Since last year, "Yebai" has suddenly become the "new" of the wenwan collection industry. In the microblogging and WeChat circle of many collectors, the introduction articles about Yabai are endless. At the beginning of this year, there were few people paying attention to the ordinary yabai bracelets. Now the price has risen from a few hundred yuan to several thousand yuan. Even the yabai root carvings have begun to "sell on the pound", and the price per ton has doubled in half a year. Is Yabai really worth it? Is it true that Yabai suddenly became popular or market speculation?
Thuja is the world's endangered plant, but the high profits have driven many villagers to slash the growing buds and deceive Tibetans. In some areas rich in thuja, the logging and trading of Thuja has been banned by the relevant authorities, and some of the markets in which the thuja is operated have been banned. As a result, Yabai crafts will be even more scarce. In fact, in the eyes of experts, the precious Yabai crafts are actually the roots of the cypress trees after the death, that is, the “old materials†and the crafts made of living trees. That is, "new materials" not only have no collection value, but also illegal. How to distinguish between "old materials" and "new materials", you need a pair of sharp eyes.
Why suddenly became popular
As a new play, Yap's reputation in the domestic investment collection has risen, but in the past ten years. However, due to its unparalleled superiority in appearance, texture, aroma, spiritual temperament and scarcity, it has attracted more and more private capital in the market in recent years. Three years ago, when "Flying Dragon in the Sky" turned 360 degrees and maintained tens of thousands of years in the natural world, it appeared in the woodcarving exhibition in Beijing. Some "local tyrants" collectors from Beijing and Shanghai, although all were endangered. The shape characteristics of the plants and the unruly spirit of the temperament are shocked. However, the price of 380 million yuan makes them a bit prohibitive. Today, this piece of Tengbai, which has been famous in the national woodcarving art world, has been replaced by a new owner. As for the specific transaction price, it is a trade secret.
Why is Thuja so sought after? According to relevant experts, Yabai is an evergreen conifer of the genus Paco, which grows on a cliff. 300 million years ago, Yabai was born and contemporaneous with dinosaurs. It is called the world's rarest and oldest species by the World Forest Research Experts Group (SSC) botanists. It is the only living plant "living fossil" in the world. Known as a national treasure. Thuja grows on a cliff and can be formed after hundreds of thousands of years of wind and rain. Therefore, in the eyes of some insiders, Yabai suddenly "fires", which is closely related to the characteristics of its small amount and the inability to artificially cultivate.
The heat of the cliffs is not an accidental phenomenon. This has something to do with the changes in the main body of investment. Nowadays, the collection and investment subjects have changed from the former working class to the younger group. This group has a high starting point, a high degree of modernization, a large amount of information, and many successful people. The understanding of traditional culture is relatively weak, and I like to play with new things. For mahogany, they usually focus on the material, because the materials are identifiable, and they combine the mahogany collection and practicality very closely, such as bracelets. Rise.
“The raw materials of Yabai are non-renewable, and as mining will become less and less, the price increase is normal.†Industry insiders said in an interview with the media that the scarcity of raw materials is often the appreciation of the collection. main reason. Another reason why Yabai is hot is that in the past one or two years, the price of Siamese rosewood has been too high due to the influence of relevant laws and regulations. The investment in Redwood is eager to find new substitutes, so some investors will target Turned to Thuja.
Collection investment needs to be cautious
"For the popularity of Yabai, there are different opinions in the collection industry. Some people think that Yabai is a rare resource, and the wooden texture is very good, and some people think it is artificial speculation." Industry experts said that alone, both of these statements have Their own reasons, but he believes that the market value of Yabai will ultimately be determined by two factors, one is the existence of Yabai, and the other is the relationship between supply and demand, but at present, these two factors are not yet exact. answer. A few years later, if Yabai is found in a large amount, its market value will inevitably decline. However, if there is a small amount of existence, especially the good quality of the cypress, it can maintain the high price and even go up. "So it is too early to conclude."
For those who have entered the Yabai collection and investment, the expert suggestion is not to follow the trend blindly, to have a sense of quality, and to find out whether their purpose is to collect or invest. If you are investing in return, you must be extra cautious.
It is worth noting that with the popularity of Yabai, it has also triggered a wave of mining yabai. For example, in the western mountainous area of ​​Xingtai County, Hebei Province, many people went up the mountain to dig cypress trees, and even the living trees were not spared, completely ignoring the mountains. The soil erosion and ecological environment were destroyed. Mr. Dong, who has been engaged in art collection for many years, said that no matter what kind of root carvings, he opposed the random mountain mining, because the roots of the excavation, not every piece can be made into a good artwork, but each tree The excavation of the roots will destroy the mountain. "The collection can't be at the expense of destroying the mountain. This time, the "Raby's heat" caused the devastating logging of cypress trees, which caused people to worry about the ecological environment," he said.
