The Essence and Value ofViewing Stones

By He Lin

How to correctly evaluate the value of the rare stones? What is the relationship between the essence of strange stones and their value? My thinking on this big question is led by a small question,that is:is the mountain shaped stone the authentic of strange stones?

According to the theme,strange stones can be divided into figure stones,animal and plant stones,landscape stones,etc.Landscape stone can be divided into picture landscape stone and modeling landscape stone.The latter can be abbreviated as mountain stone.

Some people think that stone appreciation is a natural reflection of human "mountain complex",and infer that mountain shaped stones are authentic,and mountain shaped stones are more authentic.This view not only pushes the mountain stone onto the figure stone,animal and plant shaped stone,but also separates the high and low between the landscape stones ——the picture landscape stone is higher than the modeling landscape stone.