Chaoshan woodcarving skills are world-famous, and were among the first batch selected into the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Memorandum.
It is a pity that during those turbulent years, a large number of works handed down from the Ming and Qing Dynasties were destroyed.
A few outstanding works have become the treasures of major museums.
And this large gold-lacquered wood carving shrine from the mid-Qing Dynasty is much more impressive than those works in the museum's collection.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is the best in the world in gold lacquer wood carvings.
Lu Fei admired it from corner to corner for more than an hour, during which he was full of praise.
"Mr. Lu, this shrine is yours now, and you can transport it away at any time."
"A few years ago, a big collector in the United States offered me a price of US$600 million, but I didn't even buy it." .??.
"Because this is China's national treasure and a symbol of our Chaoshan culture, it must not be lost overseas."
"So I have only one request, please Mr. Lu, please don't sell this shrine abroad!"
"If that's true, we are all sinners in China's history!"
Although Feng Yuanyang was a thief, these few words showed that he was worthy of being a collector, which made Lu Fei very moved.
"Don't worry, Boss Feng. I, Lu Fei, am also a collector. I will never sell any good things from China to foreigners."
"I want this shrine from you, not because it's valuable, but because I really like it."
"Here I promise you that if I open a personal museum in the future, I will set up a special Chaoshan exhibition hall and place this shrine in the most conspicuous position so that everyone can see the essence of Chaoshan wood carving culture."
Feng Yuanyang held Lu Fei's hand and said excitedly.
"As Mr. Lu said, I am relieved."
"Then when does Mr. Lu plan to transport this shrine? Do you need my help?"
Lu Fei waved his hand and said.
"This won't bother Boss Feng."
"I'll ask someone to pack it overnight. , and then transported directly.”
An hour later, the professional transportation and packaging team of Yangcheng Baihua Bank rushed to the scene.
After careful calculation, this big thing with a total weight of more than two tons was packaged in solid wood.
After working all night, at around 9 a.m. the next day, all five layers of packaging were completed.
An oversized wooden box four meters high, four meters long and three meters wide slowly left the Feng family basement using professional traction equipment.
Two hours later, this super large box appeared at Yangcheng Airport.
At noon, a special plane carrying this large box took off, leaving Yangcheng and going straight to Jincheng.
Seeing the plane disappear into the sky, Lu Fei was extremely excited.
Lu Fei was satisfied with receiving the valuable treasure, and of course he had to fulfill his promise.
In fact, if he wanted to fish Feng Zhe out, Lu Fei could still do it by saying something, but Lu Fei couldn't do this.
Feng Zhe is so bold and arrogant that once he is released, he will be emboldened to do even worse.
So, let him practice hard for two years.
Come to the hospital and hand over one gram of gold snake venom to Xue Taihe. At this point, the deal between Lu Fei and the Feng family is completed.
After working hard all day and night and most of the day, Lu and Fei didn't feel any tiredness.
After finding a small restaurant, the two brothers had a late lunch and were about to go to the market to meet Wang Xinyi when Lu Fei's cell phone rang.
Clicking on the phone showed a series of photos sent by Gao Yuan.
Seeing these photos, Lu Fei's newly calmed mood began to ripple again.
No, it should be said that Lu Fei was just as excited when he saw these photos as he was when he saw the large gold-lacquered wooden shrine.
The background of these photos is a deep mountain with lush vegetation.
And photos
The content is just stones of different sizes.
These stones are not ordinary mountain stones, but serious jadeite stones.
Seeing these photos, the little puppy's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost, and he lowered his voice and whispered.
"Brother, is there really jadeite in China?"
Lu Fei pulled the little puppy outside the hotel and found a secluded corner and said.
"There is indeed jade in China, most of which are distributed at the junction of Yunnan and Myanmar, but the quality is average and it has been mined long ago."
"These are not jadeite stones from China, but genuine high-quality jadeite from Myanmar."
"This, how is this possible?"
“Have all the rough stones in Myanmar become sperm?”
"These emerald fairies think that Myanmar's Feng Shui is not as good as China's, so why don't they escape to China to practice?" the little milk dog said exaggeratedly.
Lu Fei rolled his eyes at this guy and said.
"You can turn anything into a sperm, right?"
"No, dear brother, Jade Chengjing has a criminal record!"
"In "The Legend of the Gods", isn't the jade pipa spirit just jadeite?"
"Stop fucking nonsense, that's a myth."
"The pipa only existed in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Where did the pipa spirit come from during the Shang and Zhou dynasties?" Lu Fei said angrily.
"That's right!"
"Then how come these Burmese jadeite rough stones are on the territory of China!"
"Isn't this scientific?"
Lu Fei lit a cigarette and patiently explained to the little puppy.
As early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Myanmar began jade trade on the border with China.
But at that time, the trading volume was very small and not large-scale at all.
Jade really became popular in China after the Qing Dynasty entered China.
Kangxi During this period, Wu Sangui pursued Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty into Jiaozhi and opened two major routes for Burmese jade to enter the Central Plains, one was Chongteng and the other was Ruili.
Due to the geographical location, for large-scale purchases, it is better to go to Chongteng.
During the Kangxi and Yongzheng years, the demand for palace jade was not very large, so individuals were allowed to trade freely.
During that period, a group of jade merchants actually emerged.
But when he came to the prodigal emperor Qianlong, the prosperous age of jade in China truly began.
From relatives of the emperor to officials from various places, as well as wealthy businessmen from all over Wangsunbeile, they are all proud to own several jade objects.
For a time, jade pieces, jade jewelry, became the best tool for showing off.
The demand increased, and the imperial court also recognized the huge benefits of the jade market.
As a result, starting from the 18th year of Qianlong's reign, the jade trade was nationalized. Ordinary people could buy jade from government officials to show off, but if they were found to be selling jade for profit, it would be a serious crime of beheading.
At that time, transportation was inconvenient, and it was too troublesome to transport heavy rough stones to Beijing.
After discussions with relevant departments, two "jade-making workshops" were established at the two ports of Chongteng Keruili.
It is screened and peeled by the jade workshop, and then processed into grades.
Those of an average grade were handed over to local institutions for sale to ordinary merchants and common people, while those of a higher grade were all sent to the palace and handed over to the manufacturing office for production of finished products.
At that time, the trade route between Myanmar and Chongteng passed through Chongteng Taiershan, and Chongteng’s jade workshop and warehouse were located in the heart of Taiershan.
In the fourth year of Xianfeng's reign, there was a great disaster in Yunnan.
Especially in Chongteng, it rained heavily for three consecutive months. Not only that, there was also a major earthquake that was now said to be at least seven on the Richter scale.
The earthquake caused a major landslide in Taiershan. After the earthquake, it was completely changed beyond recognition. The green channel for the jade trade between Myanmar and China completely disappeared. Even the jade workshop in the middle of the mountain was buried by the mountain, and no trace can be found.