大理岩（英文：Marble）原指产于云南省大理的白色带有黑色花纹的石灰岩，剖面可以形成一幅天然的水墨山水画，古代常选取具有成型的花纹的大理石用来制作画屏或镶嵌画。
后来大理石这个名称逐渐发展成称呼一切有各种颜色花纹的，用来做建筑装饰材料的石灰岩。白色大理石一般称为汉白玉，但对翻译西方制作雕像的白色大理石也称为大理石。关于大理石的名称，有一种说法——以前我国大理的大理石质量最好。故得名。
Shanghai Rail Transit Line No. 8 belongs to the north-south trend and is one of the rail transit lines to the 2010 World Expo site. Line 10 is the first unmanned rail transit line in China. The first phase runs from Xinjiangwancheng Station to Hongqiao Railway Station. The east of Longxi Road Station and the branch line pass through Xintiandi, Yuyuan Old Town, Nanjing Road, Shanghai central area of Huaihai Road, Sichuan Road, Wujiaochang deputy city center, it is called "Platinum line."
