Taishan stone is produced in the streams and valleys around the Taishan Mountains. Its texture is hard, and its tone is calm, dignified and thick. It mostly appears in the form of permeable and semi-permeable textures. Its beautiful and changeable textures are also known as Famous for its weathered appearance over time, Taishan Stone is famous at home and abroad for its simple, vigorous and solemn style. In addition, there are folk legends that Taishan Stone can ward off evil spirits and stabilize houses. It means that it is as stable as Mount Tai, and the stone will move. In recent years, It has become a popular Feng Shui stone.
The stone quality of Taishan Stone is the metamorphic rock of Taishan Group, mainly plagioclase gneiss, biotite hornblende plagioclase gneiss, etc. Many of its textures are late-stage light-colored mineral plagioclase. Stone, potassium feldspar, quartz, etc. are filled in irregular rock cracks and crystallized, forming various network-like, branch-like, strip-like, agglomerate-like veins. During the changes in the earth's crust, these metamorphic rocks were gradually exposed on the surface. After long-term natural weathering, they formed blocks of varying sizes. They collapsed and rolled into valleys and rivers, and were washed by running water and polished by sand and gravel. Most of the best Taishan stones come from water-driven stones.
The record of Taishan Stone has a long history. Cao Zhi's "Drive Chapter" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was full of praise for Taishan Stone: "It is more divine than Mount Tai, and the five mountains are named after it. There is a gushing spring on it, and the jade is blooming." "Taishan stone has a fine structure, hard texture, and is subangular, round or irregular ovoid. Due to the mixture of some mountain rocks, the surface is mostly rough, but it gives people a more rough and solemn feeling. Stone surfaces of gray-black, gray-green, indigo and other colors are intertwined with various white textures, often forming beautiful or realistic or hazy patterns of characters, scenery, text, etc. These pictures, mainly in black and white tones, are noble and elegant, and can give people a sense of calmness, dignity and richness.
Taishan stone is a kind of Feng Shui stone, which has special meanings of good luck, wealth and longevity, and can protect the house and deter evil spirits. In ancient my country, there is a custom of suppressing disasters that has been passed down to this day, which is to erect a stone with the words "Taishan Stone Gandang" engraved on it. It is said that "Taishan Stone Gandang" has the following words: "Stone Gandang can suppress hundreds of ghosts, suppress disasters, and bring blessings to officials. The people are prosperous, the customs are prosperous, and the rituals and music are flourishing." Therefore, "Taishan Stone Gandang" is respected as "the treasure of the house".