Chapter 396: Sanxingdui Civilization
"Hearing you say that, how do I feel that we have lost?" Nie Zhen asked with some confusion.
"It's not a loss, the current price of Shuhua jade in China is not high, as I said before, its actual value is underestimated by Yan zhòng, I think it won't be long before this thing will be very valuable, and it may even be higher than jade!" Zhang Tianyuan said while touching his chin.
In fact, if he could, he really wanted to buy the tree jade, but the problem was that the price was too high, and it was really not cost-effective.
"That's annoying. Nie Zhen reluctantly glanced at the tree jade in Fu Bao's hand and said.
"Let me tell you, the two most famous things in Myanmar, one is jadeite, and the other is tree jade!
The tree jade in Myanmar is mainly distributed in Mandalay Province, Sagaing Province and Magway Province, especially the Na Tui County and Ma Lan County in Mandalay Province unearthed the most tree jade and the best quality. Sagaing Province and Magway Province mainly unearthed 'dry materials', and Na Tuji County and Malan County mainly unearthed 'water materials', accounting for more than 90% of the total amount of 'water wool materials' unearthed in Shuhua Jade.
Natu and Malam are two districts in close proximity, about 150 kilometres south of Mandalay City. Natu County and Malan County are famous high temperature areas in Myanmar, with drought and little rain all year round, and the summer is extremely hot, and winter is the most refreshing season, just like stepping into the spring of Jiangnan. The peasants make a living by planting peanuts, cotton, sesame, watermelon, palm sugar, and other crops, and the staple food is rice. In order to fill their stomachs, there were bandits in groups for a while.
Mandalay's Pali language means 'City of Many Treasures', and in 2001 our people discovered the value of tree jade. The City of Treasures slowly opened its doors with the sound of 'Sesame Door Open'. Local villagers have picked up farm tools to dig treasures in the fields, and it has been going on for a few years. Digging the earth into a thousand holes, this posture is as shocking as China's small coal mines.
China's small coal mines are famous all over the world for their 'mining disasters'. However, in the past seven years, the Burmese people have dug the hole to less than 20 meters by hand, and it is said that only two people died in total for the purpose of picking trees and turning jade. In this regard, let us be impressed! The Burmese people adopted China's strategy of 'tunnel warfare' in the method of digging holes; they first used steel bars to penetrate the ground to explore jade, and after determining the suspected targets, they first used hoes, shovels, and iron drills to excavate shallow wells, and after digging into the tree, they excavated longitudinally and horizontally according to the shape of the tree. Later, it is digging deeper and deeper, and the horizontal roadway has been connected to each other, forming a hole in the hole, which is connected endlessly, and it is very spectacular. If the Japanese devils dare to invade Burma again, this will be the place of no return for the devils.
But even so, there is a very strict resource management problem!
The long dry season has brought convenience to digging holes, and the Burmese people piled up the excavated soil on the fields, and when there was news from the inside that "officials have come to check the situation of the illegal excavation of trees and jade", they hurriedly backfilled the soil to camouflage the scene. Usually government officials take a helicopter around the area first. I found out that the situation came over the next day. Bribing inspection officials in Myanmar is an open matter, and before the inspectors arrive at the site, the Burmese people's 'leaders' have long since gathered the 'incense money' and have not waited for the inspectors' butts to leave the site. The entrance to the site is already being excavated. For some cross-border tree jade, it is generally who digs the entrance of the field first, and there are disputes. The 'leaders' of the Burmese people coordinated the solution.
Almost every village in Natuji County has unearthed tree jade, and the villages with the most uneartheds are: Payaji, Dongmu, Debai, Ladaye, Demaikan, Jiepiao, Di Bingji, Jipiaogan, Weijimu and Dongdong Village in Malan County. The quality of the tree jade unearthed in each village is different. The tree jade unearthed by Pa Ya Ji, Dongmu and Debai has a good texture, just like the 'old pit glass species and ice species' in the jadeite. The tree jade unearthed in Dongdong and Ladaya villages is bright in color, green and colorful, brittle in texture, and easy to break. Now there are not many high-quality sites left, and more are banned by the Myanmar government.
Most of the Burmese people were busy using an 'iron gourd' to hang the jade on the ground, and the jade in the deep cave had to be lifted with two 'iron gourds', and after being concentrated, it was pulled to the village by ox carts and put in their own yards for sale. Ox carts are the main means of transportation in rural Myanmar, and the roads in rural Myanmar are very simple, almost all of them are potholes. When the Burmese government officials came to inspect it, they saw that the wood wool on the ground was confiscated, and they never pursued the wool that was pulled into the stockade. After the start of the short rainy season, the number of people digging trees and jade gradually decreased.
In recent years, while actively declaring cultural heritage to the United Nations, the Myanmar government has also repeatedly declared in the country that it cannot be excavated or exported, and has formulated many strict measures to prevent the illegal excavation and transportation of tree jade. However, driven by profits, the Burmese people ignored the government's laws and regulations, wantonly stole and smuggled tree jade, taking advantage of loopholes in state management, resulting in the dwindling storage resources of Burmese tree jade. Some experts worry that after three to five years, it may be difficult to find tree jade in Myanmar. Therefore, Myanmar is bound to adopt stricter laws to prohibit smuggling, and the supply of goods in the market will become increasingly scarce.
As long as there is a shortage of supply, then the price of the tree jade will inevitably rise, according to my inference, now collect that tree jade, there will definitely be no loss. ”
"Don't talk about it, if you say it again, I'll have to rob it. Nie Zhen rubbed his hands and said.
