Styles
Styles of the traditional Penjing in China are mainly classified by the most representative (dominant) plants used, and named after the regions of their origin. Since different plants require different techniques to handle, different styles thus formed. There are more than a dozen styles of traditional Penjing:
- Guangdong Style
- Guangdong Style Penjing (粤派盆景) is also called southern ridge penjing (嶺南派盆景), because Guangdong is located south of Nanling. The main characteristic of this style is its natural appeal and the appeal of easy and smooth.
- Jiangsu Style
- Like the culinary art of the Jiangsu cuisine, the art of Jiangsu Penjing (苏派盆景) is also complicated, with the crowns of the trees often being shaped like clouds.
- Sichuan Style
- Sichuan Penjing (川派盆景) tends to be well-knit, simple and unsophisticated.
- Yangzhou Style
- Yangzhou Penjing (揚派盆景) is also called northern Jiangsu style (苏北派), it is distinct from Jiangsu style The three twists of tree trunks is the most distinctive characteristic of this style.
- Shanghai Style
- Shanghai Penjing (海派盆景) has influenced the Japanese bonsai, but at the same time, has kept its original artistic origin, which is from the traditional Chinese painting.
- Guangxi Style
- Guangxi Penjing (桂派盆景) reflect the beautiful natural landscape such as that of Guilin. This style utilizes different type of stones considerably more frequent than other styles.
- Anhui Style
- Anhui Penjing (徽派盆景) is most famous for its utilization of ume.
- Zhejiang Style
- Zhejiang Penjing (浙派盆景) specializes in utilization of pine and cypress, often have three to five plants in one tray.
- Fujian Style
- Fujian Penjing (閩派盆景) specializes in utilization of banyan.
- Beijing Style
- Beijing Penjing (京派盆景) reflects its artistic origin from the ancient traditional Chinese architecture in Beijing. The branches are often horizontal and the crowns of the trees are often in hemisphere or in the form of traditional folding fan.
- Taiwan Style
- Taiwan Penjing (台灣盆景) is a cross of Japanese bonsai and traditional Chinese Penjing.
- Hubei Style
- Hubei Penjing (湖北盆景) enphasizes on the producing the sense of dynamic feelings by the static plants and rocks, and thus also called Dynamic Penjing (动势盆景).
- Xuzhou Style
- Xuzhou Penjing (徐州盆景) is a branch of Jiangsu style, but it is distinct enough to be listed separately for hundreds of years for its utilization of fruit trees.
- Zhongzhou Style
- Zhongzhou Penjing (中州盆景) specializes in utilizing Tamarix.
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