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The Shenzhen Curio World is granted by the government as the only professional regulatory market of cultural relics, with a total area of sixty thousand square meters. During the past eight years it has formed a huge scale with private capital investment on the venue construction, attracting nearly seven hundreds of antique merchants from Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan and mainland China. As the culture industry base in Luohu District, the Antique City has been attached great importance to and vigorously supported by the Government with huge investment on the transformation of internal and external environment, bringing a vivid and beautiful image of traditional culture to it.
Taking full advantage of its geographical environment as the austral window of China, with Chinese ancient jades as the key category, Shenzhen Curio World has been externally dedicated in unclogging the channel for bringing back the Chinese cultural relics from overseas, with joint effort of numerous antique merchants from Taiwan, Hongkong and Macau. Internally actively in line with the Government's call on cultivating the cultural aspects of Shenzhen City, Shenzhen Curio World is committed to carrying forward traditional Chinese culture and art, enhancing the soft and hard cultural environment and promoting the public cultural taste. Fully realizing the endless charm of the motherland's culture and art of eight thousand years, we actively explore to develop the excellent traditional cultural industry, unremittingly strengthening the cultural aspects of enterprises, driving the commercial development with cultural brand effect, pursuing taste and credibility, so as to achieve a win-win situation of both social and economic benefits.
A jade corpora with profound humanistic connotations
The most remarkable icon of Shenzhen Curio World is the Chinese jade which is the pride of the Chinese nation, with close ties and links with the eight-thousand-year Chinese civilization and the Huaxia culture; and is closely intertwined with Chinese history and woven into daily life with Chinese people which has embedded very broad and profound cultural connotations in it. As stated by Mr.Zhang Guangwen, "Jade is the soul of China. Understand the jade leads to the understanding of Chinese spirit."
The ancient jade, among all historical artworks, however, is quite difficult to identify and too profound and too wide range of knowledge to be verified which scares many scholars away. Seizing this difficulty as a great opportunity, Shenzhen Curio World has established its renowned brand in the jade industry and ranked as the top three antique cities with Beijing and Shanghai Antique Cities in just a few years, by attracting talents, making industrial friends, inviting international famous collectors and experts, and making great efforts to improve its own taste and quality.
Under the leadership and advocacy of Zhuo Shaodong, many antique giants from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao such as the reported biggest Chinese buyers of the world by media, Zhai Jianmin and Zheng Jiansheng from Hongkong's porcelain industry, the Tsai family from Hongkong's jade industry, the Liu family from Taiwan's jade industry and so on, plus Zhuo Shaodong himself, joined the Shenzhen Curio World which made it recognized and respected by domestic and foreign jade industry for its capital, scale, credibility and taste. For instance, the Zhuoyu Exhibition Hall with a space of more than 1000 square meters and elegant decoration, has a collection of nearly 20,000 pieces of jade, high on the top of the domestic industry, together with which the collections in Taiwanese Liu's Qilu Hall, Lee's Renhe Hall, Zhou' Jinhe Hall and Huang's Fanyu Hall, Hongkong Tsai's Guya Hall, Zheng's Qingyong Zhai, Yip's Tashan Hall and etc., have accumulated to more than 100,000 pieces of jade works dated back from Hongshan and Liangzhu civilizations to the Ming and Qing dynasties and the contemporary era, with the value of tens of billions RMB. Moreover, we have invited many family businesses, famous collectors and experts to join the Shenzhen Curio World making it a unique existence as jade corpora with profound humanistic connotations and rich characteristics.
In addition to jade, The Shenzhen Curio World is also famous around the world for the porcelain of royal kilns in Ming and Qing dynasties. Zhai Jianmin and Zheng Jiansheng, ordinary Chinese names though, has frequently appeared in the press of Britain and France, being hailed by European media as "the biggest buyer of Chinese art" with a collection of more than two hundred pieces of imperial porcelain including the cheapest piece with the market value of 2 million yuan, and the most expensive Chenghua chicken cup with Doucai decoration and Chenghua mark which is as small as a goose egg with the market value of nearly 100 million yuan. At the end of last year, Zhai Jianmin again in Hong Kong bade the Qianlong enamel vase with double ears with HKD 115 million, which was reported in news headlines by the Associated Press and major Hong Kong media, stirring both at home and abroad.
The cultural treasures in the Shenzhen Curio World today are really hard to calculate. For instance, there are nearly five hundred ancient gilding statues of Buddha with the smallest size as only a full palm and biggest size as a giant bucket. There are nearly ten thousand ancient seals of various materials, which have attracted great attention from the China Seal Museum. The invitational exhibition in Zhejiang Museum is also under preparation. Besides, there are also numerous wonderful collections of bamboo roots, stones, corals, crystal, agates, ancient rare books, coins, stamps, paper cutting art, clay figurine, cloth and ceramic crafts and ect..
