Scholar's rocks are the richest collection in the world

Scholar's rocks are precious, non-renewable wealth left to us by nature. Scholar's rock collecting has long been popular in China, and it has formed a scholar's rock culture with scholar's rocks as its carrier. Stones themselves have no intent, but the various cultural layers formed by humankind have added humanistic power and color to the stones, reflecting the rich cultural connotations of humankind.

Under the current world economic landscape, repeated financial crises, inflation and currency devaluation have indirectly triggered a certain degree of panic, so people began to seek new investment directions and projects. Behind important assets that receive attention, such as real estate and gold, the scholar's rock market has been quietly developing. Especially in recent years, the scholar's rock market has seen limited scholar's rock resources, yet the ranks of collectors keep expanding. More and more people know scholar's rocks as a new type of investment vehicle, not merely a personal hobby.

Scholar's rocks generally take more than 100 million years to form, are unique in the world, never rot, and have forms of superb craftsmanship. They are the most famous in the world of natural art, so their value is enormous. Generally speaking, for the same item, a naturally formed one should be worth more than a man-made one by a thousand times or more. But the current situation is that the enormous value of scholar's rocks has not yet been widely recognized by society, and the vast majority are severely undervalued. At present, it is no longer surprising for a piece of antique calligraphy or painting to be auctioned for over 100 million yuan, yet only a mere few scholar's rocks have been appraised at 100 million yuan, and the actual transaction prices are far below the appraised prices. Why can't there truly be several hundred or even a thousand scholar's rocks worth 100 million yuan in the scholar's rock world?

According to the current state of the stone world, this day will surely come in the not-too-distant future. The special and enormous value of scholar's rocks will sooner or later be widely discovered and recognized by society. The reason is simple:

First, the number of stone enthusiasts across the country is growing sharply year by year. Therefore, viewing stones will surely occupy a dominant position in the art field in the future. Moreover, the annual increase in the number of stone enthusiasts is generally higher than the growth of enthusiast groups for other art categories, such as antique calligraphy and painting collecting. This is a collecting category popular in modern and contemporary times. But to this day, due to the rapid advance of science and technology and the use of these high technologies in imitating antique calligraphy and painting, the number and proportion of imitation fakes are increasing, and the level of imitation is getting higher and higher, generally causing some newcomers and enthusiasts to stop in their tracks. Scholar's rocks are different. At present, no matter how advanced the artificial forgery techniques are, they cannot fool nature's natural methods.

Second, scholar's rocks are remarkable in that every single piece is absolutely unique. They combine naturalness, uniqueness, rarity, artistry and non-reproducibility in one, and it is very difficult for any other art object in the world to meet all of the above conditions at the same time. Fine scholar's rocks are a non-renewable resource. Limited by place of origin and surviving quantity, there is an objective reality of depletion, so their value will only rise and not fall. In addition, stone appreciation can be consumed repeatedly without wear, and as time goes by it can further appreciate in value, be passed down from generation to generation, and be shared for a thousand years.

The enormous future appreciation space of scholar's rocks is the internal driving force and also the inevitable factor for scholar's rocks to become mainstream collectibles in future society. The infinite ornamental value in scholar's rock culture and the enormous investment value in economic terms are where the charm of scholar's rock collecting lies.

As is well known, human needs are generally divided into two major categories: material needs and spiritual needs. Once material needs are satisfied, people will continuously pursue various kinds of spiritual life. The pleasure of stone appreciation, value appreciation and joy of mood will be the common harvest of scholar's rock collecting handed down from ancient times to the present. And the cleansing of the soul, the enlightenment about life, the sharpness of vision and the depth of thought that each elegant stone brings to oneself cannot be compared with any material wealth. For this reason, we scholar's rock collectors are the richest people in the world. Scholar's rock collecting is the richest collection in the world!

This article is selected from "Star of the Stone World", and the copyright belongs to the original author

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