(Baonghean.vn)- Based on feng shui theory, on the preferences and beliefs of each player, on that basis, stone craftsmen create many different shapes to bring luck to the user...
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| Having been in the stone carving profession for nearly 20 years, Mr. Luong Van Viet (left of the photo), Ban Cang hamlet, Chau Dinh commune, Quy Hop, said: Quy Hop is an ancient land with quite special soil. Therefore, in the process of exploring the natural resources, people discovered beautiful and precious stones (mostly in Chau Thanh commune) and then brought them home to display. Over time, when spiritual needs, also the feng shui stone playing movement, flourished, stones in Quy Hop area became known everywhere and stone carving, especially feng shui stones, became a profession. |
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| The stones used to make feng shui items are mainly sapphire and quartz. These are two types of stones with high hardness (second only to diamond and ruby). |
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| To create a feng shui stone work, the first step is to use water to wash away the dust and dirt. At this time, the stone block is cleaned and reveals the stone veins that the craftsman believes "have sensed the moving waves from inside the stone grain" to create shapes during the cutting and carving process. |
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| The shaping stage is extremely important, requiring talent, meticulousness and dexterity. To prevent the “soul of the stone” from becoming monotonous, the craftsman painstakingly crafts the stone into many rich and eye-catching shapes, and the important thing is the ideas from those shapes. |
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| To make the stone "watery" requires the craftsman to be very meticulous in the polishing process to bring out the veins and the sapphire shine... |
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| In addition to the craftsman's ideas, based on feng shui theory, on the preferences and concepts of each player, on that basis, the stone craftsman creates many different shapes, however the color of the stone is 100% natural (In the photo is jade green cosmos). |
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| Sometimes there are rocks with mysterious shapes, both shiny and angular, which according to feng shui theory are used to attract spiritual energy and ward off evil spirits... |
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| Also from inanimate stones, through the hands of craftsmen, they are also made into the shape of sacred animals such as: kylin, unicorn, turtle, carp and fruits. (In the photo is a feng shui stone shaped like a carp). |
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| However, while playing with feng shui stones, many people do not like to polish them much, but rather focus on the original beauty of the stone (In the picture is a block of natural quartz stone, a type of stone mined mainly in Quy Chau, Que Phong). |
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| And here is the original cosmos stone |
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According to Mr. Luong Van Viet, in addition to being meticulous and meticulous in crafting feng shui stones, the craftsman must understand feng shui, only then will the work be truly perfect, because "all the ideas for creating them come from the concept that the stone will bring luck to the user". That is also why the value of a feng shui stone work often depends a lot on both the buyer and the seller, according to the saying of those in the profession, it also depends on "fate"...
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Dang Nguyen
