During the Ming and Qing dynasties, strange stones were searched and played to the extent of breaking mountains, cutting stones and fishing. In particular, many old stones left by the previous generation attracted the attention of collectors and spared no expense to buy them. At that time, Jiangnan was the most prosperous area, where gentry and literati lived in seclusion, and it was also the origin of strange stones such as Taihu Stone, so many excellent products gathered here. Li Yu, a dramatist in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, once praised three strange stones as the outstanding ones according to the three-character concept of "those who say the beauty of rocks are transparent, leaky and thin". From the history of these three famous stones, we can also get a glimpse of the whole picture of finding strange stones at that time.

The first of the three famous stones is Ruiyunfeng, the stone peak of Taihu Lake in Suzhou (now Suzhou No.10 Middle School), which was once rated as one of the "Four Wonders of Suzhou City" by Li Genyuan, a veteran of the Republic of China. The peak is more than 5 meters high and 3 meters wide. It is like a giant palm, embedded in the air exquisitely, layered, such as clouds surging. It is said that there are more than 70 small holes, which are very leaky, transparent and wrinkled. It is a typical example of "transparency" and has the reputation of "a clever nail in the study of the world" (Yuan Hongdao in Ming Dynasty). This mountain peak is the relic of "Flower Stone Hill" in Song Huizong. Formerly known as "Xiao Xie Ancient", it was unearthed in the West Hill of Dongting Lake in Suzhou, but was abandoned in the wilderness because it could not be transported to the north for some reason. The early Ming Dynasty was given by powerful people in the county. After several twists and turns, it was bought by Dong Shi, the rich man of Wucheng during Jiajing period. Soon, Dong Shi married the young lady Xu Taishi of Taibu Temple. The Xu family liked this stone so much that Dong Shi gave it to him as a dowry. It was shipped to Suzhou Xu Private House East Park and renamed Ruiyunfeng. Later, it was the forty-fourth year of Qing Qianlong (1779).

Another stone peak in Taihu Lake, located in Shanghai Yuyuan Garden, is more than 3 meters high, towering and standing, with many holes, and has a unique beauty of leakage, which is a typical example of "leakage". This peak is also said to be a relic of flower stones. "There are so many caves on this mountain that only other famous stones of the same kind can see them. It is said that a furnace of incense will be burned in the hole below, and smoke will be emitted from the hole above. Pour a pot of water into the hole above, and the hole below will be splashed out. There is another story in the history of this stone. During the period of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty, it belonged to the Chu Yu of Taibu Temple and was placed in the South Garden of Sanlintang in Pudong. Yu's daughter married Pan Yunduan's younger brother, the owner of Yuyuan Garden. Childless, Pan crossed the Huangpu River to marry Yu Garden after his death. When transported into the county seat, Pan ordered the city to be broken, and later this broken city became a small south gate. This shows that the squire at that time was very arrogant. This peak still exists today.

Another famous stone is the "Crepe Cloud Peak" in Shi Ying, which is produced in Yingde, Guangdong, with a peak as high as 2.6 meters (a rare high stone peak in Shi Ying). Because of its blue-black, fine wrinkles, "standing like a cloud, its lines are more shaking than waves", which is a typical example of "thinness". The origin of this stone is unusual. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Guangdong youth Wu wandered to Haining, Zhejiang. When he was down and out, he was treated and funded by the local Xiaolian Tea Emperor, and then returned to his hometown to join the army and became the magistrate of Guangdong. Wu's special benefactor found Guangdong and saw this stone peak in his office. He was very surprised. He fiddled with it and wrote the word "crepe cloud" on it. When Wu saw that Cha liked this stone, he secretly moved it all the way to Haining's home. When Cha Huan Yi returned to Haining Baike Garden, it was already standing in the garden. After Cha Yihuang's death, this stone changed hands several times and belonged to Marvin of Haining during Jiaqing period. Ma once wrote the article "Crepe Marble" and was welcomed to Fuyan Temple in Yuxi Town, Shimen during the Daoguang period. Painters Dai and Pu both have inscriptions. On 1963, it was moved to Hangzhou nursery for supply.