To establish the brand of "Huaxia Treasures" and facilitate the backflow of historical and cultural relics
The Shenzhen Curio World is located in the southern gate of China which is the important hub of transportation linking Taiwan, Hongkong and Macau. The theme exhibition "Huaxia Treasures" focusing on the cultural relics back to China from overseas has been successfully held for nine times with 3 publications of collection book and become a sparkling cultural brand of Shenzhen Curio World. During this year's China(Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, two Huaxia Treasures exhibitions including the Ancient Crystal Art Exhibition and the Ancient Kesi(Chinese silk tapestry) Works Exhibition will be held simultaneously with the relevant collection book under editing. Shenzhen Curio World has invested vastly in cultural relics collection, security, storage, communication channels, trust insurance, guest receptions, work editing, cultural propaganda, logistics service and etc.. Thanks to its meticulous work and rich experience, Shenzhen Curio World has successfully held every exhibition without making any mistakes, and has actually become a hub for backflow cultural relics well recognized domestically. Since 2003, just Zhuoyu, Qilu, Qingyong Zhai, Renhe and Tashan has purchased back thousands of precious jade artifacts which were national treasures. The exhibitions won the attention of numerous antique and jade collectors and enthusiasts of mainland China. Moreover, quite a few domestic major auction houses collected important items from Shenzhen Curio World for their jade auctions in succession. The price of jade has drastically increased which was unimaginable before 2003. Thus with its enormous influence, Shenzhen Curio World has directly brought in the revitalization of Chinese jade culture. Nowadays, Shenzhen Curio World has exceeded Beijing and Shanghai ranking the first place in terms of the quantity and taste of ancient jade collection, and the strength on the promotion of Chinese jade culture. Jade and Chinese jade culture has become the core industry power of Shenzhen Curio World dominating the whole domestic antique industry, which has become Shenzhen's pride, a treasurable and priceless wealth of the society.
The building of cultural industry and austral home of Pan Family
Since the foundation of Shenzhen Curio World, Chairman Zhuo Shaodong has attached great importance to the building of cultural industry, with great love and respect on the culture of his motherland from his deep heart. Fully realizing the endless charm of the motherland's culture and art of eight thousand years, he actively explored to develop the excellent traditional cultural industry, unremittingly strengthened the cultural aspects of enterprises, drove the commercial development with cultural brand effect, pursued taste and credibility, and has achieved the win-win situation of both social and economic benefits.
Firstly, the Shenzhen Curio World has been regularly holding the spring and autumn sessions of the National Antique Art Exchange and the Chinese Jade Carving Masters Exhibition for 9 times so far, with more than one thousand exhibitors on average and no less than nearly 100,000 visitors every time. Together with "the Huaxia Treasures", the two cultural brands of Shenzhen Curio World have played an important role in bringing back the Chinese cultural relics from overseas and the promotion of cultural and art exchanges at home and abroad, with profound influence and renowned reputation outshining the counterparts.
Secondly, in addition to the part of ancient jade, Shenzhen Curio World also involved in the contemporary section, having organized domestically for the first time the "Chinese Jade Carving Masters Exhibition" since the founding of P.R.C., and continued it as a biannual exhibition brand for the next four sessions so far. The four giants of contemporary jade Xia Huijie, Li Yue, Sun Shiji and Jiang Youru, dozens of jade carving factories from Shanghai, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Beijing, and other awarded jade carving masters have successively joined this Exhibition. Thus every time the ancient and contemporary sections sparkled together with our distinguished guests on this occasions, making remarkable contribution on reconciling differences, eliminating disorderly competition and setting up the new industry practice.
Thirdly, as a positive response to the Government's call, SCW undertook the organization of the special Hall of Chinese Quintessence for the first China(Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair(2004) with huge investment, inviting 250 exhibitors from at home and abroad, providing a high-class and international platform of exchange and trading for industry colleagues at home and abroad. With a large-scale of 5000 square meters, the Exhibition Hall holding auctions, performances, jade identification, trading, negotiation and press conference, bustling with numerous participants and visitors, became the glory of the first CICIF receiving great attention from the media and the public, being well recognized and appreciated widely. As one of the six major venues of this year's CICIF, SCW will attach greater importance to the taste and influence regarding its connotations and scale, and offer a series of good shows with the Government's solid support.
Fourthly, as the sub-venue of the first Shenzhen International Cultural Tourism Festival, SCW specially organized the famous "One Session, Six Exhibitions" including the 9th National Antique Art Exchange, "The Masterpiece of Emeralds Exhibition", "Huaxia Treasures: the Ancient Seals Exhibition", "Exhibition of Works of Outstanding Contemporary Artists by the Ink and Wash Painting Gallery", "Zheng Wenjian Woodstone Sculptures Exhibition", "Ink and Wash Painting Exhibition by Wang Qiuji of Junzi Lou" and "Root Carving Art Exhibition by Fugen Yuan", bringing a dazzling and gorgeous gathering, together with various auctions, lectures, appraisals, and performances, attracting Chinese and foreign numerous visitors lingering excitingly in the Shenzhen Curio World. What a wonder scene and great bliss!
