Marble (English: Marble) originally refers to the white limestone with black patterns produced in Dali, Yunnan Province. The section can form a natural ink Shan shui. In ancient times, marble with shaped patterns was often used to make screen or mosaic paintings.
Later on, the name marble gradually developed to refer to all kinds of colored and patterned limestone used as building decoration materials. White marble is generally called White Marble, but it is also called marble for the white marble used to make statues in the West. There is a saying about the name of marble - in the past, the quality of marble in Dali, China was the best. Therefore, it is named.