Taihu Stone: Also known as Konglongshi, it is a kind of limestone, including water and drought. The earliest Taihu stone, with different shapes and postures, can best reflect the beauty of "wrinkle, leakage, thinness and transparency". Its color is mostly white stone, and there are few green black stones and yellow stones. Especially the yellow ones are rare, so they are especially suitable for arranging tourist attractions such as parks, lawns, campuses and courtyards. It has high ornamental value. According to "Qing Louis", people began to love it in the late Jin Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, especially in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, all the monks and nuns who respected each other as guests were people who loved to collect Taihu stones. He has a very rich collection of Taihu stones in villas and mansions in the noble and southern countries. Bai Juyi called him "a companion with stones at rest", even to the point of "treating him like a guest, loving him like Tessa, precious as a gem, and loving his children and grandchildren", which shows his deep love for stones. Bai Juyi once wrote "The Story of Taihu Stone" to describe Taihu Stone, and it was also recorded in "Yunlin Stone Spectrum". The "Huashiban" which happened at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty refers to the Taihu Stone which caused the peasant uprising. The famous Taihu stones left over from history are Yundingfeng in Suzhou Liuyuan and Yulinglong in Shanghai Yuyuan Garden. Taihu stone can be divided into water stone and dry stone. The Song of the Stone in Taihu Lake in Tang Dynasty vividly describes the causes of the water stone and its adoption: "The lake below Dongting Mountain is full of water, and the stone is hidden in the waves from generation to generation, and the iron rope is searched for thousands of times. Who knows it is grotesque. " Dry stone was formed by limestone formed 400 million years ago under the long-term erosion of acidic red soil.

Jiangsu Taihu stone. Refers to the stone produced in Taihu Lake, Jiangsu Province, with many holes and wrinkled texture, which can be used to make rockeries and decorate gardens and courtyards and other cultural landscapes. The ancients said, "Cui Wei is strewn at random, and there are many jade articles. When Feng Xian's palm came out, the sword door opened wide. " Tell us about the artistic conception created by this historic stone. Taihu Stone is one of the four famous ornamental stones in ancient China (Shi Ying, Taihu Stone, Lingbi Stone and Yellow Wax Stone). It is named after it is produced in Taihu Lake. It refers to limestone produced in Xishan and Yixing in Dongting, Suzhou, which surrounds Taihu Lake, among which Yunshan and Yuqi are the most famous. Taihu Lake, called Zhenze in ancient times, is also called Li Ze. It is a relic of an ancient coastal lake, located at the junction of Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province, in the south of the Yangtze River Delta. About 6.5438 million years ago, Taihu Lake was still a big bay, but it was gradually isolated from the sea in the process of seawater desalination and became an inland lake. Taihu Lake, with an area of 2,425 square kilometers and a coastline of 400 kilometers, is the third largest freshwater lake in China. Therefore, the ancient geological land-making movement left a wealth of stone materials. Taihu Lake boasts 36,000 hectares and 800 miles of Fiona Fang. However, due to factors such as sediment deposition and artificial lake enclosure, the actual area has been greatly reduced, the bottom of the lake has been submerged and there are abundant stones. The lake is located in the center of Jiangnan water network. Even though its stones are convenient to use, due to environmental protection, mining is properly restricted. Taihu Stone is a commonly used stone in China classical gardens, either used alone or stacked into a rockery. Taihu Stone is produced in Taihu Lake in Dongting Mountain, Suzhou. Due to the long-term impact of water waves, many caves, perforations and holes have been produced, which have been favored by gardening lovers since ancient times. There are three kinds of Taihu stone: white Taihu stone, blue-black Taihu stone and blue-gray Taihu stone. Quarrymen dive with tools to find stones, bind them with big ropes, hang them on big ships and transport them to the construction site for gardening. Wen Zhenheng, an Amin painter and gardener, wrote in Long History Chronicle: "Taihu Stone is the most expensive in the water. When it is hit by the waves for a long time, it becomes an empty stone with a delicate face. " Taihu stone belongs to limestone, mostly gray, rarely white or black. Limestone has been impacted by waves for a long time and dissolved by water containing carbon dioxide. In the long years, Taihu stone with exquisite carving and tortuous nature has gradually formed.

