once the great master of the tea ceremony saw the price of the river to his son to put things in order in the garden, he conscientiously swept everything, carefully washed the path to the tea house, but the master was not satisfied and demanded to redo everything. well, after the second and third times the result was the same. in desperation , the son prayed that it was still possible to make every stone here, all the trees and lanterns were washed three times, not a blade of grass, not a leaf was sprinkled with water, there was no young one left on the road. the fool answered. rick it. see how a marked path in the japanese garden should look like with these words. he shook the tree and scattered the fallen leaves along the path. today we are talking about the japanese perception of a beautiful work of art. on the one hand, as an imitation of natural naturalness, and on the other hand, an attempt to bring it to an ideal that does not exist in nature. the japanese word for bonsai is simply a plant in a pot.

it is generally accepted here that everything beautiful is just a difficulty in another to show this simplicity in all its glory for most ordinary foreigners, the idea of ​​​​bonsai, in fact, boils down to the fact that it bonsai, which is grown at home from the very beginning. and of course. the main thing that strikes the imagination of an amateur is the indicated age. although it doesn't really mean that some 500-year-old red pine has been growing in a pot all its life. loss is ready in our museum - this is the oldest bonsai. small, seed spruce from zamantsu , about 1,000 years old. and how long it exists as a bonsai, it is believed that the bonsai has come from a hundred to 200 years ago, by the way, the exact age of the tree can only be established having cut it down at the root and counting the annual rings of bonsai, it is determined by eye from its conditional 800 years, this living tree is at least 600, or even all 700 grew somewhere in impassable. until it was dug up by the roots and handed over to the master.

the places where bonsai are made are called nurseries masahi, kokimura, legendary personalities are a living classic in this area of ​​japanese art, his bonsai are some of the most expensive and perhaps the most famous fat fish in the world, grass carps swimming in the pond and sturgeons are the same age as his career success that began about 40 years ago, if you want to sell really expensive bonsai, then here, as with paintings and other such things. you need to understand what exactly buyers like. if connoisseurs will not recognize you, then nothing will work, the average cost of his pets is 100-200.000 dollars. wonder what to come here. maybe anyone. at any time , the gates are locked only at night and there is practically no reliable security

or alarm system, kimura. he says that stealing these trees is pointless. illegal you can't sell them in all international catalogs in the japanese ranking of the best bonsai of all time four of the first five created by kimura sensei this is how number one looks like this is the real mona lisa among bonsai is considered the best tree according to japanese masters. and kimura sensei , please tell us about this tree in 1985, it was found in the mountains. after i worked with it and gave it this shape, it won the prime minister's grand prize , the highest award for bonsai. well , why such a smooth meandering shape nowhere else, it creates the illusion of movement. and this is where it matters. it is a living fiber its movement is impeccable. is not together. it looks great. at least that's how everyone thinks rich people from all over the world come to me who want to buy

the best japanese bonsai, but you don't want to sell, no. it is not for sale, kimura called this bonside, anise, dragon living fiber, by the way, a feature of juniper trees. white trunk, dead part , you can do anything with it freedom creation. but if you damage the only vein that feeds, then the tree will die, when this bonsai was delivered to the workshop, there was a one and a half meter trunk between the crown and the roots. that is, you want to say that when you see a tree, you immediately understand what kind of bonsai it should become after processing. of course, this is the only way it is called instant inspiration. imagine kira sawed off everything superfluous, leaving only a thread of living fiber, which he twisted like a rope in the form of a skein and actually packed it in a pot. it was extreme a surgical operation that lasted two days, which so far no one has dared to repeat. a unique opportunity to watch

the master at work this black snu kimura. sensei bought it at an auction, how much did it cost? he doesn't say, but not very much, dear, but after this work is done. the price will jump several times. i think many before me tried to work with this bonsai. watch carefully. he threads a steel pin and bends down the trunk of a hundred-year-old tree to after that, fixing the branches with wire does not look very difficult, but in inexperienced hands the tree can be irreparably harmed. this is the part that grows up from here. see, it needs to be corrected by the standards. timur is a light plastic correction, heavy surgery, like with that dancing dragon, perhaps only in the winter. trees in spring. the active lifecycle begins.

and such loads. they may not be able to bear all the hard work. i've done the rest. student. there is enough. it's just to whom anything within 2 hours. everything is completed , the wire frame is fixed, the extra branches are cut off in this form, the tree will remain for about 2 years. then it will be possible to sell the value of bonsai is determined by three criteria, age, form and, so to speak, biographical features. well, with age , everything is clear, the form of the concept is subjective, although there are undeniable things to take, for example, this japanese maple costs a lot of money and all due to the amazing appearance of the root system. see, she looks like molten lava for that root when the tree is still young and flexible, they intertwine with each other and then with various manipulations of pruning and so on, they achieve that they grow together and turn into such a homogeneous alloy, this usually takes about 20 years, but the tree itself is already more than 150, and this

