Ying Pob zeb yog ib hom pob zeb sedimentary cais raws li limestone, feem ntau quarried los ntawm roob toj roob hauv pes ntawm Yingde, nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm tus dej Bei hauv Guangdong xeev. Lub cheeb tsam muaj qhov zoo -tsim karst topography, qhov twg lub bedrock yog heev raug rau kev tawg thiab huab cua, ua rau rugged, convoluted formations. Tsis tas li ntawd, thaj chaw no muaj ntau lub hnub ci thiab dej nag, nrog rau qhov kub thiab txias hloov pauv; Cov xwm txheej no ua rau cov pob zeb ntsej muag tawg thiab tawg mus rau hauv cov hav hauv qab. Thaum raug rau cov teebmeem corrosive ntawm cov av acidic, cov pob zeb tau txais qhov txawv txav -hollowed- tawm thiab intricately perforated. Thaum lub ntuj xim ntawm Ying Pob zeb yog xim dawb, huab cua thiab muaj cov ntxhia tsis huv (xws li tooj liab thiab hlau) ua rau muaj ntau yam xim palette, suav nrog dub, xiav - grey, tsaus grey, thiab daj ntseg ntsuab. Dub thiab xiav-grey yog cov xim ntau tshaj plaws, nrog rau qhov sib sib zog nqus, ci dub-zoo li lacquer- yog qhov khoom kim tshaj plaws; cov pob zeb no feem ntau cuam tshuam nrog cov leeg ntawm cov calcite dawb.
Lub pob zeb yog tawv tsis tau nkig; siab -cov qauv zoo tso tawm lub suab nrov, lub nplhaib hlau thaum ntaus. Thaum qhov kev ntxhib los mos ntawm feem ntau Ying Pob zeb nyiam qhuav thiab ntxhib, cov uas muaj me ntsis moist, ci ntsa iab zoo yog suav tias muaj txiaj ntsig tshwj xeeb. Lub contours ntawm Ying Pob zeb yog qhov sib txawv heev, feem ntau featuring "peep- qhov" lossis "pob zeb ob lub qhov muag" uas qiv cov khoom ua kom zoo nkauj, zoo nkauj. Qhov saum npoo yog tus cwj pwm los ntawm qhov sib sib zog nqus, ntom ntom- ua rau nws yog qhov piv txwv tseem ceeb ntawm "wrinkled" zoo nkauj ntawm cov pob zeb ornamental. Cov txheej txheem saum npoo no tshwm sim nyob rau hauv ntau hom- xws li "qab zib residue," "honeycomb," "loj folds," thiab "zoo wrinkles"- tsim kom zoo nkauj uas yog ob qho tib si zoo thiab muaj ntau yam sib txawv. Feem ntau, muaj qhov sib txawv ntawm cov pob zeb pem hauv ntej thiab nraub qaum: pem hauv ntej nthuav tawm lub zog, undulating topography ntawm lub ncov thiab hollows, thaum lub nraub qaum tseem tiaj tus thiab tsis zoo.
