Ma Weidu: will play "rags" of the famous newspaper editor, become a collection of why not collect paintings and calligraphy?

When it comes to collection, most people's first reaction is the rich people's hobby, a painting and calligraphy, a piece of porcelain, a piece of jade pendant, auction tens of millions of dollars, the family is not rich is never play. However, today to talk about the Chinese collection of heavyweights - Ma Weidu, a poor boy by "picking up rags" origin, in the collection of decades as one day and research, to become China's collection of leading figures!

Tang literature editor addicted to "collect rags"

New China was founded in the sixth year, Ma Weidu was born in Beijing, a military family, not to talk about the rich and powerful, but the well-being of the people is not a problem. In the early years of the founding of the country, the "second generation of red" origin of Ma Weidu, has also been to the countryside to do agricultural work, back to the city as a machine tool miller. At first glance, this life experience with the collection is simply "unrelated", not half a penny relationship.

But since childhood, love of reading, mixing with the Beijing circle of Ma Weidu did not "settle" in the 1980s, the domestic movement "unblocked", Ma Weidu began to create literature, in 1981, his novel "Full Moon Tonight" was published in full-page by the China Youth Daily. In 1981, his novel Full Moon Tonight was published by China Youth Daily, and he became the editor of Youth Literature.

By all accounts, Ma Weidu, who was born to write novels, should have developed in the direction of writers and literati, but he didn't, and went to the editorial department instead. Each of his choices has never been out of line with tradition, but perfectly suited to his own nature.

As the editor of a famous newspaper at that time, he had the honor of meeting and getting to know the first-class literary figures of new China, such as Wang Shuo and Liu Zhenyun, who were his close friends. This not only enriched Ma Weidu's literary insights, but also broadened his literary quality and intellectual horizon. Similarly, these old friends know that Ma Weidu has a hobby - to go to the stalls to collect some old bottles and cans of "rags".

Then the trend just opened, in the 80's Beijing farmers market on the horns, thrift markets, shopping mall entrances, there are always some people spread a piece of cloth, set up some old bowls, old dishes, old vases and other utensils to sell. At that time, these things can not be called antiques, only called old things, a few dollars to a dozen dollars.

Ma Weidu not only collects old things in Beijing, but also goes to Tianjin, Shanghai and other places to buy old things. During his years as a literary editor, he spent all his money on what he regarded as his treasures, the "rags".

Unique vision, rely on "rags" to become China's collection of benchmarks

This collection, he continued for ten years, as a collection of fans, Ma Weidu only buy and not for sale, the cumulative collection of more than 1,000 pieces. And in this decade, the Chinese collecting community ushered in a collecting boom, Ma Weidu took advantage of the heat and founded China's first private museum, the Guanfu Museum of Classical Art officially opened to the public in 1997. As the founder, Ma Weidu went from being a "rag king" collecting cultural relics to becoming a prominent figure in China's collection industry.

In the Guanfu Museum of Classical Art, you can see Ma Weidu collection of works from porcelain to furniture, from handicrafts to doors and windows, from oil paintings to images, all collected and displayed. This is a point that we have to admire, Ma Weidu in the year without guidance in the collection of the journey, not only to find a rich variety of collections, but also in the market under the hammer, refined a pair of "fire eyes Jingjing", the collection of things are genuine.

The same period also appeared many such as Ma Weidu general obsessed with the collection of hobbyists, but ten years of kung fu to see the real chapter, ten years only a real collector - Ma Weidu. His pair of eyes can not only pick to identify the real thing, but also out of the cultural relics themselves, focusing on the whole collection industry, do long-term planning.

Ma Weidu look at cultural relics, see not only the commercial value of cultural relics, but also the cultural value it conveys, in his heart, the cultural value of cultural relics far beyond the commercial value, which is the biggest difference between him and other collectors.

Because of this difference, Ma Weidu play collection to pay all the energy and family, several years of precipitation, with its rich collection, rich heritage, deep appreciation, become China's collection of "big brother".

2008, Ma Weidu was invited to be the main guest speaker of the "Hundred Lectures", specifically about his collection of those things, 52 speeches, each one is the essence of every speech, each one is fascinating. Through this program, Ma Weidu by the collection of the world began to the public!

Collection of everyone but never play calligraphy and painting

Ma Weidu is a collection of everyone, but has always avoided calligraphy and painting. To say that he has no interest in calligraphy and painting, unlikely, after all, calligraphy and painting has never been the collection of the world's "heart treasure". From the "rags" started, Ma Weidu young assets are not enough, and paintings have always been tied up, to be sold, to become the rich people's "flaunt", his access to painting and calligraphy is not very big opportunity.

While the collection of paintings is special, its paper and pigments will deteriorate over time, which leads to the real paintings can be handed down few and far between, in the pursuit of interests, a large number of imitation paintings flow to the market, the real is difficult to distinguish, even if it is extremely fortunate to buy back the real thing, but also have to face the problem of how to preserve it, so that the paintings can be a real "treasure! "

No matter how much money you spend, you can't afford to spend it!

No matter how difficult to meet the paintings, the price of speculation has been more outrageous, Ma Weidu never touch, but on the calligraphy and painting industry, he was very clear! Once there was an auction, shoot a piece of Zhang Daqian's works, Zhang Daqian's authenticity outflow is only three thousand, while the market circulation of paintings is up to thirty thousand!

See the great mix of fish and dragons, in view of this phenomenon, Ma Weidu's private museum has an unwritten rule, that is, do not accept paintings!

Knowing one thing and doing another, writing a book is the essence of the collection

If the rich collection defines Ma Weidu's identity as a collector, then his restraint and reasoning has laid the groundwork for today's status. Ma Weidu unique self-awareness, y understand the "know one line of work" reasoning. Although the writing was good, but he knew that the literary heritage is not enough, simply as an editor, to avoid the daily pain of brainstorming.

Collection is the same, playing the beginning of his contact is the artifacts, in the antique market immersed in a few years, will be the characteristics of ancient artifacts studied thoroughly, and learned a good identification of the authenticity of the skills. Specialty is only one, more importantly, Ma Weidu rare literary cultivation, he always believed that cultural relics carry cultural value is far greater than itself.

From the beginning of his collection of cultural relics, the book is accompanied by the publication of "Ma said ceramics" in 1992, the publication of the traditional literature of the initiation of reading, all the way to collect all the way to study, Ma Weidu will be the story behind the cultural relics in the form of a book record, so that China's traditional culture in his hands once again revitalized.

He has repeatedly said in public places: "the essence of heritage collection is to write a book", and continue to practice this concept, in an attempt to set a good example for China's collectors, a positive industry culture. In addition to writing books, he on the "hundred lectures", hosting the program "all doo", to participate in all kinds of talk shows, the collection of cultural relics to the audience, so that the people understand the heritage at the same time, but also to give warning, the collection of cultural relics esoteric and complex, into the industry need to be careful!

Today has reached the age of Ma Weidu is still active on the screen, talking about cultural relics, talk about tradition, talk about the development of cultural development, he is already seen as a duty, tireless search, in the materialistic today, to the impatient society injected into a dose of good medicine, so that people "sink down" inheritance to carry forward the traditional things!