The word bonsai means "grew in a box" (Bon= box / plate, Sai=teach and, in this case, grow). We can say that these are just plants grown in a different way (and even better). These plants, with their roots cut in a professinal way, changing their vase and everything they need, become very strong and very nice. That's why I love'em!
To grow up a bonsay we must follow strict rules that explains different styles to manipulate their "body", to make it curved, for example, with little leaves and letting us feel that it's totally natural.
The plants doesn't suffer! The ones that have curved branches and old wood it's just a way to make'em ancient-like. The tecnique to grew up bonsai has born in China and developed in Japan becoming one of the seishi arts: grow up giving a specific form, but respecting the plant.
For eastern people, it is the art and nature tecnique all-in-one, following botanichal principles and estetical looks.
If you want to learn more about bonsai, you can visit one of the following links:
Here you have a couple of bonsai pics, and I think that they're very nice!
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