Who is the biggest collector in China?

In Chaozhou City, Chaoan County, Fuyang Town, Fengcai Village smoked a just completed a large museum rose up smoked the private museum called "Huaxia History Museum" covers an area of 25 acres smoked majestic smoked elegant and modern appearance smoked with the surrounding residential smoked look very majestic. With great interest smoked recently reporter went to visit the owner of the museum, the Chinese collectors association appraisal committee deputy director of Mr. Hongmurong.

The first time I saw Mr. Hong Mourong, the year has not been confused, he is simple and hardworking, competent and calm personality to the reporter a sense of perseverance. He told the reporter smoked the newly completed "Huaxia History Museum" will display tens of thousands of art treasures collected by several generations of the Hong family. These treasures are a true testament to the long history of Chinese culture.

More than 20,000 pieces of cultural relics to establish his position in China's collection

In Mr. Hong Mulong's lead, the reporter came to his downtown Chaozhou City, "Han Yuan Collection" (not open to the public of the hidden treasures of the place) smoked here to temporarily store part of his collection. Open the door of the pavilion, into the eyes of the nearly 500 square meters of space, which is decorated with rows and rows of multi-storey structure of the cabinet, cluttered with a variety of art treasures so that the reporter was dazzled: from the Shang Dynasty primitive pottery, the Spring and Autumn period of bronze vessels to the Tang and Song dynasty kilns, porcelain, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty all kinds of porcelain ...... Lin Lin total collection of almost recorded! The entire history of the development of Chinese civilization! Mr. Hong Mourong said, "Here is only part of my collection, my total collection has reached more than 20,000 pieces." He casually picked up a porcelain to the reporter, this vase is the oldest yuan dynasty blue vase, this vase with color is all Persian material, and has just been auctioned off in the United Kingdom more than two hundred million yuan of a yuan dynasty blue vase is similar to the current has been a rare national treasure; this color plate is the green kiln in Jishu, the porcelain is brilliant; this is the Qing dynasty kangxi a powder bowl, is for the emperor's special products ... ... ...Mentioned a collection of treasures in front of the experience, Mr. Hong a cavity pride, some emotion. He walked to the reporter to introduce the age of the collection, production methods, value and the origin of the collection. He pointed to a vase about 1 meter high, said: "this Qing dynasty Qianlong burnt blue vase porcelain, let me wait for 13 years to get my hands on." More than ten years ago, Mr. Hong Mu Rong to Shantou, a home of the Liu family as a guest, inadvertently found this exciting blue and white vase. The vase was well-preserved, superbly painted, and of great collector's value. Hong Mulong want to buy it with a lot of money, by their own many times to the door, to friends, the Liu family is not willing to transfer, resulting in Hong Mulong 13 years, day and night dreams, fondness, until two years ago, the Liu family moved out of the country, Hong Mulong once again to go to the painstakingly persuade the party to get this blue and white vase. There are many stories like this collection.

In order to get more fine, Hong Mulong often climbed mountains and rivers around the country, sometimes a squat is more than a month. When you get something, you often love it and are ecstatic.

At present, in his collection of a large number of art treasures, many of them are national cultural relics, some of which are heirloom treasures priced at hundreds of millions of dollars. He has traveled to Guangzhou and Shanghai several times to hold solo exhibitions, winning praise from his peers in the Chinese collection industry. A few years ago, the state cultural relics department officials and experts with skepticism to visit his home, a door, they were stunned: I did not expect to live in the province of the end of the country corner of the Chaoshan region, Mr. Hong actually have so many cultural relics, "cold storage" there is such a big collector! Subsequently, China's major cultural relics auction organizations also held several special auctions for him, so that Hong Mulong's name in China's collectors like a thunderbolt.

Hong Mourong told reporters, these collections not only consumed a lot of their own sweat and blood, but also exhausted his life savings.

Collection of family achievement of a well-known connoisseur

Hong Mulong was born in Chaoan County, Fuyang Town, Feng Cai Village, a collection of family, from its great-grandfather counted up to four generations of collection history. Childhood by the influence of the family, Mr. Hong often will be fun porcelain collection, hidden in the home. When Hong Mulong collection of ancient ceramics have a correct understanding of the significance of the interest is greater, but also collected more seriously. To this day, some of the childhood collection is not only still retained and has a high heritage value.

