中国盆景艺术家协会经过近一年的筹备今天成立了。我代表中国花卉协会向出席会议的盆景艺术家、理论工作者和科技工作者表示热烈的祝贺。盆景艺术起源于工国,已有一千多年历史,在历代知名和不知名的盆景艺术家的创造和实践中,成为我国一种宝贵的文化遗产。新中国成立后,又有了新的发展。它融合绘画、园林、诗词、书法、科技为一 China Bonsai Artists Association was established today after nearly a year of preparation. On behalf of the China Flower Association, I extend my warm congratulation to the bonsai artists, theoretical workers and scientists and technicians attending the meeting. Bonsai art originated in the country, has a history of more than a thousand years, in the well-known and unknown bonsai artists in the creation and practice, as our country a kind of precious cultural heritage. After the founding of new China, there has been a new development. It combines painting, landscape, poetry, calligraphy, science and technology as one