How it all began
Bonsai history can be traced back to the dawn of Egyptian culture, where the data show evidence of breast potted plants around 4000 BC. Pharaoh Ramses III, also known as donated by a number of potted trees in pots of different cave temples.
Between the year 265AD - 420AD, China, Penza "the word first appeared in writing. This was the Jin dynasty. The art of bonsai has gone through a series of changes, incorporating a number of new items in time and between cultures.
Therefore, over time, elements of the past history of bonsai in China and traveled to Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Thailand. The Japanese made a number of changes to this art and has begun to use the miniature trees or bonsai to decorate their homes and gardens. Art saw other changes in Japan during the Tokugawa period, landscape to reach a new high. They were also responsible for introducing the practice of growing trees in pots on the ground surface.
The oldest tree of life
One of the oldest known living specimen is a bonsai tree is the national treasures of Japan. Five pine needles, which is known to Sandai-Shogun No Matsu, a milestone in the history of bonsai. Wood is believed to be 500 years old.
The gradual shift of modern Western Bonsai
According to popular history of bonsai, bonsai came west from China and Japan. In 1889, became the first exhibition of bonsai in the third world exhibition in Paris. Later other exhibitions held in 1889 and 1990. These exhibitions attracted public interest. But at the same time, I thought that some of the trees so unnatural and tortured.
However, with the end of the Second World War, people's opinions on the subject have begun to change. Welds bonsai house and seems to arouse public interest in bonsai.
Soon it began to be a great demand for bonsai, and people began to learn the art of bonsai. The history of bonsai has evolved and advanced. Today is a very popular live art - both Western and Eastern Europe.