Fifthly, under the brand influence of the Chinese jade culture, Shenzhen Curio World also advocates the culture of Chinese tea. China is the country with the longest history of tea culture. SCW directly introduce the senior tea manufacturers of Yunnan Pu-erh tea such as Menghai and Haiwan from the place of origin of tea tree in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, to reproduce the Ancient Tea Horse Road in SCW, forming Shenzhen's largest so-called "drinkable antique", a base for cultural exchange, exhibitions and wholesale of puer tea with currently more than five hundred tea merchants and one biggest showroom of puer tea with an area of 4000 square meters. With the participation of the internationally renowned "King of Puer Tea in the World" Zou Bingliang and Bai Shuiqing, many masters gathered together to taste the tea for spiritual transcendence, bringing lots of activities including series of performance of tea ceremonies and large Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Purple Clay Pots, successfully building SCW's brand of tea culture. As well, SCW is preparing the Zhuoshi Teahouse assembling functions of tea ceremonies, business and leisure activities, exhibitions and lectures, which will be open to the public before the CICIF.
Sixthly, SCW has the greatest assembly of more than 50 large Chinese calligraphy and Chinese painting art exhibition halls, with those established including Zhuoshi Art Gallery and the Huaxia Ink and Wash Painting Art Gallery each occupying a space of more than one thousand square meters. The works of more than one hundred domestic talented and academic artists of Xiling Yinshe, China Academy of Art, Guangzhou Calligraphy and Painting Academy and etc. will be on show before the May CICIF this year. Chinese Calligraphy and painting is the traditional Chinese art form with the strongest oriental literati spirit, bearing an elegant style and a long history, being approachable and appealing to both the lower and upper class of the society, which shows a strong vitality and tremendous market potential. With joint efforts of domestic senior connoisseurs and galleries, SCW will guide the Shenzhen market of Chinese calligraphy and painting market positively by outstanding taste and reputation so as to build the new brand of cultural industry.
Seventhly, the well-known weekend market of SCW is also fully developed with two or three hundred basic stores, bustling with buyers and merchants from everywhere. Lingyang Jewelry City, with all the merchants from Ketang, Shanwei, the "World factory of semi-precious stone", is directly operating a business of semi-precious stones including the raw materials and finished goods from over sixty countries all over the world, renowned for cheap and fine, keeping up with the world trend, and popular with the public.
Attention from experts and government support
The arise of Shenzhen Curio World not only caused the high attention of peers at home and abroad, more over induced the caring and support of leaders of relevant state departments and governments at all levels.
The district Party committee and municipal government leaders have repeatedly visited SCW for inspection and on-site work, provided guidance for the development of SCW, and actively supported and encouraged SCW to become the sub-venue of CICIF. This year, the district government approved special funding for SCW to improve its external environment, which greatly inspired the confidence and resolution of the private enterprises to promote the cultural industry, undoubtedly further strengthening SCW.
In 2004 and 2005, Mr. Zheng Xinmiao, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Culture and Director of the Palace Museum has made two special trips for investigation, showing a keen interest in the development of SCW, and expressing a full appreciation to SCW's mission of "to establish the city on its culture industry" and SCW's action on setting up the platform for bringing back the Chinese cultural relics from overseas.
The former Director of the Palace Museum and the leading authority of Chinese jade Mr. Yang Boda has paid many visits to SCW, contributing inscriptions to SCW for encouragement.
The famous jade expert of the Palace Museum Professor Zhang Guangwen emotionally wrote the following lines after seeing the collections in SCW, "The emergence of Shenzhen Zhuoyu Exhibition Hall is a great blessing for private cultural business; while the Director of Zhuoyu, Mr. Zhuo Shaodong himself is convincingly a great activist in the field of jade collection. The famous jade expert of the Palace Museum Professor Zhang Guangwen emotionally wrote the following lines after seeing the collections in SCW, "The emergence of Shenzhen Zhuoyu Exhibition Hall is a great blessing for private cultural business; while the Director of Zhuoyu, Mr. Zhuo Shaodong himself is convincingly a great activist in the field of jade collection. He has achieved great accomplishment which was very difficult for one person to finish on his own.” In my sight, no matter taste or the richness of collections, I do not see any other private professional jade museum that rivals SCW. “(Zhang Guangwen: Written in the Front of "Highlights of Zhuoyu Collections".)
The main leaders of Guangdong Department of Culture have also visited SCW for many times, considering the construction and development of SCW has important significance on building Guangdong as a cultural province.
In addition, the former Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the current Vice Governor of Shanxi Province Mr. Song Beibin, Mr. Qian Weipeng of the Overseas Cultural Relics Collection Station in Britain of the SACH, China, senior professor Yang Zhenhua from Yangzhou training base of SACH, the antique and art experts and scholars of provincial and municipal cultural relics offices and authentication stations at all levels and those from all over the country also repeatedly visited SCW for investigation and lectures, having put forward many valuable opinions and suggestions while fully acknowledging SCW's achievements, and gave many successful academic speeches and lectures, greatly inspiring the morale of SCW and strengthening its cultural connotation.
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