The main production areas of jadeite in Myanmar are Menggong, Mengyang, Hpakant and other areas only 200 kilometers away from Tengchong.

Jadeite is the best of jade, and it is the embodiment of good luck. Tengchong people discovered jadeite, the first jadeite processing trade, and became a jewelry and jade distribution center in Southeast Asia, creating Tengchong's commercial prosperity.

Tengchong is known as the "hometown of jade" and "jade city", and is the largest jade and jade distribution center in southwest China.

Jadeite was introduced to China during the Han Dynasty, when jade was traded as a tribute rather than as a commodity in general.

These rare "green stones" made those princes and nobles in China regard them as exotic treasures, and they competed to wear decorations, becoming fashionable, and even distinguished their official ranks with jade pendants.

On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, before Tengchong was occupied by the Japanese army, it was very prosperous here, and the small moon city in the city was a place where jade and jewelry merchants gathered, there were hundreds of shops, and all kinds of jade and jade carvings were dazzling, and it was called "Baibao Street".

Tengchong people have used jade to pave the laneway, inlaid the corridor and guest hall, there is a "amber archway jade bridge" said.

From the 21st to the 31st year of the Republic of China (1932~1942), due to the invasion of China by the island countries, the jadeite processing industry quickly declined. On the eve of the fall of Tengchong, the number of jade carving workshops was reduced to 40.

When it was rebuilt after the war in 1944, the craters outside the city were the best places to dump jade scraps.

A lot of valuable scraps were buried in the ground. Many of these former scraps are priceless jadeite roughs.

Since the 50s of the 20th century, in the streets and alleys of Tengchong, all the construction will dig out the jade rough stones and jade pieces of various historical periods, which can really be described as "digging a foot to get jade", which confirms the grand occasion of Tengchong as a jade distribution center in history.

There are also veterans of the "World War II" island countries, after the opening of the 80s, they took the map and walked around the city, sometimes pushing the door to ask to "visit" the residents' old houses and courtyards. Often when the family gets up the next day, they find that a hole has been dug in the wall of the courtyard, and some jade buried by the invading occupation forces during the war has "flown away".

Seeing this, Yoyo secretly thought to himself, this time with this girl, the little devil of the island country will never think about making his dream come true again. For this reason, Youyou deliberately paid attention to the report on this aspect, and marked the address of the Japanese army's hiding goods on the map of Tengchong's urban area.

In 1950, southwest Yunnan was liberated. Border trade is restricted. The import and export trade was unified under the central government, and jade jewelry was dubbed "a luxury of the decadent life of the bourgeoisie" and the import stopped. The "Jade Road" was finally out of stock. Unable to find a way out, most of the jade craftsmen and merchants changed careers.

After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, China implemented the policy of reform and opening up, which brought vitality to Tengchong and the whole of China's jewelry and jadeite. In 1981, the border trade was resumed, and the Tengchong people were able to import jade from Myanmar again, and the border trade between China and Myanmar was also active.

Especially after 1985, there were more than 200 jadeite businesses in Tengchong County, forming factories in the streets and streets, and every family made jade. There are as many as 1,000 people who come to Tengchong to buy jade every day.

The Tengchong government has built Tengyue Emerald City, Jewelry City, Wenxing Pedestrian Street, Yiyuan Emerald Professional Market, and Lotus Township Jade Processing Professional Village.

In order to rebuild the integrity of the brand, the government put forward the regulations of paying 100 for 100 fake to maintain the overall image of Tengchong jade.

"Gambling stone culture" has also been hyped up, many places are engaged in "gambling stone conference", "gambling stone cultural festival", as well as "Xiangyu competition", the winner won the title of "Xiangyu master".

Sensational advertisements were everywhere, such as: "Gambling stones, gambling guts, gambling letters"; One knife is poor, one knife is rich, between green and white. A burst of cold, a burst of heat, who knows my heart. ”

The almost crazy gambling stone has stirred up the dream of many Chinese people to make a fortune. "Some people buy, some people sell, and there are crazy people who wait. This smooth portrayal is really to the point.

Tengchong has established a reputation of "Tengyue jadeite without fakes" in the continuous jadeite processing trade for hundreds of years.

Tengchong jade wins by quality and has become the "last pure land" in the jade industry. The price of any jade with a Tengyue jade certificate is one-third higher than that of similar products.

Tengchong jade is made of Burmese jade (i.e. jadeite) as raw materials, with a wide variety, exquisite craftsmanship, delicate texture, and good shapes and colors.

There are hundreds of varieties of bracelets, pins, hairpins, Guanyin, Buddha statues, earrings, chicken hearts, large flowers, small flowers, elephant squats, animal squats, rings, etc.

Grandma and her party went directly to the Tengchong County Party Committee Guest House and checked in with a letter of introduction from Zhenyu Company. Uncle Aimin changed into civilian clothes when he came, and several of them became employees of the company in their temporary status.

In this era, there was no ID card, and everything was based on the certificate on the letter of introduction, which was much more convenient than in later generations.

Although it has reached the end of November of the lunar calendar, the high temperature in Tengchong is close to 30 degrees, and all the clothes prepared by Yoyo are silk and linen, luxurious and low-key.

No matter what era it is, you can't get rid of the custom of respecting people after respecting people. Yoyo and their group, tall and good-tempered, elegantly dressed, no matter where they go, they are respected.

Most of the Tengchong guest houses are four-person rooms, and there are very few double rooms and single rooms, but seeing the documents and clothes of the grandmother and their group, the guest house gave them the only suite and arranged a double room.

Grandma, aunt and Yoyo lived in a suite of rooms, Aiguo and Aimin lived in double rooms, and the reception staff of the guest house personally sent them to the room.

The next day, the group went shopping after breakfast. It is worthy of being called the hometown of jade, and jade stores abound on both sides of the street, both state-run and collective. According to the local people, all of them are public stores.

The most striking thing is the store of the Tengchong Arts and Crafts Factory located in the central area. Among all the jade stores, the area is the largest, the floor is the highest, and it is particularly eye-catching.

All the stores are dominated by jade and jade carvings, and jewelry and hanging are only a small part of them.

Each jade carving has a special counter with special lighting, which is beautiful and unforgettable.

While the other stores are crowded, the jade store is quite deserted and there are few customers. Yoyo is obviously different from the locals, they are rich people who look at their clothes, so they are popular everywhere they go.

The salesman enthusiastically recommended the jade carving works to them, and explained the situation and meaning of each work in detail, and the group was fascinated by what they saw and listened to. Their explanations are richer and more vivid than the knowledge that Youyou has mastered in the brain, so that she has a more detailed understanding of Tengchong jade carving.