Collector Huang Jiaqiang: Material civilization and spiritual civilization are the goals that human beings diligently pursue, and collections are material, but what it can give people is mainly spiritual pleasure.
When it comes to collecting, people feel that they are collecting treasures and tracing history, which needs to be based on professional knowledge and strong capital, so many people feel unattainable.
In fact, collecting is not only a record of history, nor is it just a means of investment appreciation, but also a leisurely way for people to live a rich enough to work, an elegant act within their capabilities.
The meaning of life is that we calm down, play with our own collections, enrich the connotation, and resist loneliness. Elegant collection, in fact, is a style, a quality, a kind of interest, even if it is a little random collection, life will have more sunshine.
Antiques belong to the category of elegant play, which is undoubtedly the spiritual and aesthetic needs of people. What is an "antique"? In a simple phrase, it is "the stuff of old age". Since it is a "thing", its meaning should lie in "playing". Playing is a blessing, and playing "antiques" is a kind of consumption of art and beauty.
Humanity has five levels of need, namely survival, security, destiny, respect and spirit. They go from low to high, from matter to spirit, interrelated and interdependent, and none of them is missing. Among them, only spiritual needs are the most advanced needs, which contain human ideals, beliefs, aesthetics, creativity, freedom, happiness and other needs. Antiques belong to the category of elegant play, which is undoubtedly the spiritual and aesthetic needs of people.
"Antiques" is also the most emotional kind of "play", playing to obtain the pleasure of pursuit, the pleasure of appreciation, the joy of research, the joy of writing... There is so much fun to play, so why don't we have fun?
Note: The above Mr. Wong Ka Keung collection. Information provided by Mr. Huang, for collection exchange only, the copyright belongs to Mr. Wong Ka Keung. Infringement must be investigated!
To the collectors who are committed to inheritance, research, exploration, innovation...
Editor of this issue: Calligraphy and Painting Wenyuan