Nantong-style bonsai are on display at the Nantong Eminent Figures Museum in Chongchuan district, Nantong. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

More than 60 Nantong-style bonsai are being showcased at the Nantong Eminent Figures Museum in Chongchuan district, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, local media recently reported.

Mainly made from the yacca tree, Nantong-style bonsai feature short branches and closely woven leaf buds and are not easily deformed. They are usually seen in national reception venues, including the Zhongnanhai leadership compound and the Great Hall of the People.

A Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics-themed bonsai is made up of Yingde stones from Guangdong province, traditional Chinese painting stones from Anhui province, and white sand. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics-themed bonsai are the highlight of these exhibits and are made by Cao Tong, an inheritor of Nantong-style bonsai, and his students.

Cao learned how to make bonsai from Yuan Hua, who established the Nantong-style Bonsai Park in the city in 2021 with the Nantong Vocational College of Science and Technology. The park has a collection of more than 2,000 bonsai and a workshop for students to try making their own bonsai.