China has been known as the "country of ceramics" nickname, ceramic history has a long history, so far has been more than 3,500 years, leaving a lot of artistic excellence for mankind. When he was in his twenties, Mr. Hongmurong studied under the famous ancient ceramics connoisseur Mr. Qiao Deguang, systematically learn to collect and identify the relevant knowledge, the collection of the profound and comprehensive study of ancient ceramics into the professional research, and published in a variety of professional magazines, from a collection of enthusiasts into a Chinese heritage appraisal of a deep attainments of connoisseurship.

HongMuRong think, engage in the collection is not prioritized, the key is to have "fundamentals", and to play a good "fundamentals", relying only on book knowledge is not enough, must go through a long period of appreciation of practice in order to refine a high level of appreciation of eyesight. In addition, a qualified connoisseur must have a high comprehensive quality, not only have the historian's knowledge, but also have the artist's taste and cultivation. A successful connoisseur must not buy and sell attitude to do collection, otherwise it is not a connoisseur, but a businessman.

Today's Mr. Hong Mourong has been a researcher of the National Institute of cultural relics, the Chinese collectors association appraisal committee deputy director of the committee, but also was awarded the Chinese ancient ceramics excellent connoisseur, Guangdong province, ten "excellent collectors" and other honorary titles. He also many times as a cultural relics appraisal experts on CCTV's "treasure" program "talk about the ancient and modern", won the unanimous recognition of domestic and foreign counterparts.

The treasures of civilization left behind by our ancestors cannot be sold casually

Some people joked that Mr. Hong Mulong is now sitting on the gold mountain of connoisseurship, and the total value of those collections is incalculable. In the face of a piece of valuable collectibles, the reporter asked, if a buyer to you at a high price, do you let go? Mr. Hong said, generally not, connoisseur of the collection of words do not say sell! He believes that a piece of ancient cultural relics is the treasure left behind by our ancestors, can not be measured in money, and can not be sold casually.

The mention of a recent Chinese Yuan dynasty blue and white porcelain in London auctioned more than 200 million yuan, Mr. Hong appeared a little excited. He said, China is an ancient civilization with 5,000 years of history. Five thousand years of history determines China's cultural relics in the international community enjoys a high status, which is something that every Chinese should be proud of.

In addition to the collection of ancient ceramics, Mr. Hong also likes to write and paint, but also collects a lot of ancient calligraphy and painting, ancient furniture. In another collection room, there are paintings and calligraphy by famous artists of the past dynasties. There are the Ming Dynasty lifer Yang Xiangrong, Qing Dynasty celebrities Huang Xiangtie, Xu Ji and other people's works, there is a piece of the Qing Daoguang Chaozhou governor's calligraphy, the interior is also placed in the Ming and Qing Dynasty pieces of antique furniture. Hong Mourong bluntly said: "I am obsessed with ancient ceramics, and ancient painting and calligraphy, ancient furniture is only 10 years ago began to collect".

In Mr. Hong's "overcrowded" collection of museums, the reporter found a painting table, is wondering, Mr. Hong told the reporter, at present he not only collects, but also a spare moment to write and paint, he is now also China's painting and calligraphy art committee lifetime art members

He has always had a desire, is the hope that a large museum can be built. Is that he hopes to build a large museum, the Hong family for several generations of the collection of more than 20,000 pieces of ancient ceramics all on display to the world, to more people to appreciate, carry forward the culture of China's ancient ceramics. Now "Huaxia History Museum" was built, no doubt his long-cherished wish can be realized. He told reporters, "Huaxia History Museum" is built under the strong support of the national cultural and bo department, the exhibits will be displayed in accordance with the sequence of the historical era, the first phase will be placed more than 20,000 pieces of ancient ceramics, such as the completion of the second phase of the project and then placed the collection of ancient paintings and calligraphy, wood carvings and antique furniture, by then, the Huaxia Museum of History will be By then, the Huaxia History Museum will become a dazzling "night pearl" in Chaoshan, through the exhibits inside, will be able to witness the splendor of China's history of more than 5,000 years.

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