Anhui Taihu stone. Refers to Anhui Taihu Stone Base. Taihu County, Anhui Province is located in the southwest of Anhui Province, at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain and on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Tianzhu Mountain in the east and Lushan Mountain in the south rank above the tourist hotline in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Hejiu Railway, National Highway 105 and Shanghai-Chengdu-expressway pass through the territory, with a total area of 203 1 km2. Taihu Lake has beautiful mountains and rivers and pleasant scenery. The lake is dotted with islands, surrounded by mountains and clustered with fruit trees. It is a resort for tourism, recuperation and leisure. Tangwan Hot Springs in Zhao He, the water temperature is 47℃ all the year round, the sunrise water volume is 1500 tons, and the water quality is clear, which can be drunk, bathed and treated. Therefore, Anhui Taihu Stone has the functions of tourism and recuperation. The mountain around the lake also produces outdoor landscape stones, rockeries, marble slabs and pebbles, also known as boulders (generally more than 200 tons, suitable for ponds and artificial rivers), infrastructure stones and terrazzo (flat use). For thousands of years, stone-watching and stone-hiding were only the exclusive entertainment of feudal emperors and generals, literati and other leisure classes. Today, with the progress of society, the development and improvement of economy and culture, the broad masses of working people begin to pursue a higher level of spiritual life. Appreciating and hiding stones has become a popular daily cultural activity. "In the old days, Wang Xie Tang flew into the homes of ordinary people", and Anhui Taihu Stone Culture also rose rapidly. Mr. Pan, a master of ci and fu, said in "Taihu Fu": "There are many mountains overflowing, and the mountains are steep and lined up; There are many overflowing waters, and the water potential circulates vertically and horizontally. People who can't change things are also full of waves and peaks; Those who are unknown and indescribable will also shine in the twilight. Walking in the Moon Bay, you can see the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers in a glance; Looking at Orange Island, you can see blue waves and boundless expanses. Longshan scenic area, there are mountains outside the mountain, and the goddess is awkward; Tangwan Hot Springs, there is water outside the water, and Hebo is ashamed of it. The general mountains are steep and towering, and the mountains overlap; Huating Lake has vast waves and vast smoke waves. The long river sets the yen, and the horizon is steaming; Hanhu embraces the moon, the stars shine and the sky is vast. Shan Jian village, clouds and clouds, looking at the green mountains and green waters; Six provinces and one slope, bloom flowers fall, and several seasons cycle. Tianhua sword, black dragon cloud volume, crazy volume noise; Furong village, the tiger pounces on the top of the mountain, and the vegetation is surprised. Birds stay in the forest and pine trees sing in the wind; When the smoke fell, the shepherd boy came back with a flute. Warm sunshine, strong spring, a little caressing people's ecstasy; Maple leaves have fallen, autumn rain has cooled, and there are many melancholy eyes. Lover island beauty keeps wine and clouds in her heart; Di Gongting's lover stopped writing, and the rain sent softness. If it is looming, the dangerous building will be ten thousand feet high in an instant; Get together or leave, and smoke rises from Pinghu in an instant. The west wind cave is rich in the world, and the cave is strange and beautiful; Lion mountain, flat fan west corner, mountains and rivers absolutely win. The peaks are covered with cotton, and the mountains in Sichuan are steep; Many valleys are winding and rivers surround the territory. Haihui Temple, the ancient temple is foggy; Buddhist temples and agarwood accord all fell into England. Jiulongjian Waterfall, an axe carved by nature, cannot be shaped; Puchu Cultural Park is full of painters, but it can't be painted. If you live in midsummer, the weather will be cool and the breeze will blow gently. If you drink ice, it will refresh you. Cold winter, warm as spring breeze, sunny ... birds in the forest, lotus fragrance floating by the lake. Spring rain floats by, and spring scenery is getting stronger; Cold rain is falling, and winter is fading away. Tilting and swaying, charming and intoxicating; Stretch and drag, gently caress the microwave. The blue light is slightly burning, and it was once the Bai Lianhua seat of the Blissful Buddha; Xia Zi took a shallow turn and tasted the free and unfettered robe of Biyou Laojun. The warm wind is fluttering, which is pleasant; The arrival of snow is a sign of a bumper harvest. There are strange mountains and different rocks everywhere ... "Scholar Wang Zesheng commented:" The scenery is the stone of Taihu Lake. ".

Fangshan Taihu Stone, also known as North Taihu Stone, is produced in Zhoukoudian, Fangshan District, Beijing. This stone is limestone, and its shape is generally similar to that of South Taihu Stone, with the changes of vortex, ditch, ring and hole of Taihu Stone. The bulk density is larger than that of South Taihu Lake stone, and there is no * * * sound when it is buckled. There are many small holes, but few big holes. The posture is exposed and the texture is hard, which is generally used to make fake mountains. Fangshan Taihu Stone is mostly buried in the soil. Due to the action of Hongshan soil, most of the newly mined stones are red, orange and yellow, and the surface is grayish black after a long time. The texture is not as brittle as South Taihu Stone, but it has some toughness. The appearance is relatively thick, vigorous and magnificent, which is obviously different from the lightness, comeliness and exquisiteness of the southern Taihu stone.

In a word, Taihu Stone is a historical and cultural thing. Taihu Stone was developed and utilized very early in ancient China. Taihu Stone is a typical traditional stone sacrifice. Taihu Stone was famous in the world as early as 65,438+0,000 years ago in the Tang Dynasty. Its main aesthetic characteristics are "thin, wrinkled, leaking and penetrating". Exquisite and delicate, suitable for garden stone. Garden stone in Taihu Lake is an important part of stone appreciation culture in China with a long history. Taihu stone is the cornerstone of the royal garden and a kind of garden stone. It is an exquisite and grotesque ornamental stone naturally formed by nature. Taihu stone can be described as varied and colorful: strange, colorful, exquisite, excellent in quality, exquisite and elegant; Or simple, dignified and deep, extraordinary, pleasing to the eye, thoughtful. At present, there is also a kind of generalized Taihu stone, which is a variety of exquisite carbonate rocks formed by karstification of various properties, collectively referred to as generalized Taihu stone!