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Top left and right; Grape agate
stones. Alxa is the only place in
the world where grape agate
has been discovered.
Middle left; House-shaped
Dahua stone
Middle right; Display with
calligraphy
Bottom left; Fruit-shaped stone

yellow autumn color. Single, huge stones on table-like
stands are arranged along the wall but also in groups
in the middle of the hall. Around the central hall are
other interconnected halls, which provide more ex-
hibition space where this year’s stone exhibition of
several hundred stones was established.
Alashan Zuoqi Viewing Stone Association has a
friendly co-operation with the Taiwanese Hualien
County Cultural Affairs Bureau. Therefore delegations
of both organizations attend mutually stone exhibi-
The huge complex of the new museum of about tions once a year. The influence of Taiwan was clearly
34,000 square meters resembles a Chinese palace in visible in the manner of stone display. The row of big-
a mixture traditional and modern architectural style ger stones was separated from each other in a kind
with a domed building in the middle. From the en- of niche. Beautiful wooden lattice panels divided the
trance hall one gets into the central circular hall under niches from each other. Other big stones were just
the dome-shaped roof. It is finished with fine marble placed on table-high stands and smaller ones in glass
and stone. This hall has an inside gallery. Along the showcases.
wall are hung huge paintings/photographs depicting Most stones on display were from Inner Mongolia
Mongolian landscape scenes, for example grassland, but also some from other Chinese provinces. Inner
deserts or lakes surrounded by poplar forest in bright Mongolia, especially Alxa region with Gobi desert

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