A brief history of granite mining

Granite is widely distributed on the earth's surface and is one of the first natural rocks discovered and utilized by humans. There are many relics of ancient development and utilization of granite in the world, such as pyramids built by ancient Egyptians more than 4,000 years ago, temples of ancient Greece, temples of ancient India, and the Colosseum of ancient Rome.

The development and utilization of granite by the Chinese nation of granite can be traced back to the Neolithic Age about 10,000 years ago. At the site of the Huaikou Goosekou stoneware production site in Shanxi Province, there are relics indicating that people have been mining bare granite on the valley slope. Porphyry, tuff) to make stone tools. There are also such discoveries in Xiqiao Mountain, Nanhai, Guangdong. The analysis of the wooden megalithic shed in Haicheng, Liaoning Province is an example of the use of granite in the late Neolithic period. Xi'an Beilin has a granite stone carving horse in 424 BC. The Qin and Han Great Walls in Chifeng, used a lot of axe. In the tombs of the Han Dynasty, the statues of the caves of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the tombs of the tombs of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the remains of ancient granites can be seen. The development and utilization of granite in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) is very common. For example, the 48-meter high tower of Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, Fujian Province is completely constructed of granite. There are 50 stone bridges built in the Song Dynasty in Quanzhou, all of which are based on local granite. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, stone has become an indispensable building material in palaces, tombs, bridges, gardens, and palaces.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the mining and processing of granite has been rapidly developed, and the application fields have been expanding. Many major buildings use granite in large quantities. For example, the “People's Heroes Monument” in Beijing is as high as 37.94m, and only the stone is as heavy as 120t. Granites in Qingdao, Shandong Province; Granites in Nanjing Yuhuatai; giant stone carvings of granite in the Yellow River; Lanzhou's new hotels, restaurants, offices, banks, shopping malls, etc. The fashion has gradually become more fashionable, and the large-scale public buildings have been decorated more beautifully. The current consumption of granite decorative panels in the country is more than 500 times that of 10 years ago.

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