The yabai dead tree is worth the money
Since ancient times, Yabai has been deeply sought after and loved by the royal family, Buddhism, Taoism, and modern scholars. In ancient times, Yabai has long been recorded by Li Shizhen in the famous Chinese medicine book "Compendium of Materia Medica". "The wood is the arts and sciences. The big ones are mostly Bodhisattva, the figures and birds and beasts are very distinct. There is a path to steal." The value is worth tens of thousands of money.
Experts pointed out: collection, investment in yabai, should be based on root art, root carving, furniture, rather than the so-called yabai plant or thuja bonsai.
In the past two years, due to the influence of supply and demand, the price of Yabaigen Yigen carving works soared. Due to the rapid appreciation of Yabai, many merchants “steal the dragon and turn the phoenix†to make money with the cedar posing as a cliff.
Thuja is a national key protected wild plant, and it belongs to the “Sichuan arborvitaeâ€. However, Yabai was born in the crack of the rock, and the cedar was longer than the land. Thuja uses branches and leaves to absorb nutrients, while cedar uses roots to support life. Common cedar, rare thorns, especially the true wild survival of the yabai is very rare, mostly in the wind and rain hit the waist and break ... but the dead yabai is the real treasure!
Why is the yabai dead tree a collectible treasure? It is conceivable that the cliffs that have been tested by the wind and rain will gradually grow into large trees. When the branches are big and leafy, the cypresses born on the cliffs will bear the bearing capacity. Test, or one day, it can't withstand the wind and heavy rain, and it is broken. After breaking, the thuja will concentrate the nutrients and oils of its trunks as much as possible on the roots of the tree heads to obtain enough nutrients to support life, thus forming today's layered rich colors. The living tree has a large water content, less oil and a lighter hand. Even if it is carved into a work of art, it is easy to dry and crack due to the loss of moisture. More importantly, the Yabai tree is protected by the state and logging is strictly prohibited. Therefore, the vast number of new stone carvings and furniture that appear on the market are pretending to be scented with cedar and have no collectible value.
Taihang is respected
As for the various Yabai works that are currently available, the good cliffs are mostly from the Taihang Mountains. As far as the root art is concerned, the heavy equipment is mostly from Taihang Mountain, complete and old materials, yin and yang materials. In the high-altitude cliffs of the Taihang Mountains, the roots of the high cliffs and cypresses have a sense of ethereal flutter and a sense of arrogance. Through the ingenious processing of the masters of art, you can create the masterpiece of the Yabaigen art. The essence of Yabai is that it has the cypress rhyme, that is, the sapphire. All of Yabai's art works are slightly modified, and the natural part retains more than 90%.
Generally, Yabai has three characteristics, namely, stone, slope, and native. The growth process is also subdivided into two categories, namely, Yangsheng and Yinsheng. The sun is more red, and the yin is more yellow.
The so-called Yang raw material, is actually the cliffs with more light on the cliff. According to reports, due to the large temperature difference between morning and evening, the environment is harsh, and will secrete a large amount of oil for a long time to repair the stretch marks of the branches after thermal expansion and contraction. In the constant rotation of natural conditions and temperature difference, the oil of Thubai is constantly volatilized and condensed, and the liquid oil turns into a viscous oil and then develops into an indurated composite material, so the taste is unusually mellow (the difference between the place of origin and the environment) The difference). Due to the high and low elevation of the ylang ylang, the taste of the yang ya cypress is divided into sweet scent, cool scent, milk scent, etc., especially the milk scent. In the end, after thousands of years of healing and healing, oil has become part of the tree.
The yin raw material, that is, the cliffs with insufficient light on the cliff. Yinshengyabai also secretes a large amount of oil to repair growth marks and stretch marks, but its wooden expansion port is shallow, and the root oil will evaporate from the expansion port and the epidermis, forming a unique root fat phenomenon. The specific performance is as follows: the oil content is high, and the epidermis will be naturally volatilized by the nutrient of the thuja. The lenticum will form a powdery white oil oxide layer after long-term oxidation with the natural volatile oil mist of the thuja. White powder). Because of its long-term volatilization, its oil will also change from liquid oil to viscous oil like the positive material, and then develop into an indurated black composite material. Finally, through this healing process, the black grease repair line also becomes the wood part of the tree.
How to distinguish between raw materials and raw materials
According to reports, the characteristics of Yangshengyabai are: oily enough, the taste is spicy and thick, the outer skin is thin, the epidermis is mostly cement leather, the wood density is high, the wood fiber is fine, the whitened cortex is less, and the epidermis is dark brown during the aging process. The root inside the cliff is reddish brown.
