Gold Rushing in Yanhuang's Hometown —— Zero Distance Contact with Xi 'an Antique Market
Xi is one of the most important and concentrated cradles of ancient civilization in China. There are Lantian and Dali cultures hundreds of thousands of years ago, as well as Banpo culture, a typical representative of Yangshao culture. Among the cultural relics unearthed in Xi 'an, there are a series of evidences of the earliest culture in China, such as the earliest agricultural and fishing tools unearthed in Banpo, the earliest pottery kiln, the earliest Wen Tao, the earliest civil buildings, and the earliest bone carving head in Hejiawan. At the same time, Xi is also the city with the most dynasties and the longest history in the history of China. From the Western Zhou Dynasty, when slavery flourished, to the Tang Dynasty, when feudal society flourished, 13 dynasties established their capitals here 1 140 years.
A city with such a profound historical precipitation must have its unique charm and charm in many aspects. In the market of cultural relics and antiques, Xi 'an's position and influence in the whole country have always been decisive. Since ancient times, there have been People's Paradise, Xiaodongmen, Flower Lane of Drum Tower and so on, all of which have been frequented by players in past dynasties. After liberation, Xicang grocery market, Xiaodongmen flea market and Xiaodongmen antique market still exist.
At present, the market of cultural relics and artworks in Xi 'an mainly includes Baxian Palace Antique Market, Zhuque Road Xi 'an Antique City, Huajue Lane Antique Art Market, Xiaodongmen Folk Collection Market and Shuyuanmen Antique Art and Culture Street. Among them, two are the Eight Immortals Palace Antique Market and Suzaku Road Antique City.
Baxiangong antique market
Baxian Palace Antique Market, also known by locals as Baxian Antique Market Temple, is located in Baxian Temple, Anrenfang, Beilin District, Xi. The Eight Immortals Temple is one of the birthplaces of Taoist culture in China, and it is also a place where cultural relics gather together. In the 26th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi went to xi 'an with Guangxu and stayed in the Eight Immortals Temple. In the first day, the fifteenth day and April, the temple fair continued to burn incense, and many businessmen and collectors gathered here, which constituted the Xi 'an folk antique trading market. The standardized Eight Immortals Palace Antique Market (formerly Xiaodongmen Second-hand Market) was built in 1993 and lasted for 10 years. As soon as you step into the door of the antique workshop, you will be attracted by a faint antique smell. The whole market is a two-story antique cloister-style wooden building with 62 storefronts on the first floor and stalls on the central axis of the middle corridor on the ground floor. Looking around, it is the antique and smoky Taoist Eight Immortals Palace in the distance. Small and exquisite is probably the biggest impression left by the Eight Immortals Palace antique market.
The trading content in this market is divided into two parts. The first is the "ghost market" every Wednesday and Sunday morning. The ghost market in summer starts around 5: 00 in the morning and around 6: 30 in winter. During the ghost market, many farmers (mainly from Henan and Shanxi) from inside and outside the province came here. They brought cultural relics from various sources, some of which were found in family heirlooms or when building houses, and some were bought by farmers from house to house in their own villages. The buyer has also arrived. These collectors have a wide range of classes, including teachers, soldiers, officials, workers, antique dealers and so on. They watched, asked for prices and traded in front of their favorite commodity stalls with flashlights, which was a busy scene. Ghost market attracts collectors' interest for two reasons: First, it is cheap. Because most of the cultural relics and antiques sold in ghost markets are sold directly by farmers, avoiding the profits of cultural relics merchants, the goods traded in ghost markets are often half or even more cheaper than those bought in cultural relics stores. Take "Sanshang" ceramic tile as an example. The usual market price of "Immortality Endless" ceramic tile is 200-300 yuan, but it can be successfully traded in Guishi 120- 180 yuan. The market price of "Changle Weiyang" ceramic tile is 300-500 yuan, which can be traded in 280 yuan, Shi Gui; The price of "immortal Weiyang" tiles in cultural relics shops is often around 500 yuan, but in Shi Gui, they can be taken away as long as they are in 280 yuan-the price here refers to the price of complete tiles, and the damaged tiles are no longer on the market, so collectors need to identify them themselves. Second, the proportion of genuine products is high. The rate of genuine antiques sold by the regular cultural relics shops in the Eight Immortals Palace Antique Market remains at 2%-5%, which is much higher than the level of Panjiayuan 1% in Beijing. The true rate of cultural relics trading in ghost market may be higher than 5%. Shi Gui usually ends at 8: 00 a.m. At this time, farmers and collectors on both sides of the transaction gradually disperse, leaving only some formal booths. They are indifferent and willing to wait for the arrival of buyers. Often, the authentic rate of this kind of stalls is very low, less than 0. 1%, which belongs to the category of Taigong Wang fishing-people who are willing to take the bait.
