Classification of Stone in Liuzhou Stone City

As far as appreciation and application are concerned, it can be divided into five categories:

Atlas of Taishan Stone Carvings (13)

The first category refers to natural scenic stones, such as Feilai Stone in Huangshan Mountain, "Tianjing Stone" in Feixian County, Shilin in Yunnan, Camel Stone in Guilin and Lion Reef in Shihai, Pingtan County, Fujian Province.

The second category refers to landscape stones, which are natural strange stones in outdoor gardens, such as Taihu Stone, Axe Stone and Lingbi Stone.

The third category is bonsai stone, which is used to make large, medium and small bonsai (landscape bonsai, drought bonsai).

The fourth category refers to stone crafts, which take some natural ornamental stones as raw materials and are mainly shaped by hand, such as stone carving, stone carving, inkstone and printing.

The fifth category is mainly indoor display or several cases, which are viewed independently, with natural formation as the element, small in size, movable, exquisite and unique, and equipped with accessories such as plates, pots, seats, racks, brocade boxes, etc., which have high ornamental and collection value and cultural and artistic taste. This ornamental stone is also the main research object of this book, belonging to the narrow category of ornamental stones. It includes all kinds of landscape stones, vivid pictographic stones, colorful decorative stones and textured stones, crystal clear mineral crystals, ancient fossils with ornamental value, event stones and memorial stones with research and collection value. , and display the natural colors and patterns of stones.

Cutting or grinding, using several decorative marbles and other patterned or colored stones.

The ancients said, "There is no stone in the mountain, no stone in the water, no stone in the garden and no stone in the room." He also said: "stone appreciation is pure heart, pleasure, education, emotion and longevity." Natural stone is a natural work of art, an elf and miracle of nature, and a precious wealth endowed by nature to all mankind. It independently and naturally becomes a scene, a scene and a poem, a stone and a stone, which paints a picture of people's lives and composes a movement of natural beauty. Ornamental stones are diverse in shape, colorful and ever-changing, which is an elegant spiritual enjoyment and an artistic pursuit and edification. There is also a consistent, faithful, quiet and lonely integrity. It is an artistic masterpiece handed down from generation to generation without being destroyed, which enriches life and beautifies the world; Its beautiful connotation and poetic mood are the essence of beauty and the inspiration of art, which fully embodies the artistic style of China's traditional aesthetics. This is a wonderful art created by nature. This is naturally interesting and a Chinese odyssey. It is favored by stone appreciators and collectors in the past dynasties, and worshipped by literati, leaving eternal ink to praise the beauty and character of natural strange stones. In recent years, there are many disputes about the definition of natural strange stones. Some people think that stones formed by natural internal and external forces acting on the earth's crust, from Qifeng rocks to pebbles, can be regarded as natural stones. The standard of distinction mainly depends on whether it has "exquisite posture, realistic modeling, beautiful legend, unique status and attracts the attention of the world." Some people think that natural strange stones mainly refer to stone works of art with ornamental value, including modeling stones, textured stones, mineral crystals, biological fossils, memorial stones, bonsai and so on.

Stone, craft stone, study stone, etc. There are large, medium and small. They are loved by people for their peculiar shapes, gorgeous colors and patterns, delicate texture and relatively scarce output. Some people think that natural strange stones are a kind of landscape reduction art, which is based on natural formation, without artificial carving or decoration, and is limited to indoor viewing and easy to collect.

Judging from the current practice of playing with stones, You's understanding of natural stones is quite different, from natural peaks and peaks to hands that can be played with, from natural stones that have not been artificially processed to artificial stones that have been artificially polished and carved, and even stone carvings, stone carvings, mineral crystals and fossils are considered as natural stones.