What does the one-inch three-curve cloud shape of Yangpai bonsai mean?

First, according to the painting principle of "no branches are straight" in Chinese painting, each branch in the cloud sheet is tied into a fine serpentine bend, the thickest part can reach 3 bends per inch, while the leaves remain parallel, like patches of clouds, so it is called "one-inch three-bend cloud sheet".

Second, the introduction of Yangpai bonsai:

Yangpai bonsai is one of the excellent traditional arts of Han nationality and one of the five schools of bonsai in China. The school of bonsai art named after Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, began in the Tang Dynasty. Its one-inch (one inch is 3.3.cm) three-bend technique is unique in the world. In order to better protect this special bonsai production technique, Yangzhou bonsai museum recently declared the national intangible cultural heritage list to the relevant departments? , and has been accepted. Yangpai bonsai has a long history, and its distinct, neat and smooth unique shape lies in its exquisite cutting and binding skills. It is understood that Yangpai bonsai won gold and silver prizes in the national bonsai grand prix for many times by virtue of this rigorous production technique, and was identified as one of the five major bonsai schools in the country in the early 1980s.

Three, the icon of foreign bonsai: