What aspects can be used to appreciate strange stones?

In the world of many strange stones, there is no criterion for judging the quality of strange stones. Generally speaking, judging the quality of each strange stone depends on one's own cultural accomplishment and artistic accumulation, which is long-term and multifaceted; Strange stones have their own natural beauty, social beauty and artistic beauty. Coupled with the accumulation of people's usual culture and art, the harmony between man and nature can be achieved, and the level of stone appreciation has been improved, thus achieving the purpose of appreciating stones and nourishing nature. To master the ways and methods of stone appreciation, it is necessary to broaden the knowledge of stone appreciation. We should not only learn the methods and theories of ancient stone appreciation, but also learn from modern people, learn aesthetic knowledge, learn the basic theoretical knowledge of calligraphy, painting, photography, lines, composition and lighting, and learn natural science and social science. With these artistic theories, we can appreciate and evaluate strange stones, especially calligraphy, painting, photography and strange stone art, which can be described as sister art. ?

Appreciate the strange stones from the following aspects:

Quality? Stone refers to the mineral composition that constitutes stone products, with timely and jade as the top grade. Generally speaking, the quality of stone is judged by its hardness. The higher the density of the stone, the higher the hardness. Generally, the hardness of ornamental stones is 4 to 8 Mohs. Pure texture, no other impurities, smooth and delicate stone surface has a beautiful aesthetic feeling; Some rocks are loose, soft and sparse, and the surface is rough and dull, which has a rough beauty. Smooth and delicate, pure texture, high hardness, smooth and transparent is the best, followed by soft structure, old miscellaneous, rough, dark color and low hardness. ? Tattoos Refers to the regular and irregular, smooth or dim texture patterns or shapes formed by circles, points, lines, surfaces and blocks on stone products. The patterns on the strange stone are divided into concave-convex patterns, plain twill patterns, dotted lines, thick and thin patterns and block patterns; The lines are divided into single, double-color and mixed-color lines, and the lines are lively, rhythmic, endless and interesting, which can be described as fine products. ? Color? Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple are the best, followed by mixed color, double color and monochrome. Color is the meaning of life, the meaning of color, and the perfect unity of color, shape and meaning can be described as a beautiful stone. ? Elephant? Refers to abstract or figurative patterns and objects on strange stones. Some are clear, showing the beauty of mountains and rivers with smooth lines; Some are bold, using large areas of color blocks to form figures, animals and other images. No matter what form, it vividly shows thousands of images in nature. ? Meaning? Refers to the artistic conception contained in the shape or pattern of strange stones, some of which are far-reaching and give people reverie; Some are clear and straightforward; Some are broad and open; Some are implicit and give people thinking; Some of them are great and enlightening. Different artistic conception will bring different feelings to people. ? Shape? Stone shape is a natural external shape formed by nature, such as triangle, circle and ellipse. In short, it is strange and ubiquitous. Some forms are concrete, some are abstract, some have both form and spirit, and the concrete is vivid and vivid, and the abstract is varied and intriguing. The shape of the stone should be as complete as possible, and there should be no deep cracks and lines on the viewing surface, otherwise it will not affect the viewing. From the appearance of the whole stone, the circle can give people a round and smooth feeling; A regular triangle can give people a sense of symmetry, balance and stability. An inverted triangle can give people a sense of surprise in seeking relief from danger. A good stone has a unique shape, an interesting appearance and a complete stone body, which is in harmony with its content, and its surface shape and inner spirit complement each other. ? God? The "God" of the strange stone reflects the essence of its physical connotation, and "God" refers to its inner spirit, temperament, artistic conception and charm. "God" is the personification of Kistler. The strange stone without god is dull and lifeless. The strange stone with god can make people feel excited and give people artistic appeal. The shape is like a strange stone, the body of a strange stone; God is the inner charm and soul of strange stones; Form is the carrier of God, and God exists according to form. A perfect stone has both form and spirit. ? Charming beauty? In addition to the beauty of appearance, stone products are objective image forms of various scenery and things, and also have the beauty of charm in form. Charm is intangible, which is a kind of visualization of certain emotions and things through a series of psychological activities such as human brain thinking and imagination, emotional perception and so on. This image is based on image to achieve charm. "Form" is the shell of God, and "God" is its core. Form and God are inseparable. Among the varieties of strange stones, there are different shapes, and the shapes contain illusory charm. These stones have the charm of both form and spirit, which further embodies the beauty of artistic conception. "Meaning" means love, and "realm" is the realm of the soul. The beautiful stone and the scene are integrated into one, which has the most artistic vitality and appeal. ? Artistic beauty brings the strange stone into the category of culture and art, from the artistic height of aesthetics, literature and chromatics, communicates with the cold stone-playing, sends affection to the stone, crosses the stone, and reaches the realm of "the unity of stone and man", and then expands the wings of thinking to enrich the imagination, and turns the stone-playing into a strange stone, a work of art, and integrates with me. By appreciating the artistic beauty of strange stones, we can get a kind of comfort and solace from them. ? Beautiful artistic conception? The artistic conception beauty of strange stones is an important part of strange stones, which refers to exaggerating, humoring, similarity or freehand brushwork of stone bodies or patterns, integrating feelings and expressing artistic associations in order to achieve a perfect artistic realm. As far as the beauty and ugliness of strange stones are concerned, the beauty of patterns and shapes of strange stones can be perfectly unified, which is a superior product. If the pattern is beautiful and flat, even with cracks and scars, it still loses its ornamental value, because beauty covers all ugliness, and inner beauty can cover the ugliness of appearance. No matter how big and exquisite the stone is, the stone lacking artistic conception has no ornamental value, because the content plays a decisive role and the form serves the content, and the beautiful stone is the unity of content and form. The aesthetic standard of strange stones lies in the perfect combination of form and spirit.

In short, the appreciation of strange stones should be based on the imagination of stone shape, stone quality, stone color and stone pattern, from reality to emptiness, from simplicity to essence, from complexity to simplicity, from sharp to spirit, from meaning to rhyme, from strangeness to mystery, and gradually sublimate, so as to be appreciated by the whole family and friends. A strange stone even needs years of observation to truly appreciate its artistic conception.