Yangtze River Jade: Jade in the upstart or ordinary stone

On January 2nd, the Jiangjia District of Chongqing’s Jiangjin District, located in the Gujiatun section of the Yangtze River, was cold. On the Yangtze River Beach outside the Jiangjin Port terminal, there are many pebble piles. Although the ancient house has been banned because of the depletion of pebble resources, there are still many stone friends coming to find the beautiful stone in the pebble pile every day. "The beauty of the stone is jade." In the Yangtze River stone of the Haoruxing River, it is said to be mixed with high-quality stone material that is close to Huanglongyu. Li Qiang, a Chongqing native who is known as "Shi Ti", first proposed the concept of "Yangtze River Jade" and sparked the attention of the jewellery jade community. At present, there are nearly 20 large and small “Changjiang Jade” plus workshops in the Greater Chongqing area and in Zhangzhou and Yibin in Sichuan. Many people rely on stone, with an annual income of more than three hundred and four hundred thousand yuan. One plus workshop owner said, "The business can't be completed."

Does “Changjiang Jade” count as jade? What is the value of “Changjiang Jade”? The Chengdu Business Daily reporter visited Chongqing, Jiangjin, Zhangzhou, Yibin, Banan and even the tributaries of the Yangtze River in the south of the Yangtze River to try to uncover The mystery of "Yangtze River Jade".

River beach meteorite

One pack of two bottles of water three five hoes

There are always no shortage of professors, players...

On January 2nd, the Jiangfeng was still cold in the Gujiatun section of Deyi Town, Jiangjin District, Chongqing. There are many pebble piles on the Yangtze River Beach outside the Jiangjin Port terminal, which is more than ten meters. Three meteorites from Chongqing and Jiangjin locals wandered around a pebble mountain in Caoba Village, Dezhi Town. There are men and women in the Shishi people, but the equipment is basically the same: plastic rain boots, canvas bags, plastic bottles that can be sprayed with water in their hands. They carefully look at the cobblestones under their feet and occasionally spray water to wash the stones. Observed……

The mighty Yangtze River has broken a bend in the ancient family to form a river beach with an area of ​​several square kilometers. On the outer river bank of the railway station line of Deyi Railway Station, it is an innocent "pebble sea". Since the discovery of Shiyou in 2011, this river beach has become the “main battlefield” for Shiyou to find the Yangtze River stone.

The ancient stone of the ancient family, the collection of the Yangtze River stone, the pebbles with aesthetic value are concentrated here: body stone, picture stone, ink stone, and "Changjiang jade" which caused great controversy in Chinese jewelry and jade world. Before 2016, every day, hundreds of meteorites from downtown Chongqing took the train to Dezhi Station, and then spent a whole day on the river bank of the ancient family.

A bag, two bottles of water (one bottle, one bottle of stone), three or five hoes, is the standard equipment of the meteorite. Among these people, there are elderly people who are seventy years old and young people in their 20s. There are even a number of Yangtze River stone lovers from Shanghai who are flying to pick up stones. Among them are university professors, corporate employees, and professional players.

In the eyes of Chongqing Shiyou, Gujiayu is the benchmark of “Yangtze River Jade”, while “Changjiang Jade” is the master of the Yangtze River Stone.

The originator of "Yangtze River Jade"

For more than ten years, the Yangtze River is full of stones.

Take the lead in proposing the concept of "Yangtze River Jade"

"You want to investigate 'Yangtze River', you can't get around a person - 'circle'." Almost all the stone people said to the Chengdu Business Daily reporter. Among the tens of thousands of stone-players in the cities along the Yangtze River, no one knows about the "circle". Baisha, Jiangjin, Banan, Jiangbei and Yuzhong have played stone people and told Chengdu Business Daily reporter: "Circle" is the soul of "Yangtze River".

"Circle", the real name of Li Qiang, is 60 years old this year. He was a native of Chongqing who lived in the Chaotianmen Yangtze River for decades. Later, before moving, he ran to the riverside and smashed a Yangtze River stone like a turtle to be remembered. The stone took home, and the more he looked, the more interesting he was, and he began his career in the rock for more than a decade.

The old residential building on the ground floor of Xinde Village, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, the "circle" and the 30-year-old son Li Yuyan are living together. The two-bedroom, 60-square-meter room is full of all kinds of stones. Li Qiang’s toilet is outside another building. There is a gap of less than one meter between the two floors. Li Qiang removed the toilet window and left a small hole that only allowed him to enter and exit. In this small space outside the house, he built his own work room and often polished his baby stone inside. Li Yuyan has sequelae in his childhood, and his intelligence is equivalent to a 10-year-old child. He will cook noodles or dumplings to his father.

