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Text: History of the Orchid Pavilion
Editor: History of the Orchid Pavilion
Everyone knows more about jadeite, and they know that it is very valuable.
But some stones, do you know that they actually cost more?
In China, there are recognized four "sky-high strange stones", each of which is worth hundreds of millions, of which the first strange stone is the treasure of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Do you know what they are, and how they were discovered?
In fourth place, the chick is out of the shell
Crystal clear and lifelike, it's hard to believe if you don't see it in person, but it's actually natural. As one of the four famous stones in contemporary China, "Chicken Out of the Shell" shocked the entire strange stone world as soon as it came out.
It was discovered by Zhang Jing in 1983 from the Bayannur Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia. It's just that at the beginning of the discovery, it was far from what everyone sees now.
Zhang Jing, who was born in 1928, was originally a native of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia. It's just that because of the misclassification of "rightists", he was imprisoned twice in a row, resulting in a prison career of more than 20 years.
By the time he came out again, it was already 1976. At this time, he was madly obsessed with freedom and strange stones, so he walked all over the desert, and even escaped death many times.
In 1982, he retired from the unit due to illness and returned to his hometown Bayannur.
Unwilling to be lonely, he set up Yinshan Mining Company at home. Unexpectedly, a year later, he went to the Gobi Desert in Urad Houqi because of business investigation, preparing to develop fluorite mines.
Unexpectedly, an agate stone deposit was found there, and thousands of glittering agate stones were lying quietly on the ground.
Zhang Jing, who was overjoyed when he saw it, completely forgot about the development of fluorite mines, and turned his head to convene and arrange people to carry out the development of agate stone.
As a result, hundreds of thousands of agate stones, Gobi stones, jasper, yellow wax stones, etc., gem-quality mineral crystals were collected.
After a lot of gains, he changed careers and started a jade carving company. From now on, I plan to start the business of "raising stones with stones".
Among them, when sorting those stones, some workers found this strange stone of "chicken out of the shell". It's just that at that time, the "chick" had not yet emerged, and it looked more like a full, egg-shaped agate stone.
At that time, everyone teleported to look at each other, and they all joked that it was too much like an egg, but they didn't take it too seriously.
Until 1989, Zhang Jing's business was not in a good mood, and he planned to go to Beijing to sell a batch of stones. However, when I was staying at the Kyitama Hotel next to the jade factory, I came across a brochure.
One of the master's award-winning works attracted him was Wang Shusheng's "chick" carved from yellow agate. All kinds of clever colors are simply natural, and he can't help but think of the "egg" back then.
So he found the "egg" type agate stone again, and carefully irradiated it with a strong flashlight, and found that there really seemed to be a "chick" hidden inside.
Suddenly he was interested, and he found a hammer and tapped it.
As a result, the shell at one end fell directly, revealing a lifelike "chick".
A cute chick was directly revealed, with a red and tender mouth and black eyes that were completely vivid, and just like that, a strange stone "chick out of the shell" appeared.
After Zhang Jing's ecstasy, the first thing he thought of was to find a professional appraisal agency to issue a certificate. To this end, he traveled all over the jade appraisal institutions in Beijing.
In the end, in the subordinate institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the final result was obtained, which was formed naturally.
After having this appraisal, Zhang Jing was relieved a lot. But I didn't expect that there would be twists and turns in the back.
This strange stone of "chicken out of the shell" was deceived by a friend in the middle and was exiled to Xinjiang for two years.
In the end, it was only through the coordination of the Beijing government department that it was repurchased at a price of 2 million.
It's just that this buyback has also completely made Qishi famous. After simply taking it back, he invited a number of experts from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and China University of Geosciences to jointly do an appraisal and evaluation.
It was at this time that experts gave a sky-high price of 130 million. And that's 130 million in 1998.
However, there are also a lot of disadvantages after becoming famous, at least Zhang Jing has to worry about it every day, but all familiar friends want to look at the strange stone, but the value is too high, and he is not at ease, so he has offended many people.
So, on June 24, 2001, Zhang Jing simply donated all the 1066 square meters of the best strange stones, including the "chicken out of the shell" strange stone, to the Chaoyang District Government of Beijing.
Of course, in recognition of his selfless spirit, the government also gave him a symbolic compensation of 5.5 million.
So far, this one of the four strange stones of modern China has a final destination.
3rd place, years
If you want to say that this strange stone is still made of agate stone, but it looks like the first reaction is the shape of the face, and it is also the face shape of an old woman with a sense of vicissitudes, and even the wrinkles on the forehead are vivid.
This stone is actually from the Gobi in Inner Mongolia, but it is much luckier to have its owner.
Zhao Liyun, from Yinchuan, has been collecting stones since the 80s, but at first it was just for fun.
Every time I travel or go on a business trip, whenever I come across a strange shape of a stone, I will pick it up and buy it or spend money to buy it.
Fortunately, there was no concept of collecting stones at the time, and in most cases it didn't cost a lot of money.
In this way, the shelves of his living room gradually filled with strangely shaped stones.
In 97, when he went to Inner Mongolia on a business trip, he passed by a volcanic rock area, and the fiery red rocks everywhere instantly attracted him, so he immediately stopped to pick up a few favorite stones.
