Chapter 437 Tooth Sculpture

In that year, after the defeat of the Eighth Army of the Kuomintang in Yunnan, Li Mi fled to Taiwan alone. For half a year, the 93rd Division had no fixed place to live and was displaced. On the New Year's Eve of 50 years, it finally escaped and entered the territory of Myanmar. In the escape, the 93rd Division and Buqian soldiers and their families who were unwilling to surrender were brought to foreign lands.

However, the Burmese government did not want to accept them, so the war began. Although the soldiers of the national army were repeatedly defeated and repeatedly defeated in the civil war, it was more than enough to deal with the Burmese government army. Finally, I gained a firm foothold in the Golden Triangle.

As soon as Li Mi, who was in Taiwan saw his old subordinates standing firm in Myanmar, he immediately shouted that he wanted to counterattack the mainland. It was indeed a counterattack, but the result was heavy casualties and he retreated back to Myanmar.

At this time, the Burmese army had reached an agreement with India and decided to send troops to India to assist the Burmese army to drive away the remnants of the Kuomintang soldiers. This was a fierce battle. The national army won the final victory, but it was also a tragic victory. The remnants of the Kuomintang soldiers defeated the

In the 1960s, the Q3 Division began to fight against the Communist Party of Myanmar again. Due to the loss of Taiwan's supplies, the casualties were heavy, and fewer and fewer people fought. Dozens of large and small armed forces were formed in the border areas of Yunnan, Thailand and Myanmar.

Later, after years of war, there were no supplies. The National Army, the Communist Party of Myanmar and the Communist Party of Myanmar began to collectively grow opium in the Golden Triangle, forming the world's largest armed drug production and processing base: the Golden Triangle!

The Chinese people who stayed in Myanmar are nothing more than these two groups of people, so Zhuang Rui only asked this question. No matter what reason they stayed, they were all the descendants of Yan and Huang, who were also to survive and fight. Now they are about to have three links with Taiwan. Zhuang Rui will not care about their identity.

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, the stall owner was a little embarrassed and said, "My grandfather stayed in Myanmar for half of the expedition. At that time, they fought guerrilla with the Japanese in the jungle, but later followed the defeated troops of the Kuomintang and fought with the Burmese...

Almost all these people who stayed in the expeditionary army in Myanmar are veterans of the battlefield of a hundred battles. After fighting with the Japanese, they had settled down in peace, but later the Kuomintang's defeat fled to Myanmar. Out of the idea of the same anger, many veterans took up arms again. Of course, now these people are all old. And large-scale wars no longer exist. What's the name of this big brother? How is your business here? What is the price of this ivory figure sculpture?

Zhuang Rui squatted down, just because the other party is Chinese, so he has to help, and it doesn't cost much to buy some small things.

The stall owner looked at the ivory carving in Zhuang Rui's hand and replied casually, "My surname is Li, and my name is Li Yunshan. That five dollars, the Burmese dollar is 5,000, buy it in US dollars, a little cheaper..."

In Myanmar, the US dollar is a hard currency, and ten dollars can be exchanged for 800 Myanmar dollars. On the black market, it is even higher.

Zhuang Rui calculated in his heart, but it was more than 40 yuan for RB, which is still very cost-effective. More importantly, this ivory carving is still old ivory, which looks solid and dense, and the color is soft and smooth. The whole object is slightly yellowish in pure white, like something old.

Although ivory is described as white gold, its color is mostly yellow. Ivory is divided into African ivory and Asian ivory. African male and female elephants have teeth. The teeth are mostly light yellow, fine texture, good luster, high hardness, and the color of Asian ivory is relatively white. Over time, it will turn yellow, so looking at the old ivory carvings, it is generally distinguished by color.

also has some collections. If you like it white, you will soak it in bean dregs and then wipe it to turn white naturally. After bleaching, it also has an oily and white luster. It feels moist and delicate, and it is also a good product. Most of the fake imitations made of bone are bleached. After bleaching, it looks dry and rough. The plastic products are white, dull, unnatural and dull.

Since the 1980s, ivory trade has been banned internationally for the sake of protecting the elephant population, including China. This makes the domestic tooth carving market, which relies entirely on imported ivory raw materials, which has brought a great impact,

After China stopped the direct import of ivory from Africa on June 1, 1990 and completely banned the international trade of ivory and its products in 1991, any commercial import of ivory will not be approved. Under the ban on ivory raw materials, it has led to the rise of ivory collection, and ivory carving has been constantly rising in the ban on singing.

With the ban on the ivory trade and the shortage of raw materials for ivory products, the number of tooth carving handicrafts is also rare. With the consumption of the market, the surviving dental carving products will become more and more rare. Therefore, for a period of time, the price of ivory handicrafts has soared by 100, and the art of tooth carvings has been damaged. Enthusiastic pursuit by the family.

Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and other places are the hometown of Asian elephants, so ivory products are still very common here. The business is not bad, and I can make money for a meal. I heard that the domestic development is good, and I still want to go back if I have the opportunity..."

Li Yunshan is very talkative. Although there are many Chinese tourists in Myanmar, he does not often use Chinese. At present, he chatted with Zhuang Rui endlessly. Um, this... and these, I want all of them. Brother Li, how much ruthium is worth in total?

Zhuang Rui picked out several ivory carving objects on the stall. This thing is now very popular with domestic collectors, with a value of more than 1,000 yuan. If it is ivory micro-carving and royal utensils in the Song and Ming Dynasties, it is even worth more than tens of millions of dollars, which can be called a priceless treasure, which is extremely rare

But Zhuang Rui didn't want to make money. He mainly wanted to enrich his basement. By the way, there was nothing there except a few porcelain and ancient paintings. It was a little shabby. This little brother, it's a total of 138 dollars. Just give me 130. I'll wrap it for you..."

There are really a lot of things that Zhuang Rui bought. Mr. Lin Lin added up to more than a dozen, and the prices were not the same. Li Yunshan took out more than a dozen small boxes from the big boxes behind him, and each of them had corresponding eagles, which were put in one by one. Brother Li, why don't you sell jade here? Doesn't Myanmar produce jade? I see that other stalls are on sale..."

When Peng Fei paid, he stood aside and looked at Yang Hao of Ningtian. Finally, he couldn't help it. There were ruby teeth and other objects on this booth, but there was no jade, which made Yang Hao a little strange.

"Yes..." Hearing Yang Hao's words, Zhuang Rui also realized that there was indeed no j on this booth! C has more or less things like Cui jewelry at other stalls. Ha ha, several little brothers came to Myanmar once, right? Li Yunshan asked with a smile. Yeah, what's wrong? Isn't Myanmar allowed to buy and sell j! Cui?"

Now even Zhuang Rui is a little strange. It's okay to ban the export of wool. If the Myanmar government even restricts the finished jadeite, it will be a little too much, and doing so will make their domestic jewelry companies unable to develop.

"It's not that you are not allowed to buy and sell, but when you buy jewelry and jade, especially jade, you must go to a regular store, and don't buy jade wool, that is, unprocessed and polished raw stone, which belongs to the scope of national control of export.

After purchase, you must ask for shopping vouchers for inspection when you leave the customs. "Most of those people sell fake jade, but they are real. There is no invoice. If you buy it, you can go out of the customs. I don't want to deceive customers, so I just don't put it off..." Li Yunshan disdained the behavior With an expression of disapprove.

Zhuang Rui and others heard this for the first time. No wonder Myanmar is rich in jade, but there is no famous jade company. It is really restricted by the government, but it is normal to think about it carefully. Myanmar's jade is estimated to be like Arab oil. As the main income of foreign exchange, it will naturally be Controlled by the government. Thank you. You are welcome to come back to China in the future..."

Zhuang Rui took the tooth carving products in the packaging bag and stood up. When he was about to say goodbye to the foreign countryman, his eyes were suddenly attracted by an item in the box behind him. He stepped forward and took it back.

"Brother Li, are the things in your box sold?"

Because he squatted down just now, Zhuang Rui saw clearly that in the box next to the stall owner, there was a tooth carved Buddha statue about 50 centimeters high, as thick as an arm, and in its decoration, it was hollowed out, elegant and exquisitely carved.

It's not these that surprised Zhuang Rui, but the shape of the Buddha statue, which is the angry eyes of King Kong in Buddhism. As the saying goes: Bodhisattva's low eyebrows, King Kong's angry eyes, this Buddha's carved King Kong's face is fierce, holding a King Kong pestle, the whole carving is very large , like the King Kong eye, makes the whole tooth carving more powerful.

When Zhuang Rui saw this object at first sight, he liked it in his heart. It was placed in the living room of the quadrangle courtyard. It was so majestic. In addition to the boutique big tooth carving boy's Buddha decoration and sailboat tooth carving in the chairman's memorial hall in China, the people charge j$. There are really not manybi." This thing...&qu;

There was a trace of hesitation on Li Yunshan's face. This object was captured by his grandfather from the Japanese in those years and had always been kept as his own trophy, but the old man died a few years ago, and this thing was left to him.

Although he was going to sell it, when Zhuang Rui asked him to buy it, he was really a little reluctant.

P: Ten thousand words have been updated today. Myanmar's trip is not just gambling stones. I believe that the 7-sided story will not disappoint friends.

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