The ghost market of the Eight Immortals Temple has developed so far, and the activities on Wednesday have been basically cancelled, but it still maintains a high popularity on Sunday. The usual regular stalls and cold stalls can only be found on Saturday and Sunday.
Another major part of the cultural relics market transaction in the Eight Immortals Palace is the situation of cultural relics shops in the market. It turns out that there are 62 official direct stores in a * * *. Now due to the rise of the new cultural relics market, its scale has shrunk a lot. The operation of the first floor has been maintained at a normal level, while the shops on the second floor have been idle. Now more than 40 stores continue to settle here. The cultural relics shop here is small and complete. Almost every family sells ancient pottery, bronzes, jade articles, Tang Sancai, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing porcelain, antique furniture and even calligraphy and painting collections, and so on. As long as you are looking for it, antique dealers in various shops may take it out for you. All you need to do is look at the flowers in the fog and the moon in the water-look at the antiques you want to buy truly and clearly, and then return satisfied.
Walking out of the cloister-style building in the antique market and passing through an open-air Little Square selling pens, ink, paper, inkstones and incense, you can see a four-story "Eight Immortals Antique Mall Temple", which is a new mall. 1999 started construction. The first floor has been renovated and is currently in the investment promotion stage. The modernization of shopping malls is in sharp contrast with the ancient rhyme of antique market.
Xi' an antique city
Shaanxi xi 'an Antique City, known locally as Zhuque Road Antique City, is located in the middle of Zhuque Street in Xi 'an. It is this antique city that has hit the Eight Immortals Palace antique market mentioned earlier. Built in 1998, this city is the largest antique market in Xi 'an at present, and it is also the two famous antique markets in Xi 'an. Xi 'an Antique City covers an area of several thousand square meters, which is a reinforced greenhouse building, similar to the layout of farmers' markets. There are more than 260 cultural relics shops with fixed business and two trading halls. There are more than 150 stalls in the middle of the shop aisle vertically arranged from east to west. If the Eight Immortals Palace antique market is a small jasper, then it is no exaggeration to describe Xi as an antique city with a good family background.
The cultural relics market is the most active on weekends, just like Xi 'an Antique City, but the usual operating conditions are quite different. Now the Eight Immortals Palace can only attract collectors on weekends, and the usual buyers choose to come to the antique city for gold.
One of the biggest characteristics of Xi 'an Antique City is that the cultural relics shops here are very professional. There are few small and complete shops. A shop is a theme. There are specialized antique shops, such as Tao Hongju, Wenboxuan and Quandangge. , as well as specialized antique shops, antique shops, ancient jade shops, ancient painting shops, bronze antique mirror shops, Tang Sancai shops, etc., so that buyers can choose the antiques they want more conveniently. Moreover, this classification also proves that antique city has a group of connoisseurs with high vision, which are among the best in the country. Buyers here, if they are lucky enough to meet the guidance of the master, can find valuable real goods with little money and increase their appreciation knowledge.
