青海是长江、黄河、澜沧江的发源地,群山耸立,江河纵横,大漠戈壁绵延,特殊复杂的地质地貌构成了奇异的地理景观,也蕴藏着丰富的奇石资源。然而,由于历史的、经济的、文化的诸多原因,奇石(观赏石)在青海一直“养在深闺人未识”。就是十多年前,绝大多数青海人尚不知奇石为何物,赏石为何事。随着海内外赏石热的兴起,青海的赏石之风日盛, Qinghai is the birthplace of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River. The towering mountains, the rivers, the stretches of the Gobi Desert, and the special complex geology and geomorphology constitute a singular geographical landscape and also contain rich rocks resources. However, due to historical, economic and cultural reasons, rocks (ornamental stones) in Qinghai have been “nurtured in purdah.” It is more than a decade ago, the vast majority of Qinghai people still do not know why stone, stone things for what. With the rise of blessing stone at home and abroad, Qinghai,