The companions were idle, and they also picked up at random.
Just when Zhao Liyun lowered his head and pulled, his companion suddenly shouted, saying that he had picked up a stone that looked like a human face, and beckoned everyone to go over and see how rare it was.
As a result, when Zhao Liyun saw it, he immediately couldn't take his eyes off.
It was a three-colored agate stone, the size of an adult's fist, but one side was too much like an old Western woman, the eyes, nose, and mouth were all the same, even the wrinkles on the forehead and hair.
If they hadn't all been there to see the whole thing firsthand, anyone would have suspected that it was fake.
The love of playing in his hand couldn't be put down, Zhao Liyun suddenly had the idea of collecting, so he directly opened an "astronomical number" to his companions.
It's almost equivalent to 2 years' wages at that time.
For a while, everyone was blinded, and they couldn't believe that this stone could be so valuable.
The other party did not have the habit of collecting stones, but he just felt strange, and in the face of such a high price, he agreed without too much hesitation.
However, Zhao Liyun, who took the stone home, was still worried for a whole week.
Because according to the rules of Yinchuan, there is a 7-day regret period for playing stone trading, and once you regret it, you can still return the money and take things.
In this way, on the eighth day, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and dared to tell everyone in the strange stone circle that he had obtained a piece of rare treasure.
As soon as it spread, the circle soon exploded, and many people were surprised.
In 2001, Yang Boda, then the vice president of the Palace Museum, personally identified this strange stone and issued an appraisal certificate.
It shows that the stone is a natural agate material, and also gives a personal judgment, and the estimated value of the strange stone is about 96 million.
For a time, the name of this strange stone was great, and more and more people knew it, and it also had a nice name is "years".
It's just that the collector Zhao Liyun never thought of reselling, and the "years" of the strange stone are still in his private hands.
Second place, Chinese Divine Eagle
The Chinese Condor Stone is the most "legendary" of the four strange stones, or it can also be said to be the one with the most rumored versions.
It is 32 cm high, 18 cm wide, 15 cm thick, and weighs around 14kg. The proportions of the whole body are completely indistinguishable from those of an adult eagle.
And the whole body is completely, golden yellow dragon jade, the whole one is natural.
Although there are many versions of its origin, the most reliable one was found by a feng shui master surnamed Zhang in the stone pond of the ancestral mountain of Nanmu Temple in Zijin County, Guangdong.
Of course, the more mysterious it became, and even the dream of Yu came out.
However, it is now indeed in the hands of the collector Zhang Jiaming, and according to the estimate given by experts, it once reached 120 million yuan.
The most valuable thing about this strange stone is not only its bizarre experience in this world, but also its natural form, which is too similar to an eagle.
Not only the eagle eyes are expressive, but even the body of the eagle is also plump and handsome. In particular, the curved and sharp eagle beak and the eagle head sticking out are so realistic that people can't believe the eyes.
This Chinese eagle stone can be called a peerless magic and a thousand-year-old wonder. Anyone who is lucky enough to see its beauty cannot help but sigh at the miraculous work and magic of nature.
All commented that it was worthy of being a god-given spiritual treasure of the Chinese nation.
First place, Dongpo flesh-shaped stone
When it comes to the flesh-shaped stone of Dongpo, it is estimated that everyone will know more. After all, this is one of the treasures that Cixi Lafayette brought into the mausoleum for burial before he died.
According to historical records, this Dongpo flesh-shaped stone was paid tribute to the Forbidden City Internal Affairs Office by the second generation of the prince of Alxa and Shuote Banner during the Kangxi period.
By the time of Emperor Yongzheng, this strange stone was extremely cherished, and it became one of the famous treasures of the Qing court.
When Cixi died, she brought this strange stone into the mausoleum by name. Unexpectedly, during the Republic of China, Sun Dianying bombed Tanglin and stole this strange stone again.
After several turns, this strange stone returned to the Palace Museum, which was established in 1925.
But then the Anti-Japanese War happened, and these Forbidden City cultural relics were successively transferred to the Nanjing Branch, and finally smuggled to Taiwan by the Kuomintang before the liberation, and became the treasures of the Taipei National Palace Museum.
So far, this piece of Dongpo flesh-shaped strange stone, together with jade cabbage and Mao Gongding, is known as the "Three Treasures of the Town Hall" of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Although it is a natural agate stone, the shape is only the size of an egg, but its shape is indeed too similar to Dongpo meat.
In particular, the texture of fat and lean meat is extremely clear and layered, and it can be completely fake.
It's just that since this important treasure of the country arrived in Taiwan, the people of the mainland have never seen their true body, and although there are cultural relics exchanges and cooperation during this period, it has never been able to come to the mainland for exhibition.
On the contrary, in October 2014, the Taiwanese government actually agreed to send this heavy treasure to Japan for outreach, and it lasted for two weeks.
I can't help but sigh and sigh.
postscript
In fact, the greatest significance of the collection and value of strange stones is a natural nature, and the magic of nature is sighed.
As for the actual value, it can only be said that there are opinions of opinion, some people like it and don't change it, and no one likes it as a rare stone.
Regarding the price of strange stones, it is not excluded that there is a suspicion of deliberate speculation, but for many people, it is also a collection category with its own market.