"You know that Fu Message, whatever he wants, he will definitely sell it to you cheaply. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.
"Honestly, I don't have much of an impression of that kid, but I know his uncle. If I ask him, he will definitely give it away for nothing, and then I can't tell you about it, so forget it. "Although Nie Zhen likes babies, if receiving things will cause trouble to the family, he will definitely not stretch out his hand lightly, not that he is high, but because it is really not cost-effective.
It's just hundreds of thousands of things, and for the one who ruined his home, this is a big loss.
In fact, in the antique market, if you are not a jade expert, then there are really not many people who know about Shuhua jade, and Jun Ruhai and Zhang Rusheng probably don't know. The reason why they would bid was because they really thought that thing was a high ancient jade of the Han Dynasty.
"You've figured it out. There may not be anything better than this tree jade in the future, don't be in vain. Zhang Tianyuan quipped: "I found out." That kid stammers you more than he thinks he does his own father. ”
"Okay brother, don't say it, you know my character, I never take it lightly and reach out to others to ask for things. Nie Zhen waved his hand.
"Damn, you're embarrassed! How many things did you ask me for?" Zhang Tianyuan didn't have a good breath.
"Hehe, you're different, you're my brother, you're different from outsiders. Nie Zhen grinned shamelessly, as if he had settled on Zhang Tianyuan.
"Yes. I'm not going to talk to you, if you don't, I'll find a chance to get my hands on that thing later. The corners of Zhang Tianyuan's mouth overflowed with a treacherous smile.
"Hey, don't get rid of the insulting thing, you are now a member of the Nie family. Nie Zhen said with a smile.
"you, of course I'm going to use proper means, anyway, the price of Shuhua jade is not high now, I'm going to tell sù the truth, I guess he will be eager to sell everything." And then how about you be a good person and buy it? I guess it's going to be a hundred thousand by then. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.
"That's a good idea, but why do I think the two of us are working together to bully an honest man?" Nie Zhen scratched his head.
"Cut, an honest man, I know about Fu's message. Relying on a little money at home, the uncle is a minister, but he owes a lot of debts. It's not without women who have been driven crazy or committed suicide by him, but they have all been suppressed. In their opinion, it's a trifle. It's that little Korean star. was also forcibly put into bed by Fu Yiyi, but later the Korean star recognized it himself, otherwise it would be Qiang X!" Ye Yulan suddenly said very dissatisfied.
"How do you know that?"
"If you have a source, I can't do it? I can tell you, I have many sisters, both in the entertainment industry and in the press industry, if any of you two dares to bully me, I will find my sister to clean you up. Ye Yulan said proudly.
"Okay, good, you're good, you're good, I'll listen to you in the future. Nie Zhen smiled bitterly and shook his head, his temper was now very restrained in front of Ye Yulan.
As the three of them were talking, they saw that the third wave of lots had been put on the table, and Hu Li rubbed his hands very mysteriously and said: "Everyone, everyone! Today's blockbuster lot has appeared, you have to take a closer look, don't blink, otherwise you will really miss it! Have you heard of Sanxingdui?"
"Nonsense, who doesn't know Sanxingdui, what do you mean by mentioning Sanxingdui now?" someone asked loudly.
Sanxingdui ancient ruins are located in the northwest of Hanguang City, Jinzhou Province, on the south bank of the Yazi River, with a distribution area of 12 square kilometers, with a history of 5,000 to 3,000 years, and are the largest range, the longest duration, and the richest cultural connotation of the ancient city, ancient country and ancient Shu cultural sites found in the southwest region so far. The best-preserved eastern, western, and southern city walls and the inner city walls of Moon Bay. The Sanxingdui site is known as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of mankind in the 20th century, showing that the Yangtze River Basin, like the Yellow River Basin, belongs to the mother of Chinese civilization and is known as the 'source of Yangtze River civilization'.
Among them, the unearthed cultural relics are valuable human cultural heritage, and among the cultural relics groups in China, they belong to one of the most historical, scientific, cultural, artistic and ornamental cultural relics groups. In this batch of ancient Shu secret treasures, there are 2.62 meters high bronze Da Liren, 1.38 meters wide bronze mask, and 3.95 meters high bronze sacred tree, etc., all of which can be called unique gods. The gold wares represented by the gold scepter and the jade ware represented by the decorated Bianzhang are also rare and unprecedented. Some old scholars even told the specific situation of the Sanxingdui civilization at present.
"Yes, yes, I know that. From July to September 1986, two large Shang Dynasty sacrificial pits were excavated, and nearly 1,000 pieces of precious cultural relics such as gold, copper, jade, stone, pottery, shellfish, and bones were unearthed. Among the thousands of bronzes, gold, and jade artifacts unearthed from the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit, the most distinctive ones are three or four hundred bronzes.
Among them, the types of bronzes unearthed in the No. 1 pit include human heads, human faces, human masks, kneeling figures, dragon-shaped ornaments, dragon-shaped pillars, tiger-shaped vessels, Ge, rings, Qi-shaped square holes, dragons and tigers, sheep, urns, covers, plates, etc. The bronzes unearthed in the No. 2 pit include large bronze standing figures, kneeling statues, human heads, human masks, animal masks, animal faces, altars, sacred trees, sun-shaped vessels, eye-shaped vessels, eye bubbles, copper bells, copper ornaments, copper Ge, copper Qi-shaped square holes, birds, snakes, chickens, monsters, buffalo heads, deer, catfish, etc. But what does this have to do with our auction today?" (To be continued......)