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, rather than an individual tree.
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