Suseok(su - living & spirit, seok - stone)
is most valued gem in existence to many Koreans.
Suseok, literally old and aged stones,
is a rock that carries the essence of nature within it's form.
It may be merely a piece of pebble, but it wears the
smile(means making us happy, but you're able to take a look the real smile of
suseok the only case in the world as you see this page),
voice,art and thinking of Nature.
Qishi (qi -strange, shi- stone) is the Chinese art of natural stone displays. Before the 20th century, used for both garden and studio rocks.
Suiseki (sui - water, seki - stone) is the Japanese art of displaying natural stones, usually in a suiban (ceramic container), doban (bronze container) or on a stand made of ¡®noble wood¡¯. They can be classified by one or a combination of the following: shape, texture, color, surface patterns, or place of origin.
Difference of áøà´ and â©à´
The áøà´ emphasizes the element which is a internal of the stone, the stone is living is meaning. Natural this during old time it is a language of spirit meaning which it creates.
The â©à´ as meaning which emphasizes an external of the stone, reduces ߣâ©ÌØà´(scenery stone) and it is a language which it uses. The second base we it talks the position natural scene with the water and the stone.