台灣植栽種類繁多，而盆栽是自然界景觀的微觀，因此許多民眾喜好於庭園造景或於室內擺設。盆栽是植栽的一部份，而植栽又是景觀不可或缺的重要元素之一。近年來，在討論景觀的研究中，大部分都在探討植栽的美質或空間配置等方面。諸如此類的研究，大多是從線與面的向度來做探討，而針對盆栽此單一元素來做討論的研究，可說是屈指可數。 台灣盆栽有其獨特性，本文針對台灣具有代表性的盆栽樹型，透過專家問卷及文獻回顧來探討其獨特性及文化價值所在，研究成果除提供台灣盆栽創作者更具思維的方向外，也提供民眾在選擇盆栽時，更能發現其背後的文化價值與魅力。 There is a variety of plants in Taiwan bonsai. As a bonsai is a miniature of natural landscape, many people like to use it for gardening or indoor decoration. The bonsai is one part of plant growing, and the plant growing is an essential element in landscape. Over the past few years on discussing the landscape, most of the researches focused on the aesthetics and the space layout of plant growing, and most of the probes were made based on the linear and plane dimensions. As to the research on single element “bonsai”, the research cases were very few, and could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Taiwan bonsai has its unique characters. This essay will probe into the unique characters and the cultural values of the representative and valuable bonsai of Taiwan through the experts and the literature reviews. This essay is expected to be informative to the Taiwan bonsai creators. As to the general public, this essay is expected to be able to help them to discover the cultural values and the charm behind the bonsai when they make selections on bonsai.
