Nanjing Bonsai Market - China
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2015
- Bonsai in Nanjing market - China
In this video I have captured some this huge market showing as much of Bonsai for sale as possible. I have made friends with a number of bonsai stall holders and I worked on an old Chinese Elm at one of the stalls.
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Beautiful trees! Simply BEAUTIFUL!! You lucky fellow...i am lil jealous. Thanks for lovely video.
Hi Anita, thanks, you too can travel, its not too difficult.
Best wishes
Iqbal
I am currently living in Nanjing. Where is this place located??🙏🏽❤
great vid to watch!!!
+mick watson Thanks mick
So many beautiful trees, just littering the landscape. This is a treasure trove of imagery for we poor Westerners.
+Durand Compton Coupled with what you said, the prices are nothing like those in the west. Only problem is cannot bring them back on a plane.
que maestro...es una belleza su trabajo,lo admiro mucho.
Gracias por su atención, sus comentarios y su suscripción, todos están muy apreciado.
amazing place btw
+Dubsy Dabster It is an absolute gem . I love it out there, Particularly looking and talking to people about Bonsai, they call it Penjing.
What a great place. I wish we had these in UK.
Hello Margaret, I would have bought at least one, but now allowed to bring into the UK or any of the EU countries.
Thank you Mik :-)
+Detlef Römisch
Es ist mir eine Freude, meine liebe Freundin
Detlef Römisch ,
I have wondered what your typical bonsai would look like from China, thanks for sharing.
There are two basic types, those for the commercial gift tree market, these are in my latest videos. This is the link;
goo.gl/f6ktX4 Then there are the specimen trees for the bonsai hobbyist/collector which are the sort of trees you see in this video.
😀👏👏 wonderful. I subscribed
thank you so much
Thank you for watching and you Sub; both very much appreciated.
hola q ermosas plantas ya quisieta tener un arbolito asi
racias por mirar y su comentario. Usted puede hacerlos en casa. Tengo un montón de videos en mi canal mostrando cómo hacer que las plantas de vivero no árboles bonsai en casa.
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Thank you for watching and commenting.
all trees are beautiful , thanks Mik
+Vijay saini Thanks for the feed back Vijay, I love to wonder round the bonsai markets and bonsai gardens when When I am on holidays.
I'm headed to live in Najing in 1 month. Can you please give me the address and name of this place so I can stop by and buy a tree?
did you fly there or do it by train? It's my dream to make it to China or Japan but I'd hate to fly with a tree.
+Dubsy Dabster I am a little pushed for time so always fly, its a long journey, but worth it once there.
I live in Nanjing and would love to know where this market is and whether it is still going.
Hi Jullian,
Apologies for the delay in replying, I used to walk to it from my GF's apartment. The location in Chinese is called "Zhonghuamen" in english its "Chengmen".
There is one bonsai stall, the owner is young and used to let me work on his trees, was great fun as crowds gathered to watch a foreigner work on Bonsai trees.
I haven't been back for a few years now due to work situation.
I hope you find it and have as much fun there as I did.
Best wishes
Iqbal
hi mik....!! did you asked how does it cost the chinese elm at 13:50 minute..??
Hi buddy, No I did not enquire the prices, but did check out prices of some og the other trees and they were a fraction of what we pay in the west. The cost shoot up with freight insurance and the markup of the importers and the higher overheads in the west. Thanks for watching my videos. Please subscribe if you have not yet done so. Best regards, mikbonsai, London
What an interesting location. Were they expensive ?
Regards Craig
+Craig Hunter - I love it when I am out there. The prices are nothing like in the west, for me they were very low price, but could not bring any back as not allowed to bring in live material in the EU and the UK under DEFRA rules.
Is there any way i can take a bonsai to canada from japan or china?
Hello Nievas, I am afraid the answer is no. Even if you managed to get it on the plane, the customs in Canada will confiscate it for prevention of disease. The trees must be imported by bonsai nurseries from suppliers in Japan, China etc who are approved by the authorities in Canada as their cultivation methods meet approval of the Canadian authorities.
Regards
Iqbal
Hi Iqbal, what substrates are used for bonsai in China ? What soil mix were they traditionally using before the Japanese adopted the art ? Has it changed now, in China ? Also, do you have any info on the history of akadama in Japan, its discovery and use in pots as a medium ? Why didnt Japan just copy the Chinese, in terms of pots, substrate & tree styling like America seems to be copying Japan.
Hi Vinny, I have answers to some of your questions. I have made friends with the Curator of the bonsai museum in Nanjing and also a bonsai trader in the flower market in this video, again in Nanjing. He lets me work on the his trees as it brings a lot of people watching a foreigner work on bonsai. The Pyracantha shop is outside the main market, both he and the other trader use common garden soil with some sand thrown in for good measure. I have not yet researched the medium the ancient used in Ancient China, like wise no information at this stage the history, discovery and its use in pots as a medium.
In China they refer bonsai is called Penjng, in ancient China the wealthy could not travel to all the beautiful landscapes so the started creating these landscapes on slabs and plinths. They used rocks to mimic the mountains and planted trees, moss and always had water features. About 700 years ago the Japanese took the art from China to Japan. My understanding is that Japan does not have the large land mass and for this reason their trees were in pots and not the elaborate landscapes. The gap was widened between China and Japan with regards to development of bonsai in these countries due to the cultural revolution in 1949 when Mao took control of the country and the Nationalist loaded their boats and escaped to the Island of Taiwan. At the time of cultural revolution, bonsai was considered and indulged in by the rich and the intellectuals. Mao banished the rich and the intellectuals from the big cities to work on farms in the country side. Mao call this reeducating them and they were also banned from cultivating bonsai. However, the traditional farmer picked up bonsai and cultivated them. Mao's regime turned a blind eye.
Turning to the Americans copying the Japanese, has its roots in the second world war. Many American service personnel were in Japan during the war and had discovered these little trees in pots. When the returned to America, many of them took these trees back with them and the trend started. Had the Americans been in China during the Second world war, the out come of the bonsai in America as we know it today would have been very different.
Its a partial answer to your questions and I hope is helpful and thank you for visiting and watching my old videos.
+mikbonsai thanks Iqbal for this detailed info. if possible please find out about the history of akadama, how did people realize its benefits and applications and when. i am curious to know how did it start getting accepted as a rooting medium and i am also enquiring about it. i could not find anything on the internet so far. When the Japanese learnt bonsai from the Chinese, I would expect the substrate at the time to be a mixture of local Japanese soil plus sand, similar to the Chinese. So, use of Akadama has to have happened later and would be an innovative discovery & use, by the Japanese. The Vietnamese bonsai culture too is ancient and they seem to be using locally available cheap ingredients, just like the Indonesians. Judging by their trees, the mix must be working fine for them. Yet Akadama's demand in other countries puzzles me, specially America and Europe. Though brick pieces can provide better drainage and aeration than soil /sand and is practically free, in India, i am not aware of any gardeners using it as a substrate or as one of the ingredients in potting mix, for shallow pots. Its use is restricted to drainage layer or as drainage hole blocker for gardening, although now in bonsai, some people are using it.
If you need a better camera you can email me ;)
+IN10SE GAMING my old camera was not digital, then I moved over to HD, its a Sony HDR - CX430. Also sending a PM.
Those are not the beautiful bonsais,most of them are made by those business men. The bonsais made by artists are better.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Both the viewer and I know what there are. We don't get them in the west and hence my video for viewers in the west.
Cheers
Iqbal