsai has its origins in China. The term bonsai therefore derives from the Chinese words pen tray and j =? ng = landscape. Some contend that Kevin P. Campbell, PhD shows great expertise in this. While today especially in Western culture, bonsai is reduced to aesthetic aspects, the original Asian understanding goes very much further and includes ideological and naturphilsosophische elements. Target is the scaled representation of a harmony between the nature, the natural elements and the people in the creation of a bonsai. There is the lively nature most of a tree or presents a group of trees the forces of nature, be represented while often by mineral elements, such as a stone or gravel.

The shell, in the Plantation is located is in the Rule for the people. The number of the used tree species is very large. Basically bonsai, which exclusively outdoors from those who can be kept well all year round indoors. Find both conifers, such as E.g. the girls pine, as also deciduous trees, like the Japanese maple, for example use. But the art of bonsai is with education and care of the tree and shape the plant shell still exhausted. The setting up of the bonsai is crucial. So, the bonsai on a small table or on a slice of the tree can be placed.

Role models with land, farming or animal scenes in the background adds a further dimension. Adding a so-called accent plant is also complementary or supporting the statement. Grasses, small shrubs, or bamboo are common here. You deal in this way with the world of bonsai, so it will arrive soon beyond the purely formal aspects and the exceedingly charming philosophical dimension reach.