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Emperor Yu
Stone Stone
shi
Like mountains and rocks, the stone is a symbol of longevity. Pictures given as
presents to older people often have stones in them. A picture showing a stone or rock
jutting up out of the sea is usually a representation of the paradise in the Eastern Ocean
( islands), of which a poet wrote: ‘Life like the Mountain of the South and good
fortune like the Ocean of the East.’ The ‘Birthday of the Stone’ (shi) is on the tenth (shi)
