Dalian Jinshi Stone Appreciation Museum

Dalian Jinshi Stone Appreciation Museum

As one of the largest and most richly endowed stone appreciation museums in China, the Dalian Jinshi Stone Appreciation Museum displays over 200 types and more than 3,000 exquisite specimens. These collections (also known as "elegant stones") are admired either for their lifelike shapes and unique forms — classified as sculpture stones; some are valued for their delicate and vivid patterns and exquisite compositions — classified as texture stones; others captivate with their colorful hues and dazzling tones — classified as color stones; and then there are the fossils that evoke a sense of ancient wonder...

At the museum, you can listen to the five tones and seven rhythms of Lingbi stones, admire the nobility and elegance of Peony stones, appreciate the blossoming beauty of Chrysanthemum stones, and witness the magic of the “world’s number one stone” — the cracked stones — the brilliance of multicolored stones, the translucency of literary stones, the smoothness of Yellow River stones, the ruggedness of Gobi stones, the clarity of crystals, and the mysteries of fossils... Each stone specimen carries a history spanning tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years, serving as a vivid record for people to explore nature.