一个外国人讲述怎么设计盆景景观让它更有趣(中英文）

文：CHAD 加拿大人 翻译：可艺

当我做出一个盆景景观，甚至只是一个盆景时，我会事先去想，可能会使用一个小楼，桥或人物。可能有时候为盆景找到合适的搭配很难，因为你想让它尽可能靠近真实，所以你就必须找到合适大小和比例的建筑物或人物与树搭配在一起。

When I make a penjing landscape up or even just a penjing, I’ll have some plan of maybe using a little building, bridge or figure. Finding the right piece for the penjing can and has been difficult sometimes. You want to make the penjing as believable as possible, so you’d need to find the right size building or figure to go along with the tree.

有时候我在展示树时，用了不同的方式。并非所有的搭配和装饰都必须始终与真正的树在一起，我觉得可以将它们放置于附近也会使得盆景相当好看，例如坐在小松柏盆景下的渔夫，盆景位于他上方，就像松柏从悬崖垂下。很有意境。

Sometimes, I’ve used figures a different way, when I display my trees. Not all have to always be with the actual tree, but near it also makes the penjing quite nice to look at such as the picture of the fisherman sitting under the little cedar penjing which is above him like it’s hanging down from a cliff.

我很喜欢这个蓝色盆钵中的小盆景，在一棵树的前面我放置了三个小人。我在我家后院找到的这棵小树，于是植进了这个小盆，如今看上去非常有趣。

This one little penjing in the blue pot I quite like, with the three men together, near a grove. The tree itself I found in my backyard and planted in the little pot.

这个长在岩石中的六月雪，总让我想起多年前去过的一个湖，坐在岩石上，感受树木的成长，看着各种帆船从眼前驶过。

The one little penjing of the serissa on the rock reminds me of a lake I went to many years ago seeing the trees watch boats of all kinds sail by.

渔夫摇著船在江上荡漾，小小的榕树在巨石后面俯视，是我的最喜欢的盆景之一。为什么喜欢呢？一个因为它让我想起当年刚刚来中国的时候我到桂林旅行，特别喜欢一条叫做龙河的河流，非常美。其次是因为有些树木，如果它们植在一个小的盆子里，它们的叶子就会变小，我认为这很有趣。

The penjing with little ficus peering behind the rock with the little figure on his boat, is one of my favorites’. Two reasons why it’s one of my favorites. One is that it reminds me when I was traveling near Guilin area, at a river called, Dragon River and second because some trees, if they’re in small pots, their leaves will shrink in size which I thought is very interesting.

我认为这个带着黄色打火机的这个盆景景观也很有趣。对于岩石，我选择了使用更光滑的岩石，但是在一块岩石上，我放置了一个非常小的渔夫，而在他的对面，两个人也在钓鱼。

The penjing with the yellow lighter I thought was also interesting. For the rocks I decided to use smoother looking rocks, but on one rock I placed a very small fisherman while across from him, two people are also fishing.

我喜欢这座盆景景观，因为搭配上了这些小红楼的建筑，一眼看去，几乎就是一个中国的小花园。

I like how this penjing looks with the little red buildings. It’s almost like it’s a little Chinese garden.

对于一些像这种刺柏一样的盆景，我放置了一个小房子在后面，给盆景留下了一些进深，看上去更立体和真实。

For some penjing like this little juniper, I used a small house and placed it a little back to give some depth to the penjing.

大盆景里这个榕树林是我最喜欢的。这两棵榕树价格很便宜，为了不至于太单调，我买了一些石头做了这个景。我用了一对人来展现他们在树下的安逸，喝茶，享受美好的一天。有时候，我甚至可以想像自己坐在那里，和他们一样，享受着清香的茶和这些葱郁的树木。

The large penjing ficus grove is my absolute favorite. The two clumps of ficus trees were cheap and then I went out and bought some rocks and made the penjing. I wanted to use a couple figures to show that they’re enjoying the day under the trees, having tea. I can imagine myself sitting there, enjoy the tea and trees.

当然，并非所有的盆景都需要建筑物或人物，但是有时候，做盆景景观有助于在狭小的空间创造出真正的老树的外观，或记录下一个你曾经去过又不想忘记的美丽的景。

Not all penjing need buildings or figures, but for some, it helps create the look of a real old tree in a small space, or of a place you once traveled to and want to remember.

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