What are the modeling forms of Shanghai style bonsai?
On the basis of Supai, Shanghai-style bonsai has gradually formed a bright, smooth and novel unique style by absorbing the strengths of various schools. Its modeling method, drawing lessons from the traditional sticking method of the Su school, pays attention to distinct levels, but it is not climbed with brown silk, but with metal wire, which has the advantages of being handy and arbitrary, while pruning absorbs the advantages of the Lingnan school of storing branches and cutting them off, striving to be vigorous and natural. The form of Shanghai-style bonsai is not restricted by any procedure, and it is modeled after the ancient trees in nature. It is natural, changeable and colorful, with many forms, such as straight dry, curved dry, cliff dry, double dry, multi-dry, jungle-like, dry, rooted and attached with stones, vivid and diverse; There are large floor-standing bonsai more than ten feet high, and there are also miniature bonsai that can hold several pots in one hand.