Decoding the world's largest Emerald City

Decoding: Sihui city government the jade industry management office director Li Hanzhou

The Sihui why become famous Jade City?

The Sihui jade processing 95% of the raw materials, to the emerald real emerald world except Myanmar have. Removed thousands of miles from Burmese jade, why in the four carved synthesizer? The original, as early as the end of the Qing, a lot of jade craftsmen living on the South, the the jade processing techniques spread to four, then there are some people in the local opening of "family workshop, jade processing industry thus take root here. After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, a large number of technicians for Duobizhanluan went to Hong Kong; After the liberation of a group of technicians back, jade processing established in the four groups. The late 1970s, will appear jade craft factory, supply to South jade plant, specialize in exports.

1980s, Jade Factory converting opened jade processing and sales outlets, naturally formed Jade Street, a large number of workers also began to stand-alone portal boss. Starts, the Sihui the jade processing plants, family workshops developed at an alarming rate, and Fujian, Henan and other places technician admiring. Etc. These foreign workers with capital, and from the local factory yard out alone, and draw in his hometown of workers to own the factory workers. In order to advance, more and more foreigners came to the the Sihui workers, the four jade manufacturing reputation thus far and wide.

Why jade industry outsiders majority?

Native force of 150,000 jade industry practitioners Sihui locals, only one-third. Since the start of the 1990s, the exotic carved technician began the influx of Sihui, the Sihui the jade industry has gradually formed the locals, Putian, Fujian and Henan Nanyang "third world" pattern. Plus four will not xenophobic, it is easy to accept outsiders to gold entrepreneurial, more and more people in Fujian, Henan. The entry of foreigners, so that will be to glow more dynamic vitality. The "jade town of Nanyang, landscapes, flowers, birds, insects, fish and other jade ornaments sui generis; Putian woodcarving, stone carving is quite well-known in the industry. Both carving technicians to Sihui, creatively wood carving, stone carving techniques applied to the jade processing up not only significantly enhance the technological level of the four jade also allow "ornaments" This high-grade jade products become four one of the mainstream products will be jade.

There are still people in the "gambling Stone"?

Now few gambling Stone ", because of the huge risks of gambling stone". Gambling of stone or gambling goods is emerald mined bag wrapped in a layer of weathered, can not know in which good and bad, to be cut in order to know the quality emerald known as gambling stone. The old factory has a production capacity of emerald skin, but the production of water in the riverbed stone emerald jade of the old factory, the skin is so thin or skinless. New plant capacity jade mostly skinless, but production diluvial layer skin. The thick and thin of skin depends mainly on the level of the degree of weathering, thick skin on the degree of weathering. A emerald raw epidermal colored, surface good, met green, but may cut the second knife cut the first cut, green is not, which is often a matter. Gambling up a jade flourishes, but the vast majority have ended in failure.

Since ancient times, the sale and purchase of raw jade stone is the most mysterious of a transaction in the jewelry industry, and her mysterious gambling stone "on the word" bet ", thus buyers have gambling jade, saying gambling stone. Generally only from the outside, does not glance "Lushan" true colors. Even scientific advancements, not an instrument through this layer shell soon sentenced within the "gem" or "foul". Thus trading risk, but also very stimulating ", so called" gambling. Bet to win the big profits, so this sort of trading since ancient times enduring.

○ historical coordinates

The end of the Qing Dynasty, the palace of jade craftsmen living on the south, China's ancient and exquisite jade processing techniques to the four, and grow the spontaneous growth potential "Xinghuoliaoyuan" in the next few decades. Four will produce a full range of jade products, high, medium and low-grade varieties complete, diverse styles. Which account for more than 70% of the country's jade ornaments, jade pendants, jewelry also occupied the country a large part of the market share.

○ geographic coordinates

Four jade industry is mainly concentrated in the Dongcheng. The Dongcheng jade shop more than 5,000, more than 500 processing plants, employing more than 100,000 people, the annual production and sales of over 50 billion, which accounts for 70% of the domestic market share of jade ornaments, jade pendant and trim the domestic market accounting for 60 %, but also exported to Eastern Europe, Southeast Asian countries as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, Guangdong province and the southern region jade practitioners up, the country's largest set of production, supply and one jade professional market.

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