Paper-weight,Yangshuo Paper-weight
In the old days, the literator used to put the bronze and jade on their desk to appreciate. Because of the weight, they began to use them to press the pappers and books. Day after day, this bronze and jade became one of the treasures of the study, this is the papper-weight. ( The four treasures of the study in china are writing brush, ink stick, ink slab, paper ).
As one of the ancient counties, Yangshuo is abundant in papper-weights. Most of them are made of the marbles, carved with kinds of sayings and mottos, animals and flowers. The appearances look like very elegant and beautiful. Some of them are made of rosewood and ebony, with exquisiter design and higher technic, these are more elegant and beautiful so that most of them are collected by people.