Miniature root art is a traditional art project in the fourth batch of representative projects of Changzhou's municipal intangible cultural heritage. Root art, formerly known as root carving, is a unique work of art made by using the natural forms of plant rhizomes, root galls and scars to screen, intercept, carve, shape and other artistic processing. With the continuous development of technology, root carving art has gradually derived root books, root stickers, tree root bonsai, etc., which are now generally called root art, that is, the art of roots. Root art has a long history and is a unique flower in Chinese traditional art. It is described as a three-dimensional painting and an invisible poem. It has always been favored and collected by a large number of literati and scholars. Wujin root carving art has a great influence in the country and even the world, especially Tu Yidao's root carving. In the 1980s, the government built a 2,000-square-meter Tu Yidao root carving collection hall in Hongmei Park, which permanently collects and displays more than 200 lifetime masterpieces donated by Wujin-born root art master Tu Yidao. It can be called the only root art hall in the world today. Because conventional bonsai and root carvings are heavy, inconvenient to display and trade, they have become a regret for enthusiasts. To make up for this deficiency, Shao Xiaozhong, a national senior arts and crafts artist from Wujin, inherited the root carving skills of his ancestors and created the production skills of miniature root art bonsai and miniature root carving. Shao Xiaozhong's miniature root art bonsai, also known as mini bonsai, is made of pure natural plant roots, stems, leaves, seeds, etc., through special skills and patented technologies such as dehydration, shaping, coloring, antiseptic, coloring, and packaging. It takes more than 20 processes to complete a miniature bonsai work. The works are novel, varied, and lifelike. Because they never deform or deteriorate, they are suitable for gifts and collections, and are favored by the world. In 1995, Shao Xiaozhong was awarded the title of "Folk Arts and Crafts Artist" by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Commission. In 1997, Shao Xiaozhong created the miniature bonsai "Plum Blossom", with a width of 36.3 mm and a height of 35.7 mm; the pot is 8.1 mm high and 27.5 mm wide. That year, it won the Shanghai World Guinness Record for the "smallest natural tree root craft bonsai" and was hailed as "the best in China". In 2009, Shao Xiaozhong's miniature root art work "The Twelve Zodiac Signs" won the gold medal at the 12th China Root Art Fine Art Exhibition and Academic Forum for its innovation, uniqueness and exquisiteness. In 2013, Shao Xiaozhong's miniature root art work "Animal Paradise" won the silver medal of the "Liu Kaiqu Root Art Award" at the 15th China Root Art and Stone Art Expo. Today, Shao Xiaozhong's miniature root art works are exported to the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Under Shao Xiaozhong's careful inheritance, his son also fell in love with the creation and operation of miniature root carving art, and established online sales to allow more people at home and abroad to appreciate and experience the infinite charm of miniature root art. (No pictures available, please provide them.) (No pictures available, please provide them.)