根抱石是指树根为了吸取养分，紧紧贴着岩石生长，最终将石块紧紧包裹，形成包石现象。它们通体盘根错节，自然奇特，颇具皱、瘦、透、漏的特点，符合文人雅士的审美情趣。

Root bouldering refers to the phenomenon that the tree’ roots grow around the rocks, and finally the rocks are tightly wrapped by the roots. These interlocked roots and branches with the characteristics of wrinkle, thinness, penetration and leakage meet the aesthetic taste of literati.