Harvard University’s new Shanghai Center in Pudong, Shanghai gains Scholar Stone from Kemin Hu Collection to welcome visitors to its new education center:
Category: Displaying Scholars’ Rocks
Garden Scholars’ Rocks in Your Gardens
These photos are from you, our customers! The first Garden Rock is from Los Angeles. The middle Garden Rock is from Austria (the first Garden Rock in Austria). The third Garden Rock is from New Jersey. They look absolutely beautiful! Submit your Scholars’ Rock photos.
Displaying Scholars’ Rocks
A Chinese saying has it that, “A garden without scholars’ rocks cannot be beautiful, and a room without a scholars’ rock lacks elegance.” To make the studio, or any creative or meditative space, elegant and “shine,” to quote the famous Song calligrapher Mi Fu (1051-1107), a scholars’ rock appropriately displayed is an essential decorative element. As a general rule, scholars’ rocks can be displayed in the same manner as other sculptural pieces. However, an important additional consideration stems from the fact that scholars’ rocks are a natural art form, intimately connected with the formation of the earth and thus a witness to all history. As such, a scholars rock brings a spiritual dimension to its environment and this dimension should be allowed to be readily appreciated, even enhanced…
Here’re a few pictures and we encourage you to submit pictures of your scholars’ rock in your home or office to share!
