Rain-flower pebbles is a unique ornamental stone in the Nanjing area, as well as one of Nanjing’s symbolic properties. Rain-flower pebbles, like natural jade, colorful, small and exquisite, with wonderful vein and rich patterns, is Nanjing’s business card. According to historical research, the custom of rain-flower pebbles has begun since the Song Dynasty.
The beauty of rain-flower pebbles in form, color, texture and artistic conception makes it not art but better; not gem but better; not cultural relic but better; which determines its status and value in cultural history and aesthetics.
For the rain-flower pebbles appreciating custom that has been going on in Nanjing for thousands of years, the connotation is very rich and the expression form is more vivid and flexible. She has been through thousands of years of accumulation. Including: Quarrying, screening, collection, appreciation, exploration and trading, etc.; The manifestations are: Origin collection, market screening, collection and maintenance, gathering appraisal, name collection activities, holding salons and exhibitions, formulating forensic standards, theoretical discussions, publishing atlases, publishing books and formulating terminology, etc.
The thousand-year-old rain-flower pebbles appreciation customs have been included in the intangible cultural heritage of Jiangsu Province. Undoubtedly, it is another milestone in the history of rain-flower pebbles cultural development, which will surely be recorded in history. Rain-flower pebbles, the gem in this Chinese stone viewing garden, will definitely bloom more beautifully! More charming！
