Shoushan stone carvings

Shoushan (simplified Chinese: 寿山ことぶきやま石せき; traditional Chinese: 壽山ことぶきやま石せき; pinyin: Shòushān Shí) stone carving is an art originating in Fujian Province (Chinese: 福建ふっけん省しょう; pinyin: Fújiàn Shěng) in East China.

The stones used in carving are also known as agalmatolite and are mined in the Shoushan village in northern Fujian. Use of the stone for carving can be traced back as far as the Southern dynasties and have long been used to produce handicrafts and later on in the Ming dynasty, seals.

See also

• Shou (character), meaning longevity

External links

• A Mineralogical and Petrographical Study of Shoushan Stone (Agalmatolite)