In 2000, Li Qiang picked up a square stone on the edge of the Yangtze River. It was shiny, very delicate to touch, and had a sense of jade. He gave this square stone a name: "Yangtze River Jade." Since he reached the square "Yangtze River Jade", he began to consciously smash the same type of Yangtze River stone. Since 2006, in the Shiyou circle, Li Qiang took the lead in proposing the concept of “Yangtze River Jade” and immediately attracted attention.

"The definition of jade in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is 'the beauty of stone'; the definition of jade in "Ci Hai" is 'wet and shiny stone'." Li Qiang told the Chengdu Business Daily reporter that he first came to the scene. The square Yangtze River stone is representative, and the similar Yangtze River pebbles have the definition and characteristics of the ancient jade. In 2011, after the discovery of the ancient pebble beach, Li Qiang was awarded the treasure. "Every day in 2012 was spent in the ancient family." Every day at 4 am, he took his son to the river to the meteorite by train, rain or shine.

"Yangtze River" industry

Nearly 20 workshops in Sichuan and Chongqing

Raw stone and carving transactions are also on the rise

"This jade material is about 12 cm long and crystal clear under the illumination of the light. The texture is very clear and beautiful." For the first "jade" that the "circle" hit, the person said. Chongqing Shiyou rumors: A Hetian jade merchant once offered a bid of 600,000 yuan to buy Li Qiang’s “Changjiang Jade” was rejected; later, a jade merchant from Xinjiang is willing to change Li Chongqing’s “Yangtze River” with three sets of Chongqing houses, or is rejected .

As for the rumors, Li Qiang said that he was only "backed up in black pot" and there was no rumor. Today, Li Qiang has not found this "Yangtze River Jade", he buried it under the stone of the full house, so as not to be remembered. He said that the pebble that he had returned "should be over 100,000 pieces, more than 100 tons." Among them, "Yangtze River Jade" accounted for more than half.

The concept of "Yangtze River Jade" proposed by Li Qiang has received many responses from Chongqing Shiyou. According to Li Qiang’s estimate, in Chongqing’s nearly Wanshiyou, 30% are playing “Yangtze River Jade”. Under the influence of Li Qiang, Jiang Jinren began to search for and collect the “Yangtze River Jade”. "Changjiang jade is not like a physical stone or a picture stone. Its value lies in the stone itself, and it has the quality of jade." He told the Chengdu Business Daily reporter that he had spent four years on the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River jade, which has no odd shapes and beautiful patterns, must be carved into jade. However, before 2010, few people in Chongqing processed jade and sent it to the coastal processing. Even the simplest bracelets, the price is only about 6,000 yuan. "If you process the stone from the jade into a jade, the light processing fee will have to be ruined."

Driven by Li Qiang, there are more and more people playing "Yangtze River Jade" in Chongqing. The troubles faced by He Wei are also the troubles of “playing jade people” along the river. To this end, He Wei and several meteorites opened the first jade and workshop in Jiangjin, specializing in carving the Yangtze River jade. Zhongji Jiaxiang, a native of Jiangjin Baisha Town, also opened a jade and workshop. Customers from Chongqing, Yibin, Zhangzhou and even Wuhan have continuously found Baisha Town. He said that there is currently a "business that can't be completed." Industry insiders estimate that in the past 20 years, the Chongqing area and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Zhangzhou, Yibin and other places, there are nearly 20 “Jiangjiang Yu” plus workshops.

The trade of “Yangtze River Jade” original stone and carving pieces has also become an important part of the Yangtze River Kistler trade. In Yudong Old Street, Banan District, Chongqing, there are more than 30 merchants in the Kistler Trade Market, among which there are those who specialize in the Yangtze River jade; the Taigu Antique City in Yuzhong District, and the Yangtze River Kistler, which includes the entire floor including the Yangtze River Jade. Trading; Chongqing Ornamental Stone Association, annual “Wanshi Expo”; jade merchants from all over the country will also come to Chongqing “Taobao”. Zhangzhou, Yibin, and Shiyouzhong also specialize in the search and research of the Yangtze River jade. The spontaneously formed "Shishi" also has the Yangtze River jade trade. Many people rely on stone, with an annual income of more than three hundred and four hundred thousand yuan.

a dispute that has no answer yet

The main component is quartzite?

The texture is close to Huanglongyu?

Is "Yangtze River Jade" a jade?

The Chengdu Business Daily reporter found an interesting phenomenon in the interview: those who agree with the "Yangtze River Jade" will regard it as a treasure; if they do not agree with it, they will regard it as gravel. The latter believes that “the Yangtze River has no jade”; the former is called “the stone goes out of the mountains and the jade enters the Yangtze River”. Not only does the jewellery and jade world disagree with the “Yangtze River Jade”, even the Yangtze River Shiyou in Chongqing is also more controversial about “Changjiang Jade”. The operators of Hetian Yu and Huang Longyu are currently completely denying the attitude of “Yangtze River Jade”. Even the Shiyou circle does not recognize the “Yangtze River Jade”. "There are pebbles in the Yangtze River. How can there be jade?"

Hao Jingzhu, vice president of Chongqing Jewelry Association, Chongqing Arts and Crafts Association and Chongqing Collectors Association, had specially brought two pieces of “Yangtze River Jade” to the Beijing China Jewelry Appraisal Center for testing, but the result was a bit disappointing. "The two pieces of 'Jiangjiang Jade' that were sent for inspection, the main component is quartzite, and the main component of jade such as Hetian jade is tremolite, and the chemical composition is hydrous calcium magnesium silicate." Hao Jingzhu said, Hetian jade, Huanglong jade also contains quartz, but it accounts for a small proportion.

Feng Bin, an associate professor at the Graduate School of Chongqing University, is an expert in crystal growth. He used to be the deputy director of the professional laboratory of the School of Physics, Chongqing University. In 2013, he sent “Yangtze River Jade” to the laboratory for testing, and the conclusion reached surprised him. “The texture of 'Jiangjiang Jade' is very close to Huang Longyu, which has entered the “National Jewelry and Jade Directory”. Basically, there is no essence. the difference."

According to the data obtained by the professional laboratory of the School of Physics, Chongqing University, the density is the highest, the density of nephrite is slightly larger than that of Huanglongyu and Changjiang Jade. The density of the latter two is very close. In terms of hardness, jade, Huanglongyu and Changjiang Jade "Absolutely equivalent; in terms of permeability, the four stones of jade, nephrite, Huanglongyu and "Jiangjiang jade" are not much different.

Feng Bin believes that "Yangtze River Jade" is not without good news, but it is less good, and there are fewer on the market. "Can't negate the existence of 'Yangtze River' because it is less." He said that Huanglongyu is the best of yellowstone, and "Yangtze River Jade" is also the best of the Yangtze River. "Yellow wax can be developed, and Yangtze River jade can also be developed." Feng Bin believes that the quality of jade is not only a quantifiable physical indicator in the national standard, but also its oily feel and fineness. "Can't because the composition of 'Changjiang Jade' is very different from Hetian jade, it denies its beauty and denies that it is jade."

Hao Jingzhu believes that a certain degree of wetness, in line with the basic characteristics of jade, can be called "jade." "If there is strong support from enterprises or the government, "Yangtze River Jade" also has a chance to make a blockbuster."

Li Qiang and other "Changjiang jade" fans believe that China's jade is inseparable from culture; the jade that leaves culture is a stone. "Jade is given consciousness and spirit in China. Simple physical and chemical indicators are not all of jade." Li Qiang believes that Confucius advocates "the gentleman is better than the jade", while "Zhou Li Yuzao" says: "The gentleman must wear jade ... the gentleman has no reason, the jade does not go to the body." The ancients acted more firmly on the creed of "Ning is a jade, not a tile." "Today's jade is only about physicochemical traits, ignoring the combination and inheritance with Chinese culture. It is not right."

One's mission and hope

"People gave Huanglongyu an opportunity to give Changjiang Jade a chance."

Li Qiang, 60 years old, has rarely gone to the river to pick up stones. Every weekend, Li Qiang will take a bus to Taigu Antique City to “station” for merchants selling stones. "There are 'circle brothers', I have a bottom in my heart." Tang Jihong, the owner of Chongqing Taiguhao Stone Museum, said that Li Qiang will also explain the common sense of Changjiang Stone and "Yangtze River Jade" for Shi You.

Li Qiang told the Chengdu Business Daily that the rest of his life would be spent on finishing the stone on the full house. "Name, match, trace the source to pursue the sect." He promoted "Yangtze River Jade" as his mission and responsibility. Li Qiang believes that “Yangtze River Jade” does not refer to the jade-like materials on the Yangtze River bed, but to all jade-like materials in all the watersheds of the Yangtze River. The "Da Qianyu" appearing in Neijiang, the "Shuxi Jade" and "Osmanthus jade" appearing in the rivers and rivers of Jiangjin, and the "Osmanthus jade", should also be classified as "Yangtze River Jade" according to his classification method. Li Qiang believes that "Changjiang Jade" as a large category is more likely to be recognized and go out.

Li Qiang said that after he sorted out the collected stones, he wanted to donate all the money to the country. He believed that only the country would manage it, and his baby stone would have a real belonging. However, he did not know which department 100,000 stones should be donated to.

"People gave Huang Longyu an opportunity and should give Changjiang Jade a chance." Li Qiang said.

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