What is Suseok?
[[File:Homage rock 1885.jpeg|thumb|right|Korean artwork shows scholar paying homage to a special stone -- painting with calligraphy by Hô Ryôn, 1885]] '''Suseok''' (수석) is the [[Korea]]n term for small naturally occurring or shaped [[rock (geology)|rocks]] which are traditionally valued. They are similar to [[Chinese scholar's rocks]]. ''Suseok'' can be any color. There are a wide variety of sizes. ''Suseok'' can weigh hundreds of pounds or less than one pound. The term also means stones which are placed in traditional Korean gardens. ==History== Chinese scholar's rocks influenced the development of ''suseok'' in Korea.<ref>Brokaw, Charles. (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=T51TNiU9460C&pg=PA73&dq= ''The Temple Mount Code,'' p. 73].</ref> ==Evaluation== The [[wikt:evaluation|evaluation]] of ''suseok'' recognizes color, shape, markings and surface. == Related pages == * [[Suiseki]] * [[Bonsai]] * [[Penjing]] * [[Standing stone]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190725120012/http://www.koreanviewingstones.com/ Suseok at KoreanViewingStones.com] via [[Internet Archive]] * [http://www.bucheon.go.kr/site/homepage/menu/viewMenu?menuid=002003002003 Bucheon Museum of Suseok at Bucheon.go.kr] [[Category:Korean culture]]