"President Du, look at how much silver my strange stone can be worth. ”

When President Du spoke about his stone, Kowloon wasted no time in asking, and then he flipped the multi-angle picture of the agate from his phone to President Du.

"It's rare! But it's hard to say how much it's worth. ”

President Du only replied simply, Jiulong's heart was half cold, he was unwilling, and told President Du that the crazy brother's appraisal price is 10 million, please ask if it is worth it.

President Du pointed to it and said: "Let's not talk about how much this stone is worth, but first recognize the essence of a phenomenon.

"In the ornamental stone market, when the rarity and uneven geographical distribution of strange stones gave rise to people's demand for exchange of strange stones, people realized that strange stones can replace money and can circulate in the market.

"This is supposed to be a good thing, because it can concretize the value of the stone, so that the stone can also become an industry and progress, so that collectors can get more and better artworks. But when people are infinitely chasing the collection of strange stones as a means of profit, things go to the opposite side.

As a result, counterfeiting and speculation emerge in an endless stream, which seriously affects the healthy development of the ornamental stone market. ”

Regarding the hype of stones, Chairman Du believes that it should be moderate, and he gave a typical case of the speculation of strange stones "years".

This stone once caused strong repercussions at home and abroad, and once led to a sharp rise in the price of China's strange stones, especially Gobi stone.

In 2001, four authoritative experts, including Yang Yuan, former vice president of the Palace Museum, appraised the "years" and issued an appraisal certificate, valuing the "years" at 96 million yuan.

Some Korean stone collectors even joked that the strange stones in Korea are not as valuable as "years".

The discovery process of this stone alone has several "legendary" versions on the market.

But in fact, many of these stories become part of the value hype.

Even Zhao Yun, a collector of this stone named "Years", said: "Many strange stones are speculated to sky-high prices, which is actually a manifestation of non-standard markets, indicating that the ornamental stone market is not yet mature. ”

The "sky-high" odd stones are also indicative of the chaos in the market.

Chairman Du believes that in terms of the value of artworks, many stones are difficult to measure in terms of money. In recent years, the price of ornamental stones has skyrocketed, largely due to the excessive speculation of funds.

Of course, from a good point of view, this also shows that funds are bullish on this market.

He believes that according to the current situation of domestic stone appreciation culture and the dynamics of the collection group, in the coming period, the price of strange stones will continue to rise, and there will continue to be "sky-high" strange stones, which is unavoidable.

In a sense, the phenomenon of "sky-high prices" can promote the cultivation of high-quality awareness, improve the quality of collections, and guide the direction of investment.

"China's strange stone market can be said to have started not long ago, has attracted the attention of Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries collectors, so the prospect of strange stone collection investment is still very good, ornamental stone market is still expected, your agate heart, as long as it is legitimate speculation, should not be cheap. ”

After talking so much, President Du finally turned around the topic and finally gave Kowloon an acceptable answer.

"President Du, where can I buy good stones in Alxa?"

Kowloon was very envious of President Du, and this house was full of good stones, so he no longer asked him about his agate heart.

As the chairman of the Inner Mongolia Alxa League Gem and Jade Company and the vice president of the China Stone Association, this problem is naturally difficult for him, he said: "The ornamental stone trade is divided into three stages: the primary market, where the stones flow out of the herdsmen and stone pickers, the secondary market, which enters the stone museum, and the tertiary market, where exhibitions, exhibitions, and auctions are finally transferred to the hands of collectors, and you can obtain them from these markets." ”

President Du continued: "Chinese ornamental stones have always been a branch of mainstream culture, and the spiritual enjoyment brought by the love of ornamental stones is incomparable, and at the same time, becoming an ornamental stone lover will also change the trajectory of a person's life.

"I don't have a clear goal yet, now it's a part-time game of stones, value preservation and appreciation, and collecting fine products is my goal at this stage, does President Du pay attention to collecting?"

Kowloon asked rhetorically.

"The formation of my view of playing with stones is also a process, each stage is different, and now I pay more attention to appreciating the Zen of stones in addition to appreciating the nobility of stones. ”

President Du quoted scriptures and told the story eloquently.

The ancestors once said: "The mountain is strong and strong, the water is clear and stone, the garden is beautiful and beautiful, the valley is stone and secluded, the cave is strange and strange, the house is elegant and elegant, and the people are happy with stone."

What is the wonder of stones, they have done such extraordinary work on heaven, earth and earth!

The mountain stone is thick and unmoving, and people have reverence for the stone at first, and even deify the landscape.

However, with the abundance of materials and the development of knowledge, I gradually realized the beauty of the landscape from the calm attitude of contemplation and self-satisfaction.

The Book of Songs has verses that describe the magnificent mountains and rivers, while the Ci of Chu brews and expresses personal feelings in the natural mountains and rivers.

Zong Bing of the Southern Dynasty said in the "Preface to Painting Landscapes" that the reason why people are attached to the mountains and forests is that due to the limitations of many objective conditions, people can not wander between the mountains and rivers all day long, so "three inches of vertical painting, when the height of a thousand feet; a few feet of horizontal ink, a hundred miles of the body", the mountains and mountains are included in the painting one by one, shrinking the dragon into inches, and borrowing the scenery of "one hundred thousand punches, a thousand miles and a moment" to convey the thoughts of the rivers and lakes, the meaning of the forest and springs, and open the source of the stone appreciation culture for future generations.

For the literati, appreciating stones is the way to realize Zen and cultivate nature and taste life.

The ancients said: Those who appreciate stones enter the Tao with a Zen heart.

People who can have this kind of understanding often disagree with the view of "noble form and cheap god" and "noble eye and cheap heart", and they pay attention to the feelings of the soul.

Lin Youlin said: "Dharma books, famous paintings, gold and stones, and Ding Yi are all enough to make people vulgar, and stones are especially close to Zen."

The so-called "stone has a sharp edge, fist stone can accept the five mountains", five mountains one punch, one punch stone play, Zen interpretation stone, stone show Zen.

As for today's people, playing with stones is the cultivation of a good attitude, not self-promotion.

The naturalness, steadfastness, nobility, solitude, calmness, and permanence of the stone are similar to those of an excellent personality.

Affection for the stone, inspirational with the stone, self-cultivation with the stone, enlightenment with the stone, the stone is a good friend in this life.

Life is a lot of suffering, and the stone can clear the heart.

The French writer Balzac said: "Setbacks are like a stone, a stumbling block for the weak that keeps you back, and a stepping stone for the strong to make you stand taller (https:)

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