The epidermis of Yangshengyabai has a wide range of bark stretch marks which appear after thermal expansion and contraction. The traces are deep, and the skin color is dark red. There is a carbonized layer of 0.5cm to 1.5cm (commonly known as cement skin). After the art processing, there will be a beautiful black line texture, or a rotation, or a tiger skin, and there will be gold wires in the high-density area of ​​the root rotation. Its flavor type, with strong and heavy spicy taste, resin, and complex alcoholate, will give people a strong feeling, that is, the medicine is full of fragrance. The taste of the yang is "pre-adjustment, woody + alcoholic scent; middle, spicy + coke; tail, sweet". The scent of Yangshengyabai is rich and heavy, full of the concept of “going to nature†advocated in Chinese Taoist culture and the role of health care in the days of support. The shades of Yangshengyabai are mainly dark red, which greatly enhances the heavy feeling and contrast of Yabaigen art works. No matter the big ornaments or small pieces, it is the best choice for the vast cliff friends. It is also the best subject to know and get to know the beauty of Yabai.
Characteristics of Yinshengyabai: It is more common for newborns or old students to surround the white cortex. The epidermal stretch marks appear after a small range of thermal expansion and contraction. The traces are shallow, the skin color is dark yellow, and the core material is orange. The root has a carbonized layer (commonly known as cement skin). Its color is mainly light yellow, and the color contrast is weak. Its oil content is medium, and it is often used as an engraving piece and a bead string. The ladle will be completely different from the previous one, so no matter the big decoration or the small piece, it is also the best choice.
According to the environmental factors such as growth altitude, latitude and temperature difference, the scent is mainly composed of rosin, sweet, cool and milky. As far as incense is concerned, if the taste of Yangshengyabai is thicker than that of the strong, then the shaded cypress will be "pre-adjusted, rosin + woody; middle, cool, sweet" according to its growth characteristics. ; tail tone, sweet incense." The Yinsheng Yabai has a long scent and is full of Zen, which opens up the other side of the visual aesthetic.
Yabai raw materials, old materials, aged materials
Raw material
As the name implies, raw materials are so-called live materials. The main feature is that the material has bark (sometimes the bark will be stripped) and sapwood (that is, the white skin we often say). The material is moist, moist, and some even leave the leaves on it. What we want to resist is this kind of material.
The bark (the outermost skin) and the sapwood (white part) are all in such materials, which can be summarized as: raw meal.
Reasons for raw material cracking:
The thuja wood will have a volumetric swelling and shrinkage as moisture enters or precipitates. The rate of change generally varies with the direction of the texture, causing the sapphire collection to be unstable, causing cracking and bending.
Chen Huan
Before we talk about the old materials, we must first talk about the materials of Chen, because it is easier to understand in this order.
Chen Huan material means that the bark and sapwood of Thuja has been completely weathered and decayed on the cliff. Only the core material is left. Some people call it weathering material. Some people call it de-agglomerate. Some people call it relic. material.
There is no bark, no sapwood, and that gully represents the years, the vicissitudes of life, and the tenacity. What we admire is such materials. Old material
The definition of the old material, by definition, refers to the stage after the death of the thuja on the cliff (note that this condition is on the cliff) until the bark and sapwood are weathered into the aging material. We say that the old material generally refers to the material that the bark and sapwood have not been finished after the death of Yabai. How to identify thuja
1. Look at the oiliness: the greater the oiliness, the better. Be careful not to buy the dip. See if the oil is full and infiltrated, and the bright color is the best.
2. Look at the density: the heavier the weight and shape of the thuja, the better. A good aging yabai will sink into the water, and it will sink into the water in the middle of the water. The specific gravity is a combination with the granite and the hardness is quite large.
3. Look at the color: brown red is the top grade, it looks heavy.
4. Look at the patina: A good thuja has been growing for at least 500 years. The surface of this cypress will form a layer of pulp that is up to one centimeter thick, and the saplings that are newly harvested and aged under artificial conditions will have a much thinner surface. The good thuja "white skin" area will not exceed 1/3 of the surface area.
5. Look at the annual ring: The fineness of the annual ring determines the growth period of the thuja. If it is more than 1 cm, it is impossible to be the deciduous cypress. Generally speaking, the denser the better, because the cypress growth environment is bad. The growth rate is slow, and the good cypress is often as thin as the hair.
6. Smell the aroma: The scent of the good yabai is long and full of charm. Medicinal value of thuja
First, the soul of the soul, the soul of the soul - can significantly improve the insomnia and more dreams, its fragrance can increase the oxygen content of the blood, making people happy. In Japan, cedar aroma is known as "air vitamin", and cancer experts let patients in the cypress forest for health care. The scent of thuja makes the aroma of thuja around the patient, which can improve the patient's mood and improve immunity.
Second, detoxification, beauty - "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Keli Waterway, Xingyang Road." The cliffs and five rows are gold, which can help the lungs; the cliffs and stalks are used to make tea and wine, which can moisturize the intestines, promote metabolism, remove body waste, and moisturize the skin.
Third, anti-inflammatory, detoxification - Yabai aromatic gas, can purify the air, kill bacteria and viruses, with anti-inflammatory and swelling effects. Yabai essential oil has a miraculous effect on insect bites, nameless swelling and pain. "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" contains: "There are people with hemorrhoids in Jidong, sitting on cypress wood, relieving pain and swelling and miraculous effect; its wood boiled water, hair, and cure."
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