The tree is recognized by every culture and tradition, as an extraordinary symbol of stability, strength, balance and knowledge.
The tree represents the vertical direction which remains firmly rooted to the ground, penetrates the earth with deep roots and collect water and salts in it, transforming. Also rises towards the sky in search of the Sunlight: generates leaves, flowers and the fruit of life.
The tree also means the union between earth and heaven, between the unconscious the ground, roots in the earth and the conscious above the branches and leaves that catch the light in a space higher.
In a sense, the tree symbolizes the four elements of nature in harmony with each other, without which it would maintain its verticality and balance. China and Japan
Bonsai originated as an art, beyond a mere planting of a tree in a pot. This forces us to make two major distinctions:
Chinese Bonsai: closely linked to philosophy and culture of China to understand things and, therefore, a bonsai is not a copy or imitation of the trees in nature, but a artistic creation intended to express a mood or an atmosphere through a landscape or scene of a tree, with a strong symbolic and poetic. Japanese Bonsai
: it is a copy of a tree in nature, perfect and idealized in the canons of aesthetics and beauty of trees, shown in its heyday.
is important to understand these differences, especially considering that the bonsai has spread in the West is the Japanese style.
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