In the end, President Xu broke the silence: "President Huang's inference is not unreasonable, but it is still speculation, and there are no similar cultural relics unearthed to corroborate. ”

The applause rang out, and Chairman Huang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

President Xu's words were not leaky, and Kowloon also nodded in approval.

President Xu's trip to the Lingbi stone production area, although he did not receive good goods, he did not have a sense of loss, and the next morning, he embarked on the road back to Shanghai.

Kowloon came to the origin of Lingbi stone this time, it can be said that he benefited a lot, not only saw the famous stone, but also saw a lot of experts, and also had an intuitive understanding of the entire industrial chain of Lingbi stone.

The stone of other mountains can attack jade, Jiulong is thinking, many practices of Lingbi stone origin can be copied to Jiulongbi.

On the way back to Shanghai, Kowloon also asked a lot about the appreciation methods of classical stones.

At this time, President Xu's car was driving on the Hurong Expressway, and when he was approaching Wuxi, the word "Taihu Stone" suddenly flashed in Jiulong's mind, and asked President Xu, is the "Taihu Stone" produced in Taihu Lake?

President Xu smiled: "Yes or no, otherwise, I'll take you to Suzhou to have a look, and you will know what the 'Taihu Stone' is about." ”

Jiulong wondered, isn't the Taihu Lake Stone in Taihu Lake? How can I go to Suzhou to see it?

President Xu smiled, Taihu Lake is Taihu Lake stone, but the real classic Taihu Lake stone is in the Suzhou garden, you will know when you look at it.

Kowloon was very curious, and on the way to Suzhou, Kowloon asked a lot of questions about Taihu Stone, and President Xu patiently answered.

It turns out that Taihu Lake stone, also known as cave stone and rockery stone, is slowly formed after limestone has been eroded for a long time, and is divided into two types: water stone and dry stone.

Water stones are slowly formed in rivers and lakes through water waves and erosion over time.

Dry stone is formed by the erosion of acidic red soil by limestone in geological time.

The shape is different, the posture is thousands, the Taihu Lake stone is clear and clear, it can best embody the beauty of "wrinkles, leaks, thinness, and penetration", its color is mostly white stone, there are few blue and black stones, yellow stones, especially the yellow ones are more rare, so they are particularly suitable for arranging parks, lawns, campuses, courtyard tourism scenery, etc., and have high ornamental value.

"Taihu Lake Stone" is one of the four famous play stones and strange stones in ancient China (British stone, Taihu stone, Lingbi stone, yellow wax stone), which is famous for its abundant production in the Taihu Lake area, and is a kind of exquisite and transparent ornamental stone.

There is also a kind of Taihu stone in a broad sense, that is, the carbonate rocks produced in various places formed by karst are collectively called "Taihu stone".

Taihu stone belongs to limestone.

Relatively speaking, limestone is susceptible to erosion by external forces, such as long-term exposure to the impact of waves and the dissolution of water containing carbon dioxide, soft and loose stone is easy to weather, and relatively hard places are preserved.

The carbonate rocks in China have a wide distribution area, and under suitable tectonic, rocky and hydrogeological conditions, Taihu rocks similar to Jiangsu can be found and developed.

According to the "Qing Yilu": Taihu stone began to be enjoyed in the five dynasties after the Jin Dynasty, and it began to be particularly popular in the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, the bull monk and child who was in the prime position was a person who loved to collect Taihu stones.

His collection of Taihu Lake stones in the villas of Fudi Quy Ren and Nanguo is extremely rich, Bai Juyi called him "when he rests, he is with the stone", and even to the point of "treating him like a friend, kissing him like a sage, being as heavy as a gem, and loving him like a child and grandchild", which shows the depth of his love for stones.

Bai Juyi once wrote "Taihu Lake Stone Records" to describe Taihu Lake Stone, and there is also a special record in "Yunlin Stone Spectrum", and the "Huashi Gang" that occurred at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty refers to Taihu Lake Stone, which caused a peasant uprising.

The famous Taihu Lake stones left over from history include the "Guanyun Peak" of the Lingering Garden in Suzhou, the "Jade Linglong" of the Yu Garden in Shanghai and other famous garden stones.

In addition to the natural formation of Taihu stone, there are also craftsmen involved in the processing.

According to Lin Youlin's "Suyuan Stone Spectrum" in the Ming Dynasty, it is recorded: "Pingjiang (now Suzhou) Taihu Lake workers take large materials, or one or two zhang high, first carved in the rapid water and bump it, for a long time like nature, or smoke, or dyed color."

The "green lotus flower" in the Beijing Old Summer Palace was originally a famous stone in Yangzhou, and it is also a stone of Taihu Lake, and the Qianlong imperial title "green lotus flower", the British and French troops burned the Old Summer Palace and moved into Zhongshan Park in Beijing.

Taihu Lake, known as Zhenze in ancient times, is the remains of the ancient coastal lake, located at the junction of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. About a million years ago, Taihu Lake was a bay, but it was cut off from the sea and became an inland lake.

Affected by factors such as sediment accumulation and land reclamation around the lake, its area is gradually decreasing, the water level is gradually decreasing, and the limestone at the bottom of the lake is affected by the impact of waves and the dissolution of water containing carbon dioxide for a long time, and gradually forms the Taihu Lake stone slowly dives out, which has been mined in the Tang Dynasty and succeeded by later generations.

Taihu stone can be classified as follows according to the different origins, distributions, stone colors, specifications and applications:

According to the distribution in the south or north of the Yangtze River, it is divided into South Taihu Stone and North Taihu Lake Stone;

According to whether it is produced in water or land, it is divided into water stone and dry stone;

According to the color of the stone, it is divided into gray Taihu Lake stone, black Taihu Lake stone, white Taihu Lake stone, red Taihu Lake stone, yellow Taihu Lake stone, etc.;

According to the size and application, it can be divided into garden stone, rockery, bonsai stone, and stone;

According to the ornamental nature, it is divided into solitary ornamental stone and group scenery stone.

Soon, when I came to the intersection of Suzhou Expressway, the BMW car drove directly to the Suzhou Lingering Garden.

The Lingering Garden is located at No. 338, Liuyuan Road, outside Changmen, Suzhou, which is famous for its exquisite architectural layout and many strange stones, and is known as the four famous gardens in China together with the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, the Summer Palace in Beijing, and the Summer Resort in Chengde.

The Lingering Garden is a large-scale classical private garden in China, covering an area of 23,300 square meters, representing the style of the Qing Dynasty.

Its architectural space treatment is exquisite, and the gardeners use various artistic techniques to form a rhythmic and rhythmic garden space system, which has become a world-famous example of architectural space art treatment.

The garden is divided into four parts, the east is dominated by buildings, the middle is a landscape garden, the west is a large rockery with earth and stone, and the north is a pastoral scenery.

In 1961, the Lingering Garden was announced by the state as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 1997, Suzhou's classical gardens, including the Lingering Garden, were listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

In 2001, the Lingering Garden became a national 5A-level tourist attraction as an extended scenic spot of Suzhou Gardens (Humble Administrator's Garden, Tiger Hill, and Lingering Garden).

President Xu had already talked about the beauty of Guanyun Peak on the road, so when he entered the Lingering Garden, Jiulong didn't go anywhere, and came directly to Guanyun Peak.