Nanjing Yuhua Stone [Jiangsu Nanjing Specialty]

What is Nanjing Yuhua Stone? Authentic Jiangsu Nanjing specialty: Nanjing Yuhua Stone

Content summary:Do you want to know what Nanjing Yuhua Stone is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province - Nanjing Yuhua Stone. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Nanjing Yuhua Stone. The full text takes about 6 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Nanjing Yuhua Stone and the product characteristics of Nanjing Yuhua Stone? How did the history of Nanjing Yuhua Stone come about? How to distinguish the authenticity of Nanjing Yuhua Stone? Wait

Basic Introduction of Nanjing Yuhua Stone

Yuhua Stone is a natural agate stone, also known as wenshi, ornamental stone, lucky stone, mainly produced in Liuhe District of Nanjing City and Yuetang area of Yizheng City. It is a famous specialty of Nanjing

Yuhua Stone has established its unique position and value among ornamental stones due to its crystal clear and lustrous texture, graceful and elegant form, magnificent and dazzling color, unpredictable texture, incredible appearance, and natural charm. It is known as the "national treasure bestowed by heaven" and the "queen of stones"

When asked about the origin of Yuhua Stone, one often hears stories like this: During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Southern Liang Dynasty, a high monk named Yunguang set up an altar in Shizigang (now Yuhuatai), Nanjing to preach scriptures. He moved the heavens and was inspired by Yuhua Stone. After it landed, it transformed into a colorful Yuhua Stone, which later became known as Yuhuatai. There are also many poems and writings scattered in historical materials that claim that Yuhua Stone is a relic of N ü wa's efforts to repair the sky. As the saying goes, 'Cherish and nourish clear springs, sometimes the sky can replenish them.'. (Kong Shangren's poem "Liuhe Shizi")

"Heaven and things are also things, and things have their shortcomings. Therefore, in the past, N ü wa refined five colored stones to fill their gaps. (From "Liezi" during the Warring States period)

Is the Rain Flower Stone, also known as the Five Colored Stone, a relic stone for repairing the heavens?

? In fact, these are all people's imaginations of beautiful things and are not reliable. It is obvious that the origin of Yuhua Stone is scientific, and its history is even older than the theory of Yunguang. The combination of Yunguang theory and Yuhua stone originated from the social background of the prevalence of Buddhism in the era. Nowadays, with the passage of time, the scene of "480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, many towers shrouded in smoke and rain" (Tang Dynasty's Du Mu's "Spring in the South of the Yangtze River") has long been erased by the smoke and clouds of history. However, the myth and legend of Yunguang, along with the continuation of the Rain Flower Stone Appreciation Activity, is still talked about by people

Authentic features

1. Color: Yuhua stone is a natural fossil, like amber. Many natural shapes and colors can be seen inside the stone, and the most commonly seen shape now is striped, with yellow, red, green, and white being the most common colors. If there could be the shape of scenery or characters inside the Rain Flower Stone, then it would be a priceless and extremely valuable masterpiece, very rare<2. Shape: As we all know, stones cannot have a regular shape. Rainflower stones are generally irregular elliptical shapes with varying thicknesses. In short, they are naturally irregular

3. Hardness: Rainflower stone is mainly composed of silicon dioxide, so its hardness is extremely high<4. Weight: Stones are definitely quite heavy, and you can usually feel them by weighing them in your hand

Characteristics of imitations

1. Made of artificial glass and resin: Glass materials are easy to break, have regular shapes (such as spheres), and have regular patterns without any natural traces. Fake resin products are even more distinguishable. Generally, counterfeit rainflower stones sold in the market are round transparent thin sheets with some patterns inside, and the texture is relatively soft. The packaging is a plastic bag

2. Using pebbles as rain flower stones: This type of counterfeit product is common in the market because pebbles have most of the characteristics of rain flower stones. The main difference between this type of product is the color and shape. There is no shape inside the pebbles, and they are usually a dark red or dark ball. Therefore, pebbles do not have ornamental value and can only be used as stone materials