Legend has it that at the beginning of13rd century, a China businessman picked up a stone by the roadside and put it in a basket next to the saddle in order to balance the load on the mule's back during his long journey back to Yunnan from northern Myanmar. On his way home, the businessman picked up the stone and threw it aside. Unexpectedly, the stone cracked and revealed its connotation. The businessman was dumbfounded at once. So it's Hao Peicui. This is the legend that Burmese jade was first discovered. After searching, the merchants formed a treasure hunt team and went to Myanmar, but returned empty-handed. No one can find the source of Burmese jade. More than a hundred years later, the Yunnan provincial government sent people to Myanmar again to look for jade mines, but none of them survived. Since it came out that there are jade mines in Myanmar, many Chinese businessmen have ventured to treasure, and some have occasionally gained something. Later, they learned that the area bordering Myanmar was full of poisons and thieves, which was a turning point.

According to historical records, from 65438 to 0788, business travelers in Yunnan started the jade trade. Because the jade business is profitable, many people are willing to break into this barren land under the big front embankment. Finally, the mystery of the treasure was solved-originally, Burmese jade originated in northern Myanmar, and the ancient animal husbandry more than 60 kilometers north of Mandalay was rich in rubies and sapphires.

From then on, Burmese jade became a peony in jewelry, and China businessmen flocked to Myanmar to make a fortune in jade. From 1830 to 1840, the jade trade in Myanmar reached its peak, and even the jade producing areas that have always been sparsely populated suddenly flourished.

Early Yunnan merchants bought jade and carried it back to Kunming with mules and horses for resale. Most of the buyers are Guangdong businessmen from all over Guangxi. Usually, the seller will cut a small corner of the original jade stone to reveal a small piece of jade color for the buyer to choose. But buying jade through observation is purely experience and luck. This traditional trading method has been maintained to this day, even after the Myanmar government nationalized the jade mining industry and foreign jade trade. Because there are great differences in color and texture between the outside and the inside of Yuyuan Stone, many people have stumbled and suffered heavy losses. But some people are lucky enough to make a fortune. In short, this is not suitable for ordinary laymen.

186 1 year, the first batch of Guangdong business travelers arrived in Mandalay, Myanmar by boat. They bought a batch of jade and made a lot of money. Since then, more and more Guangdong businessmen have gone to Myanmar to deal in jade, and some even brought private craftsmen. Mandalay gradually became a jade trading center and established a jade chamber of commerce. At that time, the busiest streets in the city were Jade Street and Zhonghua Street. Nowadays, Burmese people turn up stones on the roadside in the street, and occasionally they can find jade buried by overseas Chinese.

Over time, the jade trade belt gradually moved northward to Suzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. Due to the underdeveloped transportation network in Yunnan Province, its status as a jade trading center has gradually been replaced by the booming Shanghai.