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The next morning, we travelled by bus to the Yingde This page; Yingde Stone
Stone Garden and Galleries outside the city. Here, we Garden and Galleries outside
enjoyed a large outdoor exhibit of hundreds of large Yingde city where the group
Ying stones. A walk along a circular path took us to enjoyed a large outdoor
exhibit of hundreds of large
a huge building still under renovation. This facil- Ying stones.
ity houses the owner’s extensive collection of indoor
viewing stones. A walk back to the entrance provid-
ed us with the opportunity to shop in several well-
stocked stone galleries. Sadly, the beautiful large Ying
stones are too heavy and too fragile to buy and try to
take back to our respective countries. However, small-
er stones proved to be irresistible. The owner of the
Yingde Stone Garden provided lunch for our group.
During lunch, he was showing us one of his prized
Qing Dynasty Ying stones in his personal collection.
After lunch, we travelled by bus back to Guangzhou
in time to prepare for the closing banquet. This was
the time to give out our BCI awards and to begin the
process of saying farewell to so many friends that had
travel far to come to our convention. It is always pleas-
ant to see old bonsai and stone friends and to meet
new ones. Another great BCI convention and exhibi-
tion came to a close.

Ying stones. This stop did not disappoint us. We saw
many very nice small- to medium-size Ying stones.
One shop specialized in smaller Ying stones, some
only 2 to 5 cm (about 1 to 2 inches) high. A set of
these tiny stones was displayed at the convention site
in Guangzhou. These miniature stones attracted con-
siderable attention.
After visiting several shops and having lunch, host-
ed by the mayor of Zhenyang, we boarded our bus and
departed for a short trip to the Zhenyangfang Tour-
ist Wharf where we took a large ship for a pleasant
scenic cruise of the Zhenyang Gorge. This gave us an
opportunity to rest while observing large limestone
rock formations that yields the famous Ying stones.
Then, we proceeded to the Ren Xin Hotel in Yingde
City for the evening.

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