Penjing (盆景 pinyin: pén jǐng, literally tray scenery) is the ancient Chinese art of growing trees and plants, kept small by skilled pruning and formed to create an aesthetic shape and the illusion of age. Penjing is very similar to (and a precursor of) the Japanese art of bonsai.

Penjing trees are commonly kept outdoors, in gardens, and tend to be trained larger than the bonsai style. It is also in the Penjing style to create groupings of trees, creating a scene of a forest, in addition to individual trees.

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Penjing in the US National Bonsai and Penjing Museum

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Penjing also known as tray landscape. Potted landscape, and miniature trees and rockery is the ancient Chinese art of growing trees and plants, kept small by skilled pruning and formed to create an aesthetic shape and the complex illusion of age. Penjing is very similar to and the precursor of bonsai. Penjing generally fall into one of three categories depending on what their subject matter is. These categories are Tree Penjing (essentially bonsai), Landscape Penjing, and Water and Land Penjing.
The penjing originates from China over two thousand years ago and was brought to Japan by imperial embassies to Tang China.
The Chinese art of growing miniature trees, properly called penjing, seeks to capture the essence and spirit of nature through contrasts. Philosophically, this craft is influenced by the principle of Taoism, specifically the concept of Yin and Yang: the conceptualization of the universe as governed by two primal opposing but complementary forces. Inspiration is not limited to nature, but also from poetry and visual art, of which factor similar aesthetic considerations
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