What are the characteristics of Taihu Stone?

Taihu stone, also known as cave stone and rockery stone, can be divided into water stone and dry stone. Taihu stone with various shapes, transparency and agility can best reflect the beauty of "wrinkle, leakage, thinness and transparency". Its color is mostly white stone, and there are few blue black stones and yellow stones.

Thin means that the stone should be tall and slender. Leakage requires that there are many holes in the stone, and the upper and lower holes are connected. Wrinkles mean that there should be stripes and wrinkles on the surface of stones, like blood and tendons of stones.

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The identification method of Taihu Stone is as follows:

1, shape, depending on whether the shape of the hole is natural, drilling holes are generally round, and the more irregular the shape of the hole, the closer it is to nature.

2, angle, see the angle of the hole, the closer the angle is to 90 degrees, the better.

3, stone skin, see whether the stone skin has been polished, etched, sandblasted, fake stone is generally smooth and round, without concave and convex folds.

4, relationship, look at the position relationship between holes, fake stones are relatively stiff, while primary stones are natural.

5, holes, see if there are holes, holes, holes are the top.

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