For example, when it comes to jade, Chinese people have always wanted to choose jade materials that are gentle, delicate, and elegant. From a visual point of view, people can’t even feel its hardness. However, the hardness of jade materials is actually very high among natural minerals.

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However, transparent and bright materials such as agate, crystal, jade, etc., in ancient times, were one or two grades lower than jade. It was not until modern times that the rise of jade came about, but it was influenced by a minority woman and a Western education background.

Female influence.

In fact, it is a product of non-Chinese mainstream aesthetics and the spread of western winds to the east.

Later, it formed a new reputation in China and became valuable.

Including the color of jade, the ancients used six colors to match the six directions. The most advanced jade vessels for worshiping heaven and earth were made of Cang Bi and Huang Cong.

Later, yellow evolved into a royal color. In the modern auction market, it is not Hetian white jade that is most sought after, but topaz, with transaction prices reaching new highs.

The pale color was inherited by porcelain, and developed from celadon from various places to secret color porcelain, sky celadon, and green porcelain exclusive to the royal family, and then changed into blue and white porcelain. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that a big breakthrough occurred and it became rich and colorful.

Therefore, antique shops have developed a conventional trend, that is, things that were once sought after in history are also highly sought after today.

Blue and white porcelain, which was highly hyped in the next twenty years, is an example.

Chenghua’s chicken jar cups and Tianzi jars are also the result of this trend and hype.

Mr. Zhang is quite good to Zhou Zhi, and at the same time, it is certainly impossible for a person with beautiful workmanship to explicitly prevent Zhou Zhi from selling these items to his boss, but the implication behind his words is to remind Zhou Zhi that this small set of accessories has its predecessors.

A record that is highly sought after by people and has great room for appreciation.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhi was not short of money. Knowing that Yuan Kewen once coveted Gang Yan Er Mao, and after putting so much effort into making a pair, he immediately realized that he had seriously underestimated their value before, and quickly corrected them.

Mr. Zhang asked: "I wonder if you can tell us, elbow, where you got this set of small jade articles?"

"There's nothing that can't be said about this." Zhou Zhi said: "There are a lot of Han tombs in Jiachuan, but apart from the reliefs of the tomb stones, most of the tombs have been robbed, and the tomb owners' grave goods have long since disappeared."

"But because of this, many Han Dynasty objects handed down from generation to generation have been preserved among the people and villages in Jiachuan."

"The most amazing thing is that there are no records of those Han tombs in the history books. Even before the Tang Dynasty, the history of Jiachuan only has a few simple strokes. They are about the establishment of Fu County in the Han Dynasty and Tong Yelang in the Tang Dynasty. Calculated from the lines,

Jiachuan should be the only way to go."

"The famous deeds recorded in history in the Jiachuan area of ​​the Sui Dynasty were the land god Liu Zhen who practiced Taoism in Anle Mountain in the 19th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty. It is said that he accidentally took the Taoist scriptures and bells he had collected, sealed them in a stone chamber, and predicted that he would be sixty years old.

After the year, a sage should take it."

""Taiping Huanyu Ji" records that he became an immortal and flew away. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty sent envoys to visit his deeds, and issued an edict to build Tengqing Temple, An Optimistic Temple, and Jing'an Temple. In the fourth year of Emperor Xianqing's reign (659), Emperor Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to collect Buddhist scriptures.

Chime, carved on the mountain."

"There are three giant trees in Anle Mountain. It is said that the insect inscriptions on the leaves are like talismans and seals, which are the 'hints' left by Liu Zhen to enlighten the destined people in future generations."

"But upon closer inspection, Jiachuan was named 'Fu County' in the Han Dynasty, which is probably related to the legend of the 'Insect Talisman'. It's just that the location was quite barbaric, so we couldn't record it carefully."

"In the Tang Dynasty, Xian Wang, a child prodigy, was born. He was the first person in the imperial examination in Manzhou with historical evidence. He was the first person in our local area to enter the history books."

"In the Song Dynasty, Jiachuan was an important hub connecting the Minjiang River Basin and the Jialing River Basin in Chuanxia 4th Road, and later became an important anti-Yuan town. It was once prosperous, so there are many Song Dynasty tombs and handed down cultural relics in Jiachuan."

"After the Yuan Dynasty, the development of Jiachuan became mediocre, and accordingly, the remaining fine works of art and entertainment were no longer abundant."

"So what we are most likely to receive there are miscellaneous cultural items and porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties; followed by porcelain from the Song Dynasty; and thirdly, bronze ware, coins, pottery tiles, Ming ware, and jade ware from the Han Dynasty."

"It sounds like I was lucky to have this set of small pieces. I received them at an antique stall in Xianshi."

"The stall owner is not a person who knows the goods. At that time, these four items were mixed in a pile of seals made of Dushan jade, Xiu jade, Yazhou green stone, and Shoushan stone. They probably collected them at will and mixed them in at will.

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"It was five yuan each. I spent a hundred yuan to buy him all the odds and ends. But except for these four pieces, the rest... they were real odds and ends. I gave them to my step-brother to play with."

"Yes... I remembered it! You also discovered the last Xinchao ten punch money in Jiachuan!"

"The discovery of that coin was purely a fluke. I went to a farmer's house that time, and my aunt brought a basket of 'small coins' for me to pick out."

"We locals use copper coins to make shuttlecocks and keychain decorations. Our favorite coins are clear coins such as Qianlong Tongbao, which are thick, exquisite and in complete condition."

"Song coins and Han coins are both good and bad. Because of their age and the humidity and heat in the place, apart from the Chuan Zi Xin'er from dry pits and some puddle coins, there are very few that can be preserved in good condition."

"People in our area don't know much about coin collection, and they often don't pay much attention to these coins with deep rust. I picked out the five-baht-for-ten coin from a pile of Chongning Tongbao, and luckily it was my aunt.

There is a lot of clear money in the basket, and it won’t be Lao Qian’s turn to play, otherwise I’m afraid it will be ruined…”

"One hundred yuan can be exchanged for four pieces of Han jade to ward off evil spirits. You've made a fortune by missing out." Mr. Zhang said with a smile.

"In addition to four small items, I also brought a lot of things with me this time. Look at those..."

Sure enough, as Zhou Zhi said, the remaining items are mainly Song Dynasty folk kiln celadon, Yuan egg white glaze, Ming blue and white, Qing Dynasty cultural miscellaneous items and a series of colored porcelain.

For each item, Zhou Zhi wrote a piece of paper with identification in small letters and glued it to the bottom, which saved Xugong and Mr. Zhang a lot of time.

Although a few pieces of porcelain from Daoguang and Tongzhi are from official kilns, the rest are from urban folk kilns, but all of them are beautiful in shape, elegant in decoration, and in good condition. They are all fine products among folk kilns.

These are actually some of the exquisite items from folk kilns that Zhou Zhi was reluctant to part with last time. When Zhou Zhi's collection was not high enough, he was reluctant to part with them. Now that his collection is becoming more and more high-end, there is no need to keep these small exquisite items.

Although Zhou Zhi's current income is very generous every month, his mentality of "playing to keep playing" has not changed much. Unless it is a major source of income, the general collection is still based on profit from flipping.

This is not only fun, but also a long-term solution. Otherwise, it would be like "photography has failed three generations, and literature and entertainment have ruined a life."

He was extremely humble, but putting things on the table made everyone feel excited.
Chapter completed!