That is a team who people often go to pick up suiseki in the bank of river, they are excited once they got an exquisite suiseki by themselves.
“Hard and happy in suiseki finding, joy and interest in suiseki appreciation, interesting and strange in suiseki collection”, this is their feeling to suiseki. As they said, “The luck between people and suiseki, people fell in love with suiseki, suiseki as loving, since suiseki that they gather together. Time: March 22, 6:30 am, they have held the first meeting, the reporter recorded all things.
At 6:30 am
Selling suiseki
They would rather throw out clothes than throw out suiseki.
In the early morning of the weekend, it is very excited in the early morning market, many of people take out their stones that picked up from river and put these stones on the ground to wait the buyer. The seller Mr. Zhu said, five years ago, he wanted to construct a pond in near his home, then he went to the river and picked up stone, someone told him it is nothing to him, meaning to ordinary stone, so suggested to pick up pattern or shape stone, the seller looked up those beautiful stones which someone picked up with the patterns of like bridge or flow waters, they are funny, since he has been picking suiseki for 5 years.
“Communication is able to improve the skill on pick up stone”, said Mr.Zhu, he thought one extra benefit that selling stone will get knowledge. It will be economic gain and improve knowledge in suiseki appreciation.
Everybody bought some stones, Mr.Zhao bought suiseki over 50kg and took a porter to help him carrying heavy suiseki. Just after 8 am, Mr.Zhu has sold his stones over half.
Mr. Xiong who is the organizer of this activity and is also vice-president of Yangtze River Viewing Stone International Intercourse Institute, he said, “It is common when people pick up stone along the bank of river and take 20 kilometers in one day. The member of Yangtze River Viewing Stone International Intercourse Institute Ms. Luoyan jokingly said “Fall along high quality stones, if don’t hold, she would rather throw out clothes than throw out suiseki”.
At 9:10
Suiseki appreciation
A couple love stone
Buying suiseki activity was over, they took No.602 bus to the home of a collector who Mr. Wu is a famous viewing stone collector in Chongqing, and the member of Yangtze River Viewing Stone International Intercourse Institute. In Mr. Wu’s home, the most of space are cabinets and windows, showing his suisekis on collected for 20 years, a king of stone, some of them as masterpiece in the world.
Mr. Wu makes a group together to watch suiseki film, he hold a pointer to explain how to appreciate a combination of suiseki. A lot of articles by CD were prepared for us about his ideas in suiseki appreciation. Mr. Wu said his life has two loves---both wife and suiseki.
At 15:50
Pick up suiseki
The bank of the river in the afternoon
After go Dutch lunch, everybody come the bank of Yangtze River in Meidiyacheng, Nanan district of Chongqing city, this is the last stop in today activity. They will pick up suiseki. Carried mineral water bottle is their common equipment, sprinkler is advanced equipment for them, the equipment is used wash mud and dirt that are attached the surface of stone.
Because it had not been raining, mud and dirt blocked out stones, valued stone is difficult to see, almost everybody got nothing. Mr.Xiong said “It’s rush hour that pick up stone after rain, both stone lover and walk man are opposite, walk man come the bank of river in fine day, but stone lover come here in it’s rain”. Someone say suddenly “who suiseki lovers are the most concerned about the weather forecast.” Everybody agreed. |
