Four famous ancient stones

Four famous ancient stones in China-Lingbi Stone, Taihu Stone, Kunshi Stone and Quartz Stone.

The four famous stones in China refer to Lingbi Stone, Taihu Stone, Quartz Stone and Kunshi Stone. These four famous stones are ancient and traditional stone-playing brands, and they are recognized by the ancient and modern Tibetan stone circles. We should understand the history of China's stone-playing, inherit the ancient stone culture, and then expand the modern stone culture on the basis of inheritance. Only in this way can we play the stone well and show its connotation, cultivation and culture. Real stone players must understand the stone culture and the history of playing with stones.

Lingbi stone is mainly produced in Lingbi County, Anhui Province. There is a poem saying, "Lingbi stone is strange in the world, and its sound is like bronze jasper, which makes its four seasons beautiful and treasures fall into the world." Lingbi stone is delicate in texture, and Shi Jian is like iron, which makes a metallic sound when struck.

Taihu stone, also known as rockery and cave stone, is a typical traditional stone sacrifice, which was developed and utilized very early. Its main producing areas are Mount Yuqi, Mount Yi and Mount Dongting in Taihu Lake. Taihu stone fully embodies the traditional concept of "thin, leaky, wrinkled and transparent"

Kunshi, also known as Kunshan Stone and Linglong Stone, is produced in Yufeng Mountain in Kunshan City, that is, Maanshan. Kunshi is a crystal-clear, white and delicate reticular crystal cluster formed by the seasonal pulse in the crystal cave, which is a natural ornamental. Kunshi, Taihu Stone and Yuhua Stone are also called "Three Famous Stones in Jiangsu".

Shi Ying, also known as Yingde Stone, is produced in Yingshan, Wang Bu Town, yingde city, Guangdong Province. It is called Shi Ying because of its place name. It is "a strange peak, thin and elegant", which was praised by Jiang Huan after winning the tripartite Shi Ying in the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a tribute of the ancient court.

In ancient times, courtyard stone was the main stone appreciation, and the concept of stone appreciation was "thinness, leakage, wrinkle, transparency, shape, grain, quality, color and rhyme" as the appreciation standard of strange stones. In ancient China, four famous stones, four playing stones and strange stones, showed thinness, leakage, wrinkle and transparency to the fullest.