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While the Japanese may have made the Bonsai tree popular, the Chinese were the first to practice this art. Known for their small size and moving design, bonsai trees are most often grown in small, shallow pots. Bonsai trees can be either evergreens or deciduous plants. The number of different species that are used along with the many different design styles means that no two bonsai trees are exactly alike. Originally bonsai trees were grown just outdoors and were limited by the climates. Now that Bonsai trees are often indoor plants, everyone world wide can enjoy their beauty.
The evidence points to the practice of bonsai beginning during the Han Dynasty in China. This places the birth year somewhere between 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. The legend states that an emperor of that period started a private landscape of tiny trees in his courtyard. He grew so close to his miniature landscapes that he didn't want anyone else to have them. Anyone caught cultivating his own miniature landscape was put to death.
Japan has adopted many of the aspects of Chinese society and culture. Between 1185-1333, Zen Buddhist monks brought the art form known as bonsai to Japan. There is some evidence in a Japanese scroll putting the birth year of Japanese bonsai as early as 1105 ad. Needless to say, it's impossible to get an exact date.
Just like the Han Dynasty, only nobility was able to enjoy or practice the art of bonsai. This was a privilege only for the wealthy so Bonsai became a thing of prestige and honor. This is really a shame considering it was the humble monks who introduced the art. As way to show of their wealth, the bonsai trees were brought indoors. This was so popular that custom made shelves to show off the bonsai trees were desired in the finest homes. Unfortunately, the fact that only nobility grew bonsai trees almost led to its extinction.
During the 1600-1700's, Japanese arts reached their peak and bonsai trees continued its growth in popularity. It was during this time that the average person started growing and enjoying Bonsai. Not only did the fact that the common person started practicing this art save it from extinction, but it caused its popularity to grow even higher.
Being an island nation, Japan was isolated from the rest of the world through most of its history. During the 1800's Japan opened itself to the rest of the world and foreign visitors got their first glimpse of this wonderful miniature tree. Foreign visitors quickly became passionate about owning and growing Bonsai. Bonsai trees made their Western debut in Paris at the Universal Exhibition held in 1878-1890. This exposed the art of bonsai to westerners who had never visited Asia. The Japanese people recognized the potential of selling bonsai to the rest of the world and started garden shops.
It's still not known why growing and caring for Bonsai allows us to grow as people. But anyone who has ever had to be patient and consistent to nurture their tree back to good health, knows it is true.
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A Musical And Cultural Fusion
A new musical fusion has arisen in New York and it's not the kind you can catch for ten dollars at a club in the West Village. For the many thousands of Chinese immigrants trying to stay afloat in a new world and for those westerners who have always wanted to understand the Chinese but have shied away for lack of a way in--for anyone who has wondered where the two civilizations connect, the answer may lie not in words, but in music.
Lisa Li is a master of the pipa (Chinese lute) and a graduate of the Chinese Conservatory of China. She has composed and performed across Europe, Asia and the United States, and her playing was featured in the Academy Award-winning movie The Last Emperor. Now, as one of the lead composers for New Tang Dynasty Television's Chinese New Year Spectacular, a grand scale performance of traditional Chinese dance and song, Lisa has created what she believes to be a new kind of sound--based on ancient Chinese folk and religious music, but going beyond either of them.
"Music is alive, because in the view of the Chinese ancients, every single object in the world has life. In fact, in Chinese, when we refer to a musical note we call it a 'live note,'" she explains. But according to Lisa, it must be composed and played from the heart-sometimes in ways that sound foreign to the western ear.
But the melodies are far from random. Lisa's music, like all traditionally composed Chinese music, is based on a series of pentatonic (5-note) scales. This system has its roots in Taoism, which teaches that all matter is formed from the five basic elements of metal, earth, wood, fire, and water. It teaches that in order for a being to be healthy, it must have all of these elements in balance. So, from the Chinese perspective, a song or piece of music must also contain a uniquely crafted balance of these elements. There are also eight note scales that relate to the Taoist symbol called the bagua, which is most commonly known in the West as part of the practice of fengshui, or geomancy.
An example of this is the piece she wrote for the dance "A Dunhuang Dream." The dance is set against a backdrop of thousands of caves carved into the sides of cliffs as they are in the Moago Grottoes in the Dunhuang region of China. Seated at the mouth of each cave is a Buddhist or Taoist deity. As the dancers emerge, one can hear from the orchestra pit the voices of the erhu (Chinese violin) and guzhen (zither), but these are soon joined by the more recognizable resonance of cello, bass, oboe, and brass. The result strikes the ear as achingly otherworldly and yet also solidly familiar.
In fact, the specific ya yue used in the score is the same as that found in the ancient pipa music written on scrolls that were discovered by archeologists in the actual Dunhuang caves years ago.
"I feel very deeply that music is a heavenly language, a divine language," Lisa says. "It is able to uplift people's hearts and minds. It is good for the soul."
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China cultural news in brief: Mausoleum museum; Giant thangka; Rare stamps on show
A grand palace museum incorporating the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC) and his terracotta army will open to visitors starting on Oct. 1, cultural heritage officials in northwest China's Shaanxi Province said Monday.
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