Yuhua Stone Crafts is to recreate Yuhua Stone, giving ordinary Yuhua Stone a new life and making it have a value higher than life. These crafts not only come from life, but also reflect human creativity and artistry. Yuhua Stone Crafts mainly include cutting, carving, grinding, polishing and inlaying the "currency" Yuhua Stone, but will not change its molecular structure and mineral composition.
Origin and Formation Process of Yuhua Stone
Yuhua Stone is mainly produced in Liuhe District, Nanjing, Yuetang, Yizheng and other places, and is a famous specialty of Nanjing. The formation of Yuhua Stone has experienced hundreds of millions of years of geological changes. It was washed by the Yangtze River, polished by sand and gravel, and infiltrated by underground minerals, and finally formed colorful agate, chalcedony and other pebbles.
Classification and Value of Yuhua Stone
Yuhua Stone can be divided into categories such as figures, animals, landscapes, flowers and trees, texts, abstract stones, etc. according to its image, and can be divided into grades such as top-quality stone, treasure stone, fine stone, and excellent stone according to the degree of "six beauties". Although ordinary-grade Yuhua Stone is not very ornamental, it is still different from ordinary pebbles and is called "currency".
Collection and appreciation of Yuhua Stone
When collectors appreciate Yuhua Stone, they pay attention to its "artistic conception" and pursue the effect of scenery beyond scenery, painting beyond picture, and sound beyond string. The appreciation elements of Yuhua Stone include quality, color, shape (quality), pattern, meaning, and rhyme. The evaluation grades include six grades: top-grade, rare, fine, top-grade, playful, and popular Yuhua Stone.