150-year-old chinese quince truly noble origins, the first owner was the japanese railway tycoon and terronedzu, then the tree was bought by the nobel casey, the former japanese premiere of the grandfather of si baba, the recent prime minister of japan, and only a few years ago, his family donated this bonsai museum when we agreed to shoot. in the house of this art collector, his only condition was to shoot in such a way that it was impossible to determine where he lives. as a precaution against theft, a rare katana sword, which he carefully takes out of its sheath, was purchased, by the way, for 20 million yen, almost 200,000 dollars, only an auxiliary a decorative element, a central place against the background of a gilded screen, an elegant composition with bonsai, an imitation of a rocky cliff with a lonely growing pine tree. i think there is nothing more beautiful than wildlife with works created by people. everything is so clear. but to have a piece of wildlife at home, you will agree, is a rarity, the usual thing for this is to go somewhere. and so

you come home from work, and here such beauty emanates from it, incredible energy and a sense of peace in this for me is the main point of collecting bonsai. indoors you can only on it for a long time, mostly they are kept in the open air bowls of water for bonsai, too, by the way, a collection item worth $20,000 should always be filled in case of disruption during earthquakes. each tree requires an individual approach, say japanese maple or cypress love a lot of moisture. but for spruce or pine trees, excessive watering is fatal in almost every pot , fertilizer bags so that bonsai do not lose their artistic appearance, the owner periodically, like a favorite car for inspection, gives them to nursery masters for prevention. there they are cut, if necessary, they change the ground, they clean the roots, they correct the shape, and this is the secret longevity of potted trees deprived of such health care, their wild counterparts die

much earlier by the age of 32. but, when he himself collected a solid collection of two dozen, there are bonsai here and masterpieces from the kimura nursery, but the most valuable specimen of the collection. here is a 230 year old pine tree. it seems to me that for this tree, a person cannot create such an ideal form, under. no matter how you look at it, it looks flawless from all sides. and if let's say i want to buy this bonsai, what will be the price? well it it all depends on your imagination. in general, each person has his own perception of bonsai. if you name a specific price, then the whole conversation converges to the fact that it is expensive precisely because i am not going to sell it. i won't put a price on him. how much money did you pay for it? i don't have to know anyone but me. knowledgeable people say that

you need to admire the bonsai by squatting down and looking at it from the bottom up at this particular moment . the main miracle of transformation is when a small tree is in a clay pot. all of a sudden becomes a sprawling handsome against the blue sky the first mention of bonsai in japan dates back to the thirteenth century. they were fascinated by both representatives of the military estate and the groaning aristocracy, which laid down the canonical rules for admiring these trees of basic styles, in fact, the three main attribute of a traditional japanese room, a special tokonogo niche designed for art installations in the minimalist spirit of zambuddhism. a cage with a cricket a scroll depicting butterflies and a tree. rest fills the imagination. directed towards the picture , under which there is an insect trap, all these are the attributes of the beginning of summer,

the young foliage of the tree creates an atmosphere of freshness. this style of decoration is typical for ordinary people's houses, and this style is called sonoma. these rooms are adapted for tea ceremonies. you can see different types of wood are used here. red pine, camellia bamboo such a selection destroys the feeling of isolation in the cramped space of the adjacent niche fragments of a famous painting of the 16th century depicting southern islands. and the bonsai itself is practically a copy of one of them, the third style. the most prestigious vertical stripes on wood. this cryptomeria. a sign of the nobility of the bonsai breed of the highest rank on a scroll of a quote from classical chinese poetry, and a flying dragonfly has been considered a symbol since the time of the samurai. victory this is a masculine style in the old days so decorated peace and shoguns in modern japan, the second such room, except for our museum, perhaps, is nowhere else left.

