盆景,在国外被称为盆栽,作为艺术,源于中国,兴于日本,传于欧美,今天已成为世界性的艺术。笔者曾出席1980年4月在日本举行的“世界盆栽会议”。现根据当时与会各国盆栽团体代表的发言,简要介绍有关国外盆栽活动的情况,供读者参考,并以期引起对发展我国盆栽艺术的进一步重视。 Bonsai, known abroad as potted plants, as art, from China, Hing in Japan, in Europe and the United States, today has become a worldwide art. The author attended the “World Bonsai Conference” held in Japan in April 1980. Based on the speeches made by representatives of pot plant groups participating in the conference at the time, we briefly introduced the situation of potted plants abroad for readers’ reference and aroused further attention to the development of potted art in our country.