As a world-class tourist destination, I can tell you responsibly that this is a 100% scam.
Don't buy any jade in the scenic spot! Don't buy any jade in the scenic spot! Don't buy any jade in the scenic spot!
First, all the certificates you see are wholesale, a few cents each, no matter what.
Second, the jade you see is not what they claim. Conscientious people will get some Russian and Korean materials to pretend to be Hetian jade, while heartless people will directly fool you with glass and resin.
Third, the technology you encounter is called recognizing fellow villagers. Your origin information has been revealed to the jade seller by the local tour guide one day in advance, and then they do their homework in advance. Pretend to meet old friends in a foreign country when you come. This technology is common all over the country.
In the same way, you don't need to buy anything at any shopping spot where the tour guide takes you. You should be cautious and skeptical about anything the tour guide tells you.
We were guided by four tour guides along the way. There were men and women, Dai people and Naxi people, and the first tour guide left a deep impression on me.
A female tour guide in A Dai told us a story: two children got into the wing of an airplane at the airport and were not noticed. When they are tired of playing, they fall asleep. As a result, while they were asleep, the plane took off. Their parents tracked down their whereabouts through airport surveillance, and the two children were dying when they were rescued. After the doctor's rescue. One of them was lucky to survive, and the other died unfortunately. The lucky one just wears a jade Buddha around his neck. Then the tour guide said that a woman should have three bracelets in her life. A bracelet given by my parents when I was a child; A bracelet given by your lover when you get married; Bracelets given by children in their old age. These are all foreshadowing.
On the third day, the tour guide took everyone into the shopping mall and finally bought a 10 thousand bracelet. After swiping the card, I took a casual look and gathered to start the following trip. On the ninth day, I went into another jade shop in Xishuangbanna. The clerk here stressed that Xishuangbanna is the closest place to Myanmar in China, so jade here is the cheapest. I'm worried. Is it really expensive? If I compare it carefully, I always feel that there are more than 5 thousand people who are not much worse than me. For a moment, I felt cheated.
When I got home from my trip, the first thing I did was go to the jewelry store to see the jade. Seeing those jade bracelets with better color and water head than mine, the price tag is even less than 4000, and we have to make a 50% discount. So I went online to Baidu. Many people say that the jade they bought in Yunnan is too expensive, and the appraisal value is only110 of the selling price.