"The Nations --
When Did Bonsai Come to the
Various Chinese Provinces?"

© 2008  Robert J. Baran
All Rights Reserved.


This Page Last Updated: Sept. 2, 2008


       According to our researches, the earliest known bonsai / magical miniature landscape
a) enthusiast in that province ;
b) club in that province ; and
c) display or exhibition of tree(s) in that province are as follows :


(No guarantee is made of the longevity of any particular club.)



Location Dates
 		References
Anhui
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Beijing,
municipality
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Chongqing,
municipality
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Fujian
4 		<1868

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"Bridge over Han River at Chao'an, Fujian" by John Thomson, http://www.magiminiland.org/1800Refs/Thomson.html
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Gansu
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Guangdong
6 		<1674


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A twelve-panel screen of wood covered in colored and incised lacquer specially commissioned as a birthday present for a high-ranking official in Canton, http://www.magiminiland.org/Paintings/China1644to1911.html
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Guangxi,
autonomous region
7 		.
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Guizhou
8 		.
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Hainan
9 		.
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Hebei
10 		.
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Heilongjiang
11 		.
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Henan
12 		.
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Hong Kong,
special administrative region
13 		<1949
1968
. 		Wu Yee-Sun
Wu Yee-Sun  Man Lung Artistic Pot Plants; Hong Kong: Wing-Lung Bank Ltd., pg. 24.
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Hubei
14 		.
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Hunan
15 		<1126


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#62, Stone of Ting-chou (N. Hunan), per Schafer, Edward H. Tu Wan's Stone Catalogue of Cloudy Forest (Floating World Edition; 2005. First published in 1961 by the University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles).
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Inner Mongolia,
autonomous region
16 		.
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Jiangsu
17 		<1126


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#8, Stone of K'un-shan (S. Kiangsu), per Schafer, Edward H. Tu Wan's Stone Catalogue of Cloudy Forest (Floating World Edition; 2005. First published in 1961 by the University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles).
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Jiangxi
18 		<1126


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#14, Stone of Chiang-chou (N. Kiangsi), per Schafer, Edward H. Tu Wan's Stone Catalogue of Cloudy Forest (Floating World Edition; 2005. First published in 1961 by the University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles).
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Jilin
19 		.
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Liaoning
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Macau,
special administrative region
21 		<1834

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Bennett, George Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Sumatra, and China, http://www.magiminiland.org/1800Refs/Bennett.html
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Ningxia,
autonomous region
22 		.
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Qinghai
23 		.
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Shaanxi
24 		mid-7th cent.

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Tribute Offered by a Vassal / Bringing Tribute (Zhigong tu) by Yan Liben, http://www.magiminiland.org/Paintings/Chinato960.html
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Shandong
25 		.
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Shanghai,
municipality
26 		<1500

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Hrdlickovi, V.aZ. "The Garden of the Dragon Flowers," Bonsai, BCI, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, May/June 1989, pg. 20.
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Shanxi
27 		.
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Sichuan
28 		<1126


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#18, Stone of Yung-k'ang (W. Szechuan), per Schafer, Edward H. Tu Wan's Stone Catalogue of Cloudy Forest (Floating World Edition; 2005. First published in 1961 by the University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles).
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Tianjin,
municipality
29 		.
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Tibet,
autonomous region
30 		.
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Xinjiang,
autonomous region
31 		.
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Yunnan
32 		.
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Zhejiang
33 		<1126



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#7, Stone of Wu-k'ang in Huzhou (N. Chekiang) and #113, Bell Teat Stone (Chekiang), per Schafer, Edward H. Tu Wan's Stone Catalogue of Cloudy Forest (Floating World Edition; 2005. First published in 1961 by the University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles).
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