Bonsai (盆栽, lit.plantins in tray, fraebon, a tray or law-sidit pot ansai, a plantin or plantins,pronunciation (help·info))[1] is a Japanese airt furm uisin miniatur trees grown in containers. Seemilar practices exist in ither culturs, includin the Cheenese tradeetion openjing frae which the airt oreeginatit, an the miniature livin landscapes o Vietnamesehòn non bộ. The Japanese tradeetion dates back ower a thoosand years, an haes its ain aesthetics an terminology.