the art of bonsai symbiosis florist gardener from the sculptor wants to be in demand breaking patterns and trying to create something new in this case with a diamond blade and a hammer. while this is an intermediate stage, now it is necessary to carefully work out small details, as here, then the stone itself needs to be properly fixed on a stand for everything. it will go away. quite a lot of time. in the end, it should work. kind of like a work of art. kimura, sensei says that such compositions with miniature rocks are especially popular among foreigners, for example, this copy was created 40 years ago, the master does not sell it to anyone, he keeps it as a sample and evidence that even after decades of time it does not affect either the beauty or the health

of bonsai. today, approximately 80% of sales of elite japanese bonsai are exported. almost half is in china and the countries of southeast asia, the craftsmen are forced to take into account the tastes of new customers. if you compare it with most of the rest, very unusual forms, completely unconventional. yes, they call it bonsai when it is completely the artist's fantasy is embodied, the exact opposite of orthodox bonsai. at one time, i often visited china; there are many places with similar landscapes. this particular one was created on the model of the janzadze national park. i was so impressed that i decided to depict it as a bonsai. the main difficulty is that there is always little moisture at the top so that the plants do not die. i made special cavities behind to the very bottom, because if you just attach the plant to the rocks, then in the summer it will dry out bonsai, as a cultural phenomenon and

kind of business. it is spreading more and more around the world, but such masters as kira are not embarrassed. on the contrary, in recent years, he takes on his students, mostly foreigners. in the end. what does it matter the japanese pine of the russian birch or the american sequoia, if you can make a living work of art out of them in a pot, they will in any case be called bonsai, which is served with tea ceremonies with the kabuki theater. and the rock garden invariably remains one of the most recognizable symbols of japan sergey mingalov alexey pechkov exact asian news bureau from japan

this is a china program about a country of socialism with chinese characteristics, which is explained here, in general, everything, so is this a universal formula or another chinese miracle. let's take a closer look at the early morning. in beijing, near the subway station, such bicycle kitchens are built on wheels , where everything sizzles, boils here, for example, they make such a traditional personal, damn it, there are all kinds of fillings for chinese morning fast food, the food around it seems to be everything here. food in china is not just a cult religion, here, even instead of a greeting, it’s often not how are you, and you already ate today after all, if a person is full, it means that he is already at least happy. and if not, it's time to feed him immediately,

the main thing is to cook with soul, maybe it will seem to someone that our place is not very clean. but it’s delicious, because we cook with soul, and seasonings. well, we have food from all over the country, and from the south and the north, from everywhere, they chew everything always and everywhere good. place to eat at every turn. it's time for bao zi. you are pies stuffed with black eggs boiled in tea with soy zongzi sauce envelopes with sticky rice, then chinese streetwood. well, for those who need it thoroughly, you can also deliver at any time of the day or night. if exactly at 12:00, and it's better to rush early and not go to lunch. write gone, he will grab his stomach and take the head of an attack of gastritis. well, usually it doesn’t come to this, of course, because depriving someone of the right to a lunch break. here. akin to a crime with such an appetite is a logical question. so how much food is needed to feed a country of one and a half billion people, where the increased standard of living significantly changed the diet. well, we work more , we earn more, we can afford and eat

better than one. only the chinese eat meat three times more compared to the nineties. despite the fact that pork in terms of rubles from 800 per kilogram, the problem of food security is extremely relevant for china 's assistance. the great famine of the sixtieth then , according to official data, 15 million people died before the seventies in china. every fourth in the middle of 2010 was already only 2% of the population, and this year, the prc officially announced the victory over extreme poverty, which means that every chinese is now officially pissing yopen. we have fulfilled a colossal service and the task of eliminating absolute poverty by creating a real miracle and writing it in golden letters in history . as you know, deal with it in handfuls, without even grimacing and

even became the author of the popular red pork from mao da and propets then they said, here it is the true taste of the revolution today at the peak of popularity, beloved gray hair, pinom chassian snack ihsi, do not even mind making dumplings with your own hands, gene is the most or that's what foreigners call a chinese hamburger, the so-called guzzling moa whose history is er, almost more than a lot of hundreds of years, namely, why they are called the prototype of hamburgers, in general , the chinese radio journalist living in cainar all over the world. for almost 20 years now. konstantin shchepin. true knowledge. he devoted a whole book to chinese cuisine, and now he is preparing to publish another one, and the hike to chinese chifanki is important, for him also from a research point of view. thai cuisine is so amazing. ah, a cultural structure that is constantly changing, but suffice it to say that, uh, let's say

today's most famous chinese dishes. uh, they were born literally 30-40 years ago. for all their gastronomic conservatism , the inhabitants of the middle kingdom are increasingly experimenting and the fashion for the western style has also adjusted the menu is only coffee, which the chinese have already learned to drink. almost like tea. what is worth a large share of food. china still has to buy from abroad for many reasons. and most importantly, the historical shortage of arable land. now there are about 135 million hectares in china, while some of them are resting, and some are polluted and unusable, that is, 10% of the entire tower of the world should provide 20% of the world's population. although the production of apk products has grown rapidly in the last decade, so food and agriculture data organizations. un the chinese produce and consume about 700 million tons.

