I do business with the Forbidden City

By/ Liu Yiwei

Many stone friends are familiar with Beijing Shilihe Kistler Flower City, here is the most famous ornamental stone distribution center and procurement platform in our country.

When the author interviewed Mr. Shu Junqi at Shilihe Taoshiju, he was drumming a water circulation device for decorative stones for the Forbidden City. During the period, his WeChat has been ringing. It turned out that several stone friends invited him to help arrange the stone... This is the normal life of Shu Junqi every day, do some small design, see different stones, different stone friends.

Shu Junqi loves stone and loves it for more than 20 years. He sold the house in order to buy a stone； he was also saddened by the mistake of selling or missing a good stone. because of the love of the stone, he made a lot of friends who loved the stone in the Forbidden City, and thus began his friendship with the Forbidden City.

Selling stones to the Forbidden City

In recent years, driven by the cultural industry,the Forbidden City is no longer just a museum.In the realization of Wenchuang's flow, the Forbidden City has done a good job in business.In order to further promote the extension of the "products" around the Palace Museum,the Forbidden City is constantly introducing some "fun goods" with traditional cultural connotations, the stone, Ming and Qing Dynasties is the decoration of the garden and the desk in the palace.

In 2017, due to the need to build a temple, the Forbidden City searched for suitable stones. Shu Junqi inadvertently found a good stone in the circle of friends - a dragon rushed to the top,and the majestic gas came to the ground. His thoughts flashed, and such a good stone should be placed in the Forbidden City. Immediately,he in charge of the the person of the exhibition department and asked, "Do you want such a stone?"

After receiving a positive reply, Shu Junqi began to get busy. Contact the original collectors, field trips,tripartite negotiations, until the stone transport into the palace smoothly, he participated in the whole process.

This stone has been hidden in the earth for thousands of years. It was accidentally discovered in the field and was introduced into the Palace Museum. It was finally named as "Auspicious Stone"... all kinds of shapes and forms. The biggest feeling of Shu Junqi is that he can send it in The Forbidden City. He feels so happy!

Although Auspicious Stone has been settled in the Forbidden City for two years, Shu Junqi is still busy looking for more good stones for the Forbidden City. It seems that there is a sense of mission: let more good stones enter an elegant palace like the Forbidden City. "The stones we sell to the Forbidden City are second to none in terms of scale, variety, and quantity. There are no other places." So far, Shu Junqi has sold and introduced more than 100 stones to the Forbidden City. Meteorite, Taihu Stone, Yingshi and Kunshi.