Xi 'an's antiques can best reflect the cultural value of Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties. After all, the cultural relics of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties cannot represent the profound historical precipitation of Xi 'an. Take ancient pottery as an example. In Xi 'an, you can spend one or two hundred yuan to find a well-preserved "Wang Qi" in the Warring States and Han Dynasties (referring to well-made pottery, as opposed to the southern barbarians of the same era). These pottery may be worth hundreds of times in the southern trading market, which is also the embodiment of the unique charm of Xi' an antique market.
Xi 'an Antique City is probably the highest among all antique markets in China. The proportion of genuine antiques sold in fixed shops here is as high as 5-8%, and the genuine products are mainly objects in Guanzhong area. In fact, whether it is the antique city of the Eight Immortals or the temple, the reason why there is such a high proportion lies in the unique historical thickness of Xi 'an and the capital history of the 13th Dynasty, which left too many cultural relics and treasures for people to go for gold.
In addition to many cultural relics shops, there are two halls in the antique city. They are the North Hall (Antique Boutique Hall) and the West Hall (Antique Cultural Relics Trading Hall). Most of the North Hall is antique Ming and Qing furniture, including some exquisite Ming and Qing porcelain and ancient coins. The layout here makes you feel that you are looking back on the years that passed away hundreds of years ago. The West Pavilion covers a wider area, with ancient porcelain, ancient calligraphy and painting areas, and many counters dealing in various cultural relics, giving people the impression that stalls and shops are combined.
If the ghost market of the Eight Immortals Temple is unique, then the morning market of the antique city is not to be outdone. In order to avoid conflicts, the morning market of antique city is chosen on Thursday and Saturday, with Saturday as the main one. The starting time and trading mode of the morning market in the antique city are similar to those in the ghost market in the Eight Immortals Temple. I don't need to say more here. The only difference is that the morning market is bigger. During the peak period, thousands of people can trade at the same time, and there are more than 200 booths.
According to the business manager of the marketing department of Antique City, Antique City will hold the first Antique Fair in An in the near future, and will carry out a large-scale transformation of the market. We will continue to require the cultural relics shops under our jurisdiction to operate in accordance with the law, standardize the management of cultural relics transactions under state restrictions, and make this market bigger and bigger.
The situation of several other families
Compared with the first two cultural relics and antiques markets, the latter two belong to the mixed market of antiques and arts and crafts.
1997 The Xi 'an Xiaoxiongmen Folk Art Market has a wide range of transactions, including antiques, calligraphy and painting, jade, porcelain, strange stones, furniture, coins, stamp products, tickets and other folk collections. Now many pavements have been used for other purposes, leaving only 10 second-hand shops and stalls to continue to engage in antique and cultural relics trading. For buyers who are willing to find a single piece of precious cultural relics, they may wish to come here and have a look, and maybe they can gain something.
Located in Shuyuanmen Antique Art and Culture Street on the east side of Xi 'an Annan Gate, most shops and stalls are engaged in cultural and artistic transactions. The cultural works of art mentioned here include folk arts and crafts, antique handicrafts, Four Treasures of the Study, musical instruments, seal cutting, jewelry and jade, calligraphy and painting, and of course, a small number of antique cultural relics. The whole street is very big, with more than 300 regular shops. It is a good choice for you to travel here and explore gold in some antique shops.
Ren Shang antique art market, located in Huajue Lane on the north side of Drum Tower, has always been one of the traditional antique markets in Xi. The Hui people who live here opened a shop near the alley and sold some antiques they collected here. Today, this situation has also changed. In addition to continuing to sell antiques, some pavements also sell traditional folk costumes and antique handicrafts, but in general, this is the place with the most antiques in Anming, Mingqing and Xi. Buyers who have a soft spot for Ming and Qing furniture must not forget to visit here. A dowry, a bronze mirror, a clay pot and a red chair are all waiting for you to choose.
In addition to the above-mentioned markets, there are also some cultural relics shops scattered in various districts of An, which have failed to form a scale because they are all biased towards the other side. I won't introduce it separately here, and leave it to the collectors who are looking for gold in Xi' an to find it themselves.