in general, even vegetarian india has only 180 fruits, and in terms of rice, which the chinese , as everyone knows, the head of the prc is ahead of the planet is 210 million tons. but despite the impressive figures , the chinese food market fails to achieve self-sufficiency. the dream of any global exporter. conventional wisdom in china is to eat anything that moves exaggerated, but not too buggy deep-fried scorpions on skewers. actually it's like this attraction for tourists of street markets in wuhan, about the same as the one that thundered all over the world. first it is a pandemic. this is delicious. without it, even a turtle. it is also you. well, now we debunk one of the main myths born by the pandemic. where can you buy a bat? well, no, i don't know how to find it now, that is, it is not for sale,

of course not, that is, bats in wuhan. nobody eats. it is very strange. it's crazy in 2024 china's food consumption will be 2 trillion dollars to compare food market food in russia is 219 billion. and even the trade wars of the united states, although they hit supplies. the same soy. well, china immediately reimbursed it at the expense of other markets, and partly from russia, after all, not only russian ice cream, which has become a cult here with the serving of leaders in the middle kingdom, they love to turn the drum, the main feature of chinese feasts is this. here are the large round tables at which it is customary to gather in huge companies and usually these tables are full of plates. yes, each of which each one sitting here must reach out, but now modesty is declared in fashion. at the very top die appetite and rushes called for gray hair itself. after all, it turned out that orders. those are huge portions. yes , even in such an amount of a bowl of rice a day.

it hasn't soaked in for a long time. here, every year , almost 18 million tons of food was sent to the trash , which would be enough to feed another 40 million people, which is comparable to the same ukraine . of course, every such piece. this is the hard work of farmers. yes, and there is no need to overeat so that later you can’t breathe better later fold the container and pick up the company to build a society of clean, plates, chinese restaurants supported by posters, waste. shameful, frugality. worthy of applause. we gladly responded to the call of our chairman si and offer our guests better. now you will order less. but come to us again, but do not take too much food at once, some. true, they took the initiative too literally and began to weigh visitors at the entrance, saying that they were overweight. here's a special limited menu for you, but in basically it all came down to discounts on smaller portions and a container. dobao, and on the internet , the ban on broadcasts so popular in china could be the bangs of bloggers who ate

mountains of food for the sake of millions of likes. to make the kings of the big stomach feel out of place, the content began to be blocked and now their streams look like this. china is embarking on the path of healthy eating, although parting with traditions. not just one of the gastronomic symbols. china's famous peking duck cooking process, actually not as easy as it seems, well how it is cut at all bewitches? you need to cut it thinly, thinly and always into 88 pieces, 88 is not just two eights for the chinese, double happiness, they say, by the way, it was peking duck at one time. henry kisanger liked it so much that it contributed to the resumption of dialogue between the united states and china and the start of negotiations on maunitsin, now from the dialogues it’s very leftovers from the side

it seems that the chinese are slender fit, if only every morning tai chi gymnastics and other physical activity, but china has gained weight in every sense side growing quality of life. well, fighting gluttony. basically, of course, the economic motive of food security over substandard food in china is all a big myth precisely to the security of world exporters. they know perfectly well that to break into the chinese market, you need to go through all the circles of hell in order to meet all the requirements of the chinese sanitary services. if evaluated on a five-point scale, then the requirements for products from the chinese consumer look like numerous videos from the internet about plastic rice or how even chicken eggs are faked, although they pop up in social networks with enviable regularity, they are still from the last century. after the epidemic. we tried to switch to cheaper and maybe not quite natural products prepared from semi-finished products so that both we and the visitors could

save money, but they simply stopped ordering food from us, we had to cook again only the highest quality and natural in a different way. now it is impossible to win a client. however, a new trend for meat, which is not meat at all, but vegetable protein is really gaining momentum. shanghai , for example, is now even in some school cafeterias, yet another sign that china is on the cusp of a plant-based protein revolution. the taste, they say, is identical to the useful substance. the same, but given that china is already in many ways a trendsetter and a global gastronomic revolution, not far off. well, until it happens, the chinese are sorting out kebabs for dinner and still real meat, the taste of which is really hard to understand because of the abundance of spices from food. we started the day with food and we finish. now it's almost four in the morning, china, the chinese are just starting to leave the table, after all, they are

all happy. we are going to give him the title of righteous among the nations. he does not want to talk about it, how old we were then, 17.

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