Orchid appreciation offers many pleasures; in a harmonious and prosperous era, we express our feelings through verse
A single word, "play," encompasses every facet of society."Playing the stock market," "playing with calligraphy and paintings," "playing with stones," "playing with antiques," "playing withorchids” ……
Orchids too have been brought in to be "played" with; however you interpret the meaning of this word "play," it all comes down to the same principle.
A single word, "play," already speaks to the rapid development of our country's economy and the richness and prosperity of its culture, as well as the spiritual life of the ever more affluent masses.
The Chinese orchid market sprouted and grew up right within this word "play."
Playing with orchids in a prosperous era is timely indeed
China's economy has never been as good as it is today, and it will continue to get better.
Chinese society has never been as prosperous and stable as it is today, and it will become even more prosperous and stable.
This is a harmonious and prosperous era in modern China.
This "prosperous era" is the most basic foundation for playing with orchids.
Since ancient times, orchids have been grown, bought and sold, and collected by people... but that was not called "playing," and it was all confined to the upper classes of society, either as an elegant pastime for pleasure or as a way to present oneself as lofty and refined; there was no such thing as today, when one can hold exhibitions, form associations, have a market, and achieve scale.
Orchid players number in the tens of thousands; their identities range from noble to humble, rich and poor, men and women, every trade and profession; their regions span north and south of the great rivers, towns and villages, high-rise buildings and small courtyards...
Chengdu's Qingshi Bridge, Guiyang's Yangming Road, Kunming's flower and bird market, the orchid streets of Jiangsu and Zhejiang... every Sunday, the crowds surge, choosing and picking through thousands of options, hunting for treasures, such scenes are everywhere.
Only when a country's economic income reaches a certain standard and people have ample surplus wealth can the orchid market be "played" to this extent, and only then is it possible to develop an interest in orchidappreciationand enjoyment. China's orchid market is closely tied to the rise of our national strength and the affluence of the common people; it is hard to imagine someone with no spare money and no spare time being enthusiastic about playing with orchids.
"Gold in troubled times, orchids in prosperous times" - this saying seems to explain the reason for the rise of the orchid market: sustained socio-economic development, long-term social stability, and diverse cultural prosperity.
Some people play with orchids out of interest and hobby, but more people join the ranks of orchid players mainly to invest and profit; we need not shy away from or deny this. Some people therefore call orchids "green stocks" - probably an insight gained from switching from the battlefield of stock trading to the orchid market!
Ever-innovating sky-high orchids have never ceased appearing over these years, and the high rates of return truly stir the hearts of many investors. During these years in China's orchid market, there have been countless success stories of investing in orchids for rich returns and creating millionaires; such returns include both substantial economic profits and spiritual joy and satisfaction.
Legal orchid playing, whatever the motive, objectively provides a strong push to the development of the orchid market.
Orchid-playing myths and fairy tales are unfit
Chinese orchids - it is impossible to create a myth of the whole nation playing with orchids.
Chinese orchids - it is equally unrealistic to weave a fairy tale in which no one plays with orchids.
Traditionalorchid growingand orchid cultivation were games for a minority of wealthy people.
The intervention of modern financial capital has turned orchids into a vehicle for capital movement.
One reason orchids can form a market is that some people transfer capital into orchids, making orchid investment a new form of investment, thereby opening up the orchid market as another important position in the investment market and broadening investment channels.
The lower end of the market consists mainly of people with a certain level of economic income, a strong interest and hobby, and a certain ability in orchid appreciation andcultivationtechnique; it is they who have created scene after scene of unpredictable mythical stories in China's orchid market. Ordinary orchid enthusiasts, lacking economic strength and orchid appreciation ability, find it very difficult to venture into orchid investment; they all hold a childlike innocence, marveling at the price Rubik's cube of the orchid market that is so hard to master.
China's orchid market is certainly getting better and better - there is no doubt about that - but to what degree, and at what speed it will develop, is very hard to predict.
Investing in orchids requires considerable economic strength and deep interest and passion, as well as considerable orchid appreciation ability and solid cultivation and management skills.
What we see from time to time: some orchid enthusiasts cultivate ordinary flowers as if they were rare treasures; while some skilled orchid players with a certain level of resources spend a fortune only to get a "fake flower" or a "tech grass"; and some orchid collectors let carefully selected rare orchids die in their own orchid garden villas...
Chinese orchids - it is not easy to say I love you.
Orchids cannot be played with by everyone, nor can orchids be played with by no one.
The orchid-playing market still awaits regulation
China's orchid market cannot be simply understood as buying and selling in the orchid marketplace; in fact, it also includes all kinds of orchid exhibitions, orchid association activities, orchid websites, orchid books and periodicals, and so on - everything related to orchids.
Fraud and forgery in the orchid market are growing ever more rampant, with professional standards and technological sophistication rising ever higher; even orchid world experts can be fooled, let alone ordinary investors, who find it even harder to distinguish the genuine from the fake. So today the investment risk in orchids is greater and more obvious than in the past. The suddenly appearing "Datang Shengshi" and the hard-to-tell-genuine-from-fake "Pengzhou Mudan" are examples.
The causes of this certainly include the factor of an overall lack of social credit, but internally it is even more about non-standardized variety records, unsound market operations, and asymmetric supply and demand information, which give unscrupulous orchid dealers an opportunity to exploit; this problem is a chronic issue that accompanies market development throughout.
The development of the orchid market mainly depends on the soundness and perfection of relevant trading rules, and on the standardized operations and honest transactions of market participants.
The steady development of the orchid market requires repeated baptism and tempering through the alternation of market lows and highs; the rationality of orchid prices can only gain new life after passing through the fire of nirvana. The downturn and the rally of the orchid market are a normal process of market growth; what we need is a calm and composed mindset, using the passion and wisdom of orchid lovers to jointly cultivate and care for this orchid market that we have played into existence.
The winners in the orchid market are always left to those lucky ones who can steadily grasp the opportunities of market lows and highs.
After all, orchid investment in our country cannot compare with stocks, real estate, and other investments; the development of the orchid market will still be a long and arduous process, and how to perfect a harmonious and orderly orchid market still requires the calm and effort of us orchid lovers.