2. Yingde stone: the color is mostly gray-black, but also white, light green and light green with white stripes. The texture is particularly hard and difficult to process, but it generally has a good natural shape. A stone has a front and a back. There are many lines and varieties on the front, and the back is mostly flat. Yingde stone is durable and not easy to be damaged. The disadvantage is that it can't absorb water and it is difficult to grow plants. When choosing Yingde stone, we mainly look at its natural form. Yingde stone is produced in Yingde belt of Guangdong, mostly in the mountains and rivers, and is a good stone for making landscape bonsai.
3. Axe chopping stones: all are gray-black, with hard texture and straight lines. This kind of stone is usually slender and peak-shaped. Stone patterns are like "chopping axes" in landscape paintings, hence the name. Mainly in the process of sawing and configuration. Axe stone is suitable for mountain peaks, majestic and tall, and has the potential to pierce the blue sky. The disadvantage is that the water absorption is poor and the moss can't grow. However, after spraying water, such as the mountain peak after rain, it looks radiant and has a unique artistic conception. Axe splitting stone is produced in Changzhou, Jiangsu and other places, and it is also a good stone for making landscape bonsai.
4, stalagmite: also known as Baiguo Peak, there are white patches on turquoise, which can fall off for a long time and form a small cave. Stone is hard and suitable for mountain peaks. Stalagmites are produced in Changxing, Zhejiang.
5. Sandstone: gray-black, mostly flaky or grooved, with obvious peaks and ridges. There are many straight lines on the stone, which is hard and cannot be carved. It is only occasionally used for blow molding. Sandstone has angular features, elegant personality, vivid wrinkles and rich expressive force. Mainly produced in the riverbed of ancient rivers in western Sichuan.
6. Xuan Shi: This kind of stone is very hard, and most of it is crystal with fine and diverse lines. Suitable for snow scenes, it is also often used as a stone for stumps to stand on. Xuanshi is produced in Xuancheng, Anhui.
7. Fossils of trees: There are many kinds of trees with different colors, mostly yellowish brown and gray, with hard texture and broken lines like wood. They are made into rock bonsai with unique flavor and are not easy to process. Many producing areas. 8. Taihu Stone: There are different shades of gray, one is light yellow. Taihu stone is a kind of layered rock with exquisite and unique shape, and the small one is used to make bonsai, which is produced in Taihu Lake.
9. Lingbi stone: dark iron gray, occasionally white. The shape is like Yingde stone, with few wrinkles on the surface and crisp and pleasant knocking sound. It is most suitable to match a few redwoods, and the case is Qing appreciation. The main producing area is Lingbi County, Anhui Province.