If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Nazis, The British Accent, and BBC News https://youtu.be/_hRQq5e7Wi0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt Why Do We Call Scammers "Con Men"? https://youtu.be/J1tl0P4gbb8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt In this video: Long before the bonsai art form of creating miniature trees came to Japan, the wealthy in China were perfecting their craft known as “penzai” and “penjing.” The former means “tray plant” and the latter “tray scenery.” It is from the Japanese pronunciation of “penzai” that the word “bonzai” ultimately derives- “bon” meaning “tray-like” and “sai” meaning “planting.” (The Japanese equivalent of penjing is bonkei, meaning “tray landscape.”) Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/07/big-story-miniature-trees/ Sources: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087538/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu%20 http://www.bonsaiempire.com/blog/karate-kid-bonsai http://www.northamericanbonsaifederation.com/HOME/history.html https://www.bonsai-nbf.org/ http://www.britannica.com/topic/bonsai-horticulture http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bonsai http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/JYN2.html%20 http://www.absbonsai.org/tools-new-bonsai-student http://www.britannica.com/event/Kamakura-period http://www.bonsaiempire.com/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/7/feel-like-a-giant-at-the-national-arboretums-bonsa/?page=all http://www.usna.usda.gov/ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4671946%20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penjing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonkei Image Credit: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-184921714/stock-phot