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Top photo; Bonsai styling demonstrations during the rst two days of the convention. François Jeker from France (far left) and Lo Min Hsuan from Taiwan (center).
Bottom left; Bonsai demonstration by Japanese artist Matsuda (right) and assisted by Mr. Konishi Yukihiko (left).
Bottom right; Zhao Qing Quan (China) creating one of his famous rock and tree penjing arrangements.
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Mr. Kobayashi Kunio (Japan) started the day’s lec- tures series on stones with an excellent overview of Japanese suiseki. He was followed with a detailed lec- ture by Dr. Qiu Zhili on Chinese Lingnan Wax Stones. is completed the series of informative lectures on viewing stones to an enthusiastic group of hobbyists and professionals. Mr. Chua Dato (Malaysia) volun- teered to moderate and translate the lectures for the audience into Chinese and English, depending upon the lecturer’s spoken language.
Bonsai styling techniques moved out of doors to the East patio of the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall for a series of demonstrations for the general public. Prior to this, the demonstrations had been restricted to the people who registered for the convention. e
public demonstrations consisted of artists from dif- ferent countries working on small- to medium-sized trees. Mr. Hu Yun Hua from Shanghai explained to the crowd of observers the various processes and tech- niques being used to make bonsai. A group of young students from a local primary school were also dem- onstrating their newly learned Lingnan style method of creating bonsai. Both sets of demonstrations served as the portion of the convention that was open to the public, free of charge.
Awards were presented for the outstanding trees and stones on exhibit during the convention. BCI awarded three Medals of Excellence to bonsai art- ists and three additional medals to people who dis- played outstanding stones. ese were presented at