Chrysanthemum stone
Chrysanthemum stone is widely distributed in South China Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Guizhou and other places of Qixia formation Permian period. The most famous Hunan Liuyang chrysanthemum stone. The chrysanthemum stone, to spend a single core, double core, the three core and non-core, similar to bamboo,pearl jewelry chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum Hydrangea nightshade Pu Yeju and money chrysanthemum type. Chrysanthemum stone carving artists use these features, precision crafted, sort petal, add details of a story, embossed into patches of chrysanthemum. In recent years, breakthrough development of graphic, three-dimensional multilayer flowers, and make the people into this unique crafts, such as carved into" Huang Chao chant,"" the heavenly maids scatter blossoms." and other characters of fairy tale works.
Liuyang chrysanthemum stone carving skilled, ingenious, Panama won a medal expo. According to scientists, as early as in more than 200 million years ago,office furniture the Hunan Liuyang Dongxiang area is shallow, after many vicissitudes of life, nature slowly formed by white calcite. Chrysanthemum petal Shi Juhua. Due to the sun and grounding, Shi Juhua appears in different patterns, colorful. Chrysanthemum stone is a natural geological in" flower".
Chrysanthemum stone is made of lapis lazuli or calcite mineral composition petal petals center, by the approximate circular flint formed stamens, like blooming chrysanthemum in full bloom, named " chrysanthemum stone". Our country the earliest chrysanthemum stone origin is the Liuyang Daxi river rock layer. According to" Liuyang county" records, about Qianlong period in the Qing Dynasty,plastic bag manufacturer Liuyang Yonghe Town, Ou Xifan accidentally discovered the chrysanthemum stone, and stone carving inkstone, a biography of singularities. Chrysanthemum stone is exquisite, lifelike flower state, white crystal chrysanthemum, foil black matrix rock background, no confusion, having an antique flavour, fully demonstrates the nature of magic. Then if the exquisitely crafted into handicrafts, is the icing on the cake, exquisite beyond compare.
Natural chrysanthemum stone, also known as" Shi Juhua", produced in Hunan Liuyang Daxi river rock layer. The" flower" breeds in more than two hundred million years ago, due to geological movement formed naturally in the rock. Also called " take the essence of the sun, absorbing the spirit of heaven and earth". The flower resembles the extraordinary splendour confused layer of the chrysanthemum, flower is milky white, and the texture is clear, well-defined, look realistic, jade crystal, spectacular. This uncut Yungho chrysanthemum stone of billet, after thousands of years of generation inheritance of stone carving artists, art beats nature. With the form of reverie, focused on the heart.