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Suzhou miniascape: It was formed in the Tang and Song dynasties, got prosperous in the Ming and Qing dynasties and popular in modern times. The layout and conception of Su party miniascape is refined and subtle, follows the nature without manual marks and is full artistic appeal.

The specific style

• Quaint
• Dexterous and subtle
• Deeply influenced by garden
• Particular about artistic conception

Suzhou miniascape is mainly divided into two categories: one is the stump miniascape, also called as pot plant miniascape and its characteristics are mostly highlighted in such category; the other is hillstone miniascape, also named as landscape miniascape and is further divided as the water stone miniascape and the dry stone miniascape.

Yangzhou miniascape: Originated in the Tang Dynasty, it is unparalleled in the world with its making skill for an inch of three bending.
Its artistic feature is “in neat formation but full of changes, delicate and pretty but also grand”. Yang party miniascape uses the modeling method that “strap and cut monofilament finely”, which is like “the traditional Chinese realistic painting fine stroke”. Yangzhou party miniascape is also particular about “profound skill and cultivation from seeding ”. Being influenced by Yangzhou local economy, culture and geographical conditions and like Yangzhou garden, Yangzhou miniascape has both the northern robust